Every President's Favorite Books, Films and Shows

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Mr. Beat goes through the favorite book, movie, and show of every president in American history. He doesn't go through their favorite podcasts. Yes, Millard Fillmore actually loved the Dictionary like Mr. Beat does.
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So which book, movie, or TV show surprised you the most? What type of president's video should I make next?
Chapters
00:00 Intro
3:43 George Washington
4:15 John Adams
4:43 Thomas Jefferson
5:08 James Madison
5:41 James Monroe
5:53 John Quincy Adams
6:18 Andrew Jackson
6:34 Martin Van Buren
6:57 William Henry Harrison
7:07 John Tyler
7:36 James Polk
7:50 Zachary Taylor
8:03 Millard Fillmore
8:23 Franklin Pierce
8:53 James Buchanan
9:05 Abraham Lincoln
9:57 Andrew Johnson
10:21 Ulysses Grant
10:39 Rutherford Hayes
10:58 James Garfield
11:40 Chester Arthur
11:59 Grover Cleveland
12:19 Benjamin Harrison
12:31 William McKinley
12:50 Theodore Roosevelt
13:09 William Howard Taft
13:30 Woodrow Wilson
14:22 Warren Harding
14:49 Calvin Coolidge
15:15 Herbert Hoover
15:39 Franklin Roosevelt
16:26 Harry Truman
17:25 Dwight Eisenhower
18:11 John Kennedy
19:03 Lyndon Johnson
19:30 Richard Nixon
20:21 Gerald Ford
20:49 Jimmy Carter
21;27 Ronald Reagan
22:05 George H. W. Bush
22:50 Bill Clinton
24:06 George W. Bush
24:36 Barack Obama
25:42 Donald Trump
26:25 Joe Biden
27:02 Outro

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  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat3 ай бұрын

    What type of American presidents video should I make next? Also, I am livestreaming on Presidents Day! Don't miss it! Or do miss it, and watch it after Presidents Day? I don't know... Please consider supporting my sponsor... BetterHelp If you’re struggling, consider therapy with our sponsor BetterHelp. Click betterhelp.com/mrbeat for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a licensed professional specific to your needs.

  • @Jackie_1716

    @Jackie_1716

    3 ай бұрын

    Every US Presidents Height and Weight

  • @Your_Big_Bro-437

    @Your_Big_Bro-437

    3 ай бұрын

    Every President's favorite "pleasure"!

  • @ThePresidentsChannel

    @ThePresidentsChannel

    3 ай бұрын

    Every Presidents favorite Sports Team

  • @alonkatz4633

    @alonkatz4633

    3 ай бұрын

    Favorite sports or health conditions

  • @TaijanDean

    @TaijanDean

    3 ай бұрын

    The Parents (and / or famous ancestors) of every president in American History.

  • @EforEvery
    @EforEvery3 ай бұрын

    What a shame that George Washington never experienced Barbenheimer.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    We live in historical times!

  • @iseeeverything

    @iseeeverything

    3 ай бұрын

    Well, he probably would not have gotten the context

  • @Mag_Go

    @Mag_Go

    3 ай бұрын

    Maybe in the second season of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln by Zach Star

  • @PR1NC345

    @PR1NC345

    3 ай бұрын

    He missed gta 6😔

  • @michaelmccarthy4892

    @michaelmccarthy4892

    3 ай бұрын

    Jurassic Park would have blown his mind

  • @chance_ondriezek99
    @chance_ondriezek993 ай бұрын

    “Tell me, future boy, who’s President of United States in 1985?” “Ronald Reagan”. “Ronald Reagan?! The actor?!”

  • @Frazier16

    @Frazier16

    3 ай бұрын

    Well he was governer of California before then. Trump becoming president was probably the most shocking one.

  • @Cyaneth

    @Cyaneth

    3 ай бұрын

    Said by Michael J. Fox, who’s a lead cast member in Reagans favorite show 😱

  • @lorenschroeder9399

    @lorenschroeder9399

    3 ай бұрын

    Back to the Future in 2024 set in 1994: "Tell me future boy, who is President in 2024?" "Joe Biden" "Joe Biden!? The senator? Wouldn't he be like 80 then!?"

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    If someone from 2025 went in a time machine to me in 1995 and told me that Trump was president, I would have said, "Donald Trump?! The actor?!"

  • @AntonXul

    @AntonXul

    3 ай бұрын

    In “Born in East L. A.”, Cheech Marin’s character Rudy thought it was John Wayne when asked by the Immigration Police or whatever you call those people. I love that movie.

  • @TheDrexLord
    @TheDrexLord3 ай бұрын

    Fun fact: regan watch back to the future in theaters and when doc brown made a joke about him he asked the theater to replay the joke, which they did.

  • @samuelbarber6177

    @samuelbarber6177

    3 ай бұрын

    Apparently he was also asked to appear in Back To The Future Part III but for whatever reason that didn’t happen.

  • @kerrijansson2919

    @kerrijansson2919

    3 ай бұрын

    @@samuelbarber6177 Back to the Future Part III was released in 1990, which was 4 years before he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. He was already experiencing memory issues as early as 1988, so his memory may be a factor in his withdrawal from Back to the Future Part III.

  • @DataLal

    @DataLal

    2 ай бұрын

    @@samuelbarber6177 Probably because he was affected too much by dementia by then. It was already affecting him *during* the final years of his Presidency, and he was out of office by the time BTTF Part 3 came out.

  • @justisolated5621

    @justisolated5621

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@DataLalAlzheimer's

  • @eyuin5716
    @eyuin57163 ай бұрын

    I have idea for a potential future video. How about who was every President’s favorite President?

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm already planning on it!

  • @pokeythescowlingcat6221

    @pokeythescowlingcat6221

    3 ай бұрын

    ⁠@@iammrbeatlooking forward, I wonder who Washington’s fave was

  • @0topon

    @0topon

    3 ай бұрын

    I cant wait to know who George Washingtons favorite president will be

  • @AntonXul

    @AntonXul

    3 ай бұрын

    Well there were about 12 “practice” presidents before him, so one of those. I can’t remember what they were called, but I read it somewhere there were “presidents” before George Washington. I don’t know if Mr. Beat mentioned this in any of his videos. I’m new to this channel.

  • @cheneethompson5756

    @cheneethompson5756

    3 ай бұрын

    ​​@@AntonXul Benjamin Franklin is sometimes considered to be the first president of the united states Even before the US was a thing If that makes sense

  • @meee1273
    @meee12733 ай бұрын

    "I like to read myself awake" 🥶🥶🥶 I was unfamiliar with Truman's sas

  • @kerrijansson2919

    @kerrijansson2919

    3 ай бұрын

    Truman was a very sassy guy. He had no trouble holding back his opinions, but if he couldn't say something in polite company, he'd spill it out in his daily dairy or in a letter to his mother, or privately share his thoughts with Bess and Margaret.

  • @henrybierman8431

    @henrybierman8431

    2 ай бұрын

    He had a thing on his desk that said the buck stops here

  • @Kaysiegreeness

    @Kaysiegreeness

    Ай бұрын

    The sassy man apocalypse started with him

  • @VJ-nv3gz
    @VJ-nv3gz3 ай бұрын

    My mouth literally flew open when I found out Gerald Ford's favorite movie

  • @anasfarahi4401

    @anasfarahi4401

    3 ай бұрын

    more impressive is the fact that he was like 80 when that movie came out.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    It's most surprising to me because he was an old man when it came out (1990).

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    Oh crap, I just wrote basically the same thing lol @@anasfarahi4401

  • @AntonXul

    @AntonXul

    3 ай бұрын

    That was actually a fun fact! Who would’ve thought?

  • @PereMarquette1223

    @PereMarquette1223

    3 ай бұрын

    @@iammrbeatwonder what his favorite movie was before Home Alone came out. Any insight?

  • @CynicalHistorian
    @CynicalHistorian3 ай бұрын

    WILSOOOON!!! Oddly, my favorite historical film is Patton too. A lot of people disbelieve Trump's favorite is Citizen Kane, since it's premise is basically in direct contradiction of his own story, but he's actually done entire interviews about what he likes about the film and it's just mind-boggling to hear

  • @jesusrox4u

    @jesusrox4u

    3 ай бұрын

    Honestly, as someone who’s seen Citizen Kane, that film being Trump’s favorite is hilarious.

  • @beeking1792
    @beeking17923 ай бұрын

    Woodrow Wilson Screening a birth of a nation & calling it historicly accurate is the most Woodrow Wilson thing ever, which is really saying something about our 28th president...

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    But remember- he MAY have not actually said that

  • @chocolateavian

    @chocolateavian

    3 ай бұрын

    @@iammrbeat headcanon

  • @warlordofbritannia

    @warlordofbritannia

    3 ай бұрын

    @@iammrbeat Yeah sure, and Tommy J may not have actually fathered Sally Hemings’ children 😂

  • @deadman746

    @deadman746

    3 ай бұрын

    Wilson, the third _progressive_ President, did segregate federal buildings and promote a history curriculum to make Ron Desantis weep with envy. I don't suppose Lincoln enjoyed _Our American Cousin_ all that much

  • @WisterWilson

    @WisterWilson

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah she should’ve split up with him for that

  • @JackCostaud
    @JackCostaud3 ай бұрын

    Fun Kennedy Fact :: Kennedy was a surprisingly avid reader of books throughout his entire life. He started reading books, from biographies of his heroes (Churchill, King Arthur, and Melbourne), as well as thousands of others very early into his childhood. To Kennedy, books were his smartphones. He read when he ate breakfast, walked, or did anything unrelated to the presidency. In fact, while undergoing back surgery in 1954, he read essentially the whole time--in excruciating pain. In a follow-up surgery (The previous caused more problems than fixed), Kennedy read through it as well. Kennedy was also very knowledgeable in history, frequently citing books in his speeches and own works (he named his book *Why England Slept* after Churchill's Arms of the Covenant, which had been released in the US under the name *While England Slept*). Kennedy also became really good at using history to re-contextualize what occurred during his presidency, such as during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kennedy also viewed Churchill as a personal hero of his. Kennedy read Churchill's *Marlborough* religiously, and cited it more than once throughout his campaign as a major reason for running. Churchill had gotten him into the world of politics (as well as the pushing of Joe Kennedy Sr, his father, but Churchill was the main reason. If not for Churchill, Kennedy may have been known as a best-selling author instead of president). So I partially agree with "From Russia With Love" as Kennedy's favorite book, but i feel that Marlborough would be much better suited in that position--it made Churchill a personal hero of Kennedy and guided his ethos as president. TLDR; Kennedy was an avid book reader and read every day. He read through pain and used his knowledge from reading to guide him throughout his presidency. Churchill's Marlborough guided Kennedy's life and made Churchill a personal hero of his. Source - A thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House by Arthur M. Schlesinger

  • @stephennootens916

    @stephennootens916

    2 ай бұрын

    Looking back knowing how much pain he had to have been in most of the time it is a surprised how much he did when he is in offices

  • @justisolated5621

    @justisolated5621

    Ай бұрын

    Fun fact: Following a failed surgery in 1954 that nearly got him killed, a friend, while visitng kennedy at the hospital, lended him a copy of Casino Royale, the first ever James Bond novel. JFK, as the fastest reader of all presidents, read through it within a week and became fascinated with Bond. He even met with eriter Ian Fleming once

  • @D.S.handle
    @D.S.handle3 ай бұрын

    You can say that Abe Lincoln was blown away by the last play he saw in the theater.

  • @samuelbarber6177

    @samuelbarber6177

    3 ай бұрын

    Well, he was blown away by a particular actor

  • @stegotyranno4206

    @stegotyranno4206

    3 ай бұрын

    thats a cheap shot

  • @D.S.handle

    @D.S.handle

    3 ай бұрын

    @@stegotyranno4206 I blew it, didn’t I?

  • @stegotyranno4206

    @stegotyranno4206

    3 ай бұрын

    @@D.S.handle blast! i just realised I made a joke too

  • @stegotyranno4206

    @stegotyranno4206

    3 ай бұрын

    @@samuelbarber6177 clever

  • @John_Browns_body
    @John_Browns_body3 ай бұрын

    No matter what he says, we all know that Bills' favorite TV show is My Little Pony.

  • @burnin8orable

    @burnin8orable

    3 ай бұрын

    Mine too

  • @eglol

    @eglol

    3 ай бұрын

    I don't blame him or doubt it

  • @ValerieTheBat

    @ValerieTheBat

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah, Like he completely answered all the questions correctly on the radio show he was on.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    I did consider bringing this up...

  • @richardcope5066

    @richardcope5066

    3 ай бұрын

    Hey, how's mouldering in the grave going for you?

  • @coolboyalexander7789
    @coolboyalexander77893 ай бұрын

    Fun Fact: William Henry Harrison's inauguration speech was so long, he made it into a book.

  • @theautisticcomedian

    @theautisticcomedian

    3 ай бұрын

    His long speech was the reason he was the shortest serving president. He gave it in the 30 degree Fahrenheit rain without a jacket and caught pneumonia which ended up killing him.

  • @ZekeorSomething

    @ZekeorSomething

    3 ай бұрын

    @@theautisticcomedianMyth he actually got sick due to contaminated water

  • @ladyv5655

    @ladyv5655

    21 күн бұрын

    Sadly, he didn't live long enough to do book-signings to promote it.

  • @andrewmichaelscollectibles
    @andrewmichaelscollectibles3 ай бұрын

    For George Bush: "His favorite movies are either baseball related or war related." *That doesn't suprise me, especially the war part* 😂

  • @DaDARKPass

    @DaDARKPass

    3 ай бұрын

    To be fair, who doesn't like war movies like Saving Private Ryan?

  • @Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong

    @Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong

    3 ай бұрын

    The baseball part isn't surprising either, he basically owned the Rangers for a few years.

  • @warlordofbritannia

    @warlordofbritannia

    3 ай бұрын

    He like me, fr Wait. Oh no

  • @adamo1242

    @adamo1242

    3 ай бұрын

    @@warlordofbritannia off to the Hague with you

  • @henrybierman8431

    @henrybierman8431

    2 ай бұрын

    Ya he's most famous for throwing a baseball in a ceremonial pitch that was a perfect strike, and starting the "war on terror"

  • @NicklasZandeVGCP2001
    @NicklasZandeVGCP20013 ай бұрын

    If Abraham Lincoln was around to see Disney's Aladdin, it'd be his favorite movie.

  • @major_kukri2430

    @major_kukri2430

    3 ай бұрын

    why?

  • @mattbeatgoeson

    @mattbeatgoeson

    3 ай бұрын

    The Will Smith version or the original animated one?

  • @NicklasZandeVGCP2001

    @NicklasZandeVGCP2001

    3 ай бұрын

    @@mattbeatgoeson The original.

  • @jesusrox4u

    @jesusrox4u

    3 ай бұрын

    I could see that being the case

  • @adityaxxsaturn

    @adityaxxsaturn

    2 ай бұрын

    @@major_kukri2430 he was man of culture

  • @ThePixelated_kris
    @ThePixelated_kris3 ай бұрын

    “Yesterday December 7th 1941 a…. Movie has just hit theaters near you and you need to watch it, it’s my favorite.” - fdr

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    A historic speech

  • @Colon-D...

    @Colon-D...

    3 ай бұрын

    A date which will live in famy.

  • @osberswgaming
    @osberswgaming3 ай бұрын

    I admire Adams for many things, but finishing Paradise Lost is right at the top of that list. Too many words, man

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    I couldn't do it myself.

  • @alonkatz4633

    @alonkatz4633

    3 ай бұрын

    I couldn't finish the Hobbit, so I can totally relate

  • @warlordofbritannia

    @warlordofbritannia

    3 ай бұрын

    @@alonkatz4633 Oh boy, try not to pick up the Silmarillion then

  • @HistoryWorld1826

    @HistoryWorld1826

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your admiration towards me!! God bless you I often don't receive such respect :(

  • @osberswgaming

    @osberswgaming

    3 ай бұрын

    @@HistoryWorld1826 no way it’s John Adams aged 288

  • @greg2016
    @greg20163 ай бұрын

    Ronald Reagan's favorite movie (that he starred in) was actually "Kings Row" (1942). He played a character whose legs get amputated by an evil surgeon (why that made it his favorite I do not know why, but, hey, to each his own). He owned a personal print of the film and would screen it for guests at dinner parties. In the movie, when he discovers that his legs are gone, he quips "Where's the rest of me?" He loved that line so much he actually made it the title of his 1965 memoir.

  • @user-os6ps1ls3s

    @user-os6ps1ls3s

    3 ай бұрын

    I remember reading that he really liked high noon as well and would talk about how good it was

  • @c71score

    @c71score

    3 ай бұрын

    Actors often like to play disabled or handicapped characters, they consider it more of a challenge.

  • @jesusrox4u

    @jesusrox4u

    3 ай бұрын

    I’m not surprised since Reagan liking Soul Man surprises me more

  • @gandalfthegrey9816
    @gandalfthegrey98163 ай бұрын

    "You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket." John Adams to his son, John Quincy Adams

  • @franciscoferreira1383

    @franciscoferreira1383

    3 ай бұрын

    What a tragedy that nowadays books don't fit in pockets...

  • @gandalfthegrey9816

    @gandalfthegrey9816

    2 ай бұрын

    @@franciscoferreira1383 That's more to do with the size of modern pockets as opposed to the size of modern books. A modern mass market paperback book could probably fit into an 18th century pocket.

  • @themadwomanskitchen9732
    @themadwomanskitchen97323 ай бұрын

    26:18 I find the fact that Donald Trump's favorite movie is Citizen Kane to be spine tingly prophetic.

  • @franciscoferreira1383

    @franciscoferreira1383

    3 ай бұрын

    It's still strange. I feel like someone who truly liked the movie wouldn't act like Trump, as they wouldn't act like Kane, of course

  • @Calzaki

    @Calzaki

    3 ай бұрын

    @@franciscoferreira1383 I get the feeling this is probably a lie and came up as part of a list of pre approved interview questions at some point and when they had to come up with answers because he doesn't/might not even be able to read and doesn't have the attention span for full movies... Someone probably fed him the answer and said citizen kane as a joke

  • @kerrijansson2919

    @kerrijansson2919

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Calzaki That part. Citizen Kane as a joke. If Trump had an actual favorite movie, it wouldn't be Citizen Kane. My thinking is that it'd be something much darker than Citizen Kane - more along the line of The Godfather or a more recent fare like The Purge. Something that would enforce his violent sensibilities.

  • @egill624

    @egill624

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Calzaki Somebody said in another comment that he actually explained why he liked the movie so much, though I don't know if that's true or not

  • @Mr.Goodkat

    @Mr.Goodkat

    2 ай бұрын

    @@kerrijansson2919 Yet Hitler's favourite was snow white and the seven dwarves, being violent in real life isn't an indication your taste in media will be.

  • @j.m.turner1756
    @j.m.turner17563 ай бұрын

    Fun Fact: FDR also helped write a mystery novel that was adapted as a film called "The President's Mystery".

  • @charliesmith4072
    @charliesmith40723 ай бұрын

    Biggest surprise for me was Biden's fondness for "Ulysses". I tried reading it. After 40 years I was up to page 28 when I gave up. By tracking down the references I did learn a bit of Celtic history.

  • @kerrijansson2919

    @kerrijansson2919

    3 ай бұрын

    I was assigned to read Ulysses in my British Lit class in college. Gave up after 10 pages.

  • @Jeff_Biden

    @Jeff_Biden

    2 ай бұрын

    is it actually that boring

  • @kerrijansson2919

    @kerrijansson2919

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Jeff_Biden Yes. If you haven't read it, be prepared to be confused....a lot. And the dialogue is pretty difficult to follow. I couldn't get any further than page 10.

  • @marcasdebarun6879

    @marcasdebarun6879

    22 күн бұрын

    @@kerrijansson2919 James Joyce, possibly the most famous Irish writers of all time, in a British literature class? I know Ireland was still part of the British Empire for most of his life, but come on

  • @kerrijansson2919

    @kerrijansson2919

    22 күн бұрын

    @@marcasdebarun6879 At my alma mater, yes, James Joyce was included in my British literature classes. That was because the English department at the time did not offer Irish literature courses, so my Brit lit professors had to include noteworthy Irish writers into their British literature courses. And if my memory serves me well, my British literature textbooks had excerpts of written works by some Irish and Scottish writers such as Oscar Wilde.

  • @ClassyKai843
    @ClassyKai8433 ай бұрын

    I woke up today with congestion and a headache this video is what I needed to get through the day

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    I hope you feel better soon!

  • @ClassyKai843

    @ClassyKai843

    4 күн бұрын

    @@iammrbeatturns out I had the flu

  • @wigglyziggly
    @wigglyziggly3 ай бұрын

    According to historian and Robert La Follette biographer Nancy Unger, Fighting Bob’s autobiography was noted as one of Nixon’s three favorite books. Apparently Nixon’s father was a supporter of his 1924 campaign. Surprised you missed that, Beat!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    I haven't read all the books.

  • @wigglyziggly

    @wigglyziggly

    3 ай бұрын

    @@iammrbeatFair. Neat factoid though. You wouldn’t think it, but since apparently Nixon’s father was a vocal supporter of his in 1924, I guess it had an impact on Dick’s own political outlook as the representative of “the forgotten American”.

  • @deiansalazar140

    @deiansalazar140

    3 ай бұрын

    @@wigglyziggly Any idea how it influenced his policies?

  • @wigglyziggly

    @wigglyziggly

    3 ай бұрын

    @@deiansalazar140I’m sure it influenced what he thought was “the forgotten American” meaning the white working class like him and his father. Even though La Follette was close with figures like WEB DuBois, who advocated the civil rights measures that LBJ passed. La Follette seems to have been misinterpreted by Nixon, as some progressive conservative, even though he was anything but. The ENTIRE working class was ignored in the 1920s, while Nixon divided them in the 1960s.

  • @XxbelligerentxX
    @XxbelligerentxX3 ай бұрын

    Looking forward to the coveted, inevitable Mr Beat video on “every president’s favorite anime!”

  • @MyUsualComment
    @MyUsualComment3 ай бұрын

    My favorite book is Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. My favorite movie is a tie between Better Off Dead and Last Action Hero (insert "only 90s kids" joke here). My favorite show is Doctor Who. Just putting it out there for you, Mr Beat, in case I become president.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    Let me know when you run!

  • @slippinjimmy8019

    @slippinjimmy8019

    3 ай бұрын

    As soon as I read his name I thought of the scene in django unchained when Schultz tells Candie, “Alexandre Dumas was black.”

  • @BradyPostma

    @BradyPostma

    3 ай бұрын

    Alexandre Dumas was such a great author! I love the Count of Monte Cristo, but everything Dumas wrote was epic

  • @MiriOhki

    @MiriOhki

    3 ай бұрын

    Why not. Favorite book: Dune by Frank Herbert. Show: Babylon 5. Movie: Spirited Away. :)

  • @friendlyotaku9525

    @friendlyotaku9525

    3 ай бұрын

    Hello fellow Whovian!

  • @rmm9222
    @rmm92223 ай бұрын

    Prediction: In 30 years the President's favorite YT Channel will be Mr. Beat

  • @andreasfroby

    @andreasfroby

    3 ай бұрын

    And Mr Beat made that list 😂

  • @spaceranger3728
    @spaceranger37283 ай бұрын

    JFK also liked the Manchurian Candidate. When he found out it was to be made into a movie, he asked, "Who are they going to get to play the mother?"

  • @Official.Prez.Graves
    @Official.Prez.Graves3 ай бұрын

    “But I’m not Millard Fillmore” We’ve been duped! Bamboozled!

  • @joeyhenriques7289

    @joeyhenriques7289

    3 ай бұрын

    We’ve been smeckledorfed!

  • @Official.Prez.Graves

    @Official.Prez.Graves

    3 ай бұрын

    @@joeyhenriques7289 That’s not even a word and I agree with ya

  • @ReynaReactsandReviews
    @ReynaReactsandReviews3 ай бұрын

    This is something I didn’t even think 💭 about thanks Mr. Beat

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    I think about this stuff WAY TOO MUCH

  • @cheneethompson5756

    @cheneethompson5756

    3 ай бұрын

    @@iammrbeat you should do every president's favorite holiday!

  • @lorenschroeder9399
    @lorenschroeder93993 ай бұрын

    You should do another video on Presidents who APPEARED in Movies and TV shows! (Gerald Ford on "Dynasty", Jimmy Carter on "Home Improvement", Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump in a ton of things, Joe Biden on "Parks and Rec" and "Carmen Sandiego" etc.)

  • @FilipPopovic-oj2fz

    @FilipPopovic-oj2fz

    3 ай бұрын

    Carter also appeared in King of the hill

  • @dannythehipster5644

    @dannythehipster5644

    3 ай бұрын

    @@FilipPopovic-oj2fz Carter himself didn't appear on King of the Hill. David Herman voiced him. The original comment was in reference to presidents themselves appearing on TV shows as themselves.

  • @user-iw7ne7sy5q

    @user-iw7ne7sy5q

    3 ай бұрын

    George Bush in the Simpsons episode "two bad neighbors."

  • @gogogomes7025
    @gogogomes7025Ай бұрын

    George W. Bush liking Field of Dreams, Blackhawk Down and the Bible is simply the best.

  • @LuisAngelSantos
    @LuisAngelSantos3 ай бұрын

    Me as the 47th President: - Favorite book(s): The Bible; *On A Sea of Glass by Tad Fitch* ; slice of life manga - Favorite movie(s): *Titanic* , Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Polar Express, Get Out; Star Trek - Favorite show(s): El Senor De Los Cielos; Narcos; Star Trek: TOS; *slice of life anime*

  • @willfakaroni5808

    @willfakaroni5808

    2 ай бұрын

    You’ve just ruined your chance of becoming president, nobody would knowingly elect a fan of the FNAF movie

  • @LuisAngelSantos

    @LuisAngelSantos

    Ай бұрын

    @@willfakaroni5808 hey, as a FNAF veteran, I liked it and can’t wait for the second one! Sue me!

  • @cyanlol.

    @cyanlol.

    Ай бұрын

    "Slice of life anime" "Five Night's at Freddy's" Jesus Christ.

  • @dexstewart862
    @dexstewart8623 ай бұрын

    I remember seeing an interview with Obama once, he was asked about cartoons and he said he liked Spongebob.

  • @roxy5588
    @roxy55883 ай бұрын

    I have been waiting for this video Mr. beat. This video is amazing.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    :)

  • @AuntieBrendaWashington-tp5mq
    @AuntieBrendaWashington-tp5mq2 ай бұрын

    Mr. Beat, you never disappoint. Can hardly wait for your next video. Thank you for your fascinating and unique take on American history.

  • @stephanieschneiderman7829
    @stephanieschneiderman78293 ай бұрын

    Grant also had an appreciation for Mark Twain, who published his autobiography written while Grant was racing against his death so that his family wouldn’t be broke after he passed.

  • @thembones1895
    @thembones18953 ай бұрын

    Great video! Really dig this kind of content that you do. And Ford hah, I can see Home Alone as he was almost 80 and long retired when it came out. The man oversaw one of the most tumultuous eras - end of Vietnam, social unrest and rapid change, stagflation, list goes on. The fun antics of Macaulay Culkin were just right I am sure.

  • @marstonsmovies1928
    @marstonsmovies19283 ай бұрын

    My mom said she watched she watched Batman (1989) in the same theater as Bill Clinton when he was the governor of Arkansas. She said she heard him say “that was a pretty good movie” after it was over so feel free to add that one too

  • @charlessalzman4377
    @charlessalzman43773 ай бұрын

    I'm gonna post before I even watch the video because something you said right at the beginning is more important than the fun facts your about to present. Thank you Mr. Beat, for helping raise awareness and normalizing the topic of mental health. We have few problems discussing many of the ailments that can affect our body, but there's still such a stigma about discussing those that affect our minds. I'm being treated for depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder. Many people suffer in silence. If a person breaks their leg we are fine with talking about it, but if some trauma breaks their mind we speak in hushed tones. We are making headway but keep banging that gong until we are as comfortable discussing mental ailments as we are about injuries. Thank you again!

  • @jan-rs6im
    @jan-rs6im3 ай бұрын

    thank you Mr Beat - great show - and i have added a few books to my list!!

  • @Renostat_
    @Renostat_3 ай бұрын

    the little uncomfortable silence after the sad jokes made me laugh more

  • @milesknightestrada3286
    @milesknightestrada32863 ай бұрын

    The video I've been waiting for.

  • @Supermikes
    @Supermikes3 ай бұрын

    Another fun and amazing President Video, Mr. Beat! Great job on it.

  • @joanfregapane8683
    @joanfregapane86832 ай бұрын

    This was such an informative and entertaining episode. I especially liked seeing you reading the dictionary, because that was one of my favorite pastimes from ages 12-17.

  • @noncreativeguy7284
    @noncreativeguy72843 ай бұрын

    Could you do every president’s cabinet? I think it’d be interesting to learn about what new offices were added over time, the new duties they handle, and fun trivia about the members of the cabinets.

  • @theonyxtavern
    @theonyxtavern3 ай бұрын

    There's an irony that Citizen Kane is Trump's favorite movie.

  • @YourboyJack-ld2vi
    @YourboyJack-ld2vi3 ай бұрын

    Love your videos man.

  • @frankmullins5333
    @frankmullins53333 ай бұрын

    Great work, Mr. Beat.

  • @juandavila4534
    @juandavila45343 ай бұрын

    George Washington's favorite book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules

  • @thejungwookim
    @thejungwookim3 ай бұрын

    This is such a cursed list. Imagine making a Buzzfeed article trying to find out what President has the closest tastes to you do

  • @jesusrox4u

    @jesusrox4u

    3 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @jesusrox4u

    @jesusrox4u

    3 ай бұрын

    Acknowledging BuzzFeed. That’s worth these many sins. Wait…..Wrong channel.

  • @dankbean9345
    @dankbean93452 ай бұрын

    1:30 I loved that cut to break the 4th wall when he mentioned time bending because time is the 4th dimension.

  • @RedLogicYT
    @RedLogicYT3 ай бұрын

    Yay a new Every President video! Thanks Mr Beat!

  • @pleaseenteraname1103
    @pleaseenteraname11033 ай бұрын

    It’s ironic that FDR loves Mickey Mouse. Since at least later in his presidency Walt Disney and his company were staunchly anti-new deal from what I’ve heard and read.

  • @Orchidproductions2022
    @Orchidproductions20223 ай бұрын

    Haha! I’ve been waiting for this one!

  • @chrisrae2238
    @chrisrae22383 ай бұрын

    Thanks again Mr. Beat

  • @ThePresidentsChannel
    @ThePresidentsChannel3 ай бұрын

    Mr. Beat has endless facts, huge respect 👏 💯

  • @Lgz009
    @Lgz0093 ай бұрын

    You’ve been my favorite KZread channel for years! Can you do a lesser known 2024 candidates video?

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    Perhaps a livestream? And thank you so much!

  • @MMatea1776

    @MMatea1776

    3 ай бұрын

    ​​@@iammrbeathey Mr. Beat, it's me... again, I know, aammm I have another awesome idea for your next video about our lovely presidents, and that title for that video will be *„Every President's Favorite Smoke“*

  • @bradleyklicsu573
    @bradleyklicsu5732 ай бұрын

    Just graduated with a B.A. in history and I have found my new favorite channel. The algorithm has served me a perfect video for me… thank you Mr. Beat

  • @JoshsBookishVoyage
    @JoshsBookishVoyage3 ай бұрын

    loved this

  • @ichimaru96
    @ichimaru963 ай бұрын

    Franklin pierce's favourite book was probably one of those hollowed out ones with a hip flask inside And Harding probably loved Playboy so much that he had a subscription before the magazine was even first published

  • @theautisticcomedian

    @theautisticcomedian

    3 ай бұрын

    Harding died long before Playboy was even published.

  • @BradyPostma

    @BradyPostma

    3 ай бұрын

    Hahahaha, that flask joke is perfection

  • @WisterWilson

    @WisterWilson

    3 ай бұрын

    He just read ikea ads for cupboards and let his imagination run wild

  • @Naterade812
    @Naterade8123 ай бұрын

    Mr Beat, please do a Video on the greatest accomplishment of every president (while they were NOT in office) it would be cool Love the videos and all you do!!

  • @dewilew2137
    @dewilew2137Ай бұрын

    TV shows are the same age as penicillin. Which means that Jimmy Carter was born 4 years BEFORE penicillin and sitcoms existed. Dick Van Dyke is less than 3 years older than penicillin and sitcoms. Why is that blowing my mind? 🤯

  • @SlowGraffitiVideo
    @SlowGraffitiVideo3 ай бұрын

    Nada Surf poster in the background! Lurve it! Matthew gave me a poster and signed it when I saw them in Chicago 06 because I couldn’t afford one. Great band, great people.

  • @killerbees177
    @killerbees1773 ай бұрын

    Wonder if JFK would have liked the other Bond films

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    I think so

  • @alonkatz4633

    @alonkatz4633

    3 ай бұрын

    Goldfinger is even better than From Russia with Love, so I think he would have loved it.

  • @kerrijansson2919

    @kerrijansson2919

    3 ай бұрын

    Oh yes.

  • @joshslater2426

    @joshslater2426

    2 ай бұрын

    I think so. Goldfinger is practically the textbook perfect Bond film, and Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and Diamonds are Forever all make fun big budget spy films (don’t know if he would’ve liked On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, but he might’ve liked it).

  • @user-iw7ne7sy5q
    @user-iw7ne7sy5q3 ай бұрын

    Reagan liking Top Gun makes perfect sense.

  • @cardsnark3651
    @cardsnark365116 күн бұрын

    And all this time I was thinking Mr Beat was Millard Fillmore. Thanks for clearing it up 😊

  • @frigginmanbeard3073
    @frigginmanbeard30733 ай бұрын

    Well, now that you have covered hobbies and media, I'll have to give it some thoughts on what to ask for next. Very interesting video.

  • @avatarmikephantom153
    @avatarmikephantom1533 ай бұрын

    Just about to finish my book “Renegade Royals.” It’s an alternate timeline novel which follows a fictional presidential term of JFK Jr while he is married to Princess Diana. I hope to have it out soon, in the coming months. Would you be up to reading it Mr. Beat?

  • @LivitLoud

    @LivitLoud

    3 ай бұрын

    I would!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    Heck yeah

  • @avatarmikephantom153

    @avatarmikephantom153

    3 ай бұрын

    @@iammrbeat when it’s finalized, I’ll find a way to send it to you. Final edits are being made right now. Expect it sometime soon. It’s a political thriller for recent history. Set 1995-2012.

  • @warlordofbritannia

    @warlordofbritannia

    3 ай бұрын

    Sounds absolutely crazy That’s a great premise, I’m in 😂

  • @avatarmikephantom153

    @avatarmikephantom153

    3 ай бұрын

    @@warlordofbritannia not as crazy as King Charles. He tries to remake the British Empire.

  • @laurapalmer7120
    @laurapalmer71203 ай бұрын

    Mr. Beat, Ronald Reagan’s favourite book was “The Printer of Udell’s” (1902) by Harold Bell Wright. Reagan said it was his favourite childhood book and that the main character was his childhood hero. You can definitely say the main character greatly influenced Reagan. The Wikipedia page for the book dedicates the second paragraph to Reagan. Also Reagan’s favourite movies that he starred in were any of the ones where he was portrayed as the hero. I think he only played a villain twice in his entire Hollywood career.

  • @zoedolmas4914
    @zoedolmas49142 ай бұрын

    The Searchers, My Darling Clementine and High Noon are a few of my many favorite westerns

  • @caseclosed9342
    @caseclosed93423 ай бұрын

    Harry Truman was also an honorary member of the Baker Street Irregulars, a Sherlock Holmes fan club. As someone just got into Sherlock Holmes books I was surprised to find that out.

  • @TheBigRedskull
    @TheBigRedskull3 ай бұрын

    Some day, we’ll get every President’s prior jobs/public offices!

  • @brockpifer9929

    @brockpifer9929

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah like they’re jobs and what all they pursued and did before they were president

  • @Icyzroblox
    @Icyzroblox3 ай бұрын

    Mr Beat Never fails to make me edge onside my seat!!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    lol

  • @Icyzroblox

    @Icyzroblox

    3 ай бұрын

    @@iammrbeat OMG THE MAN HIMSELF

  • @augiegirl1
    @augiegirl12 ай бұрын

    9:59 My husband is like that; he was in resource-room classes all through K-12 due to his learning disability (he still struggles with spelling), but now MANY of his online orders are books.

  • @matthew_herzog
    @matthew_herzog3 ай бұрын

    Also, one of Lincoln's favorite books growing up was the memoir Sufferings in Africa by Captain James Riley. (For a more modern and comprehensive version, I recommend Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King.)

  • @ghintz2156
    @ghintz21563 ай бұрын

    I love your dad joke humor. That said, Better Help isn't a good company to promote...

  • @MIloszKluski

    @MIloszKluski

    3 ай бұрын

    I also saw that one trendy video this one youtuber made recently and I was wondering how many people in the comments of Mr Beat will care about it. Not many for now... Personally i'm indifferent.

  • @Jackie_1716
    @Jackie_17163 ай бұрын

    Could you do Every US Presidents Height and Weight?

  • @andresduran4363
    @andresduran43633 ай бұрын

    Gorgeous Books mr Beat; best regards from Bogota Colombia. Here we too read and see English production.

  • @welcometonebalia
    @welcometonebalia3 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @abhimanyupatil1148
    @abhimanyupatil11483 ай бұрын

    I’m surprised Bill’s favorite book wasn’t Lolita

  • @lightyagami3492

    @lightyagami3492

    3 ай бұрын

    Ooof 💀💀

  • @JosephThomas-xb9wo

    @JosephThomas-xb9wo

    3 ай бұрын

    Like people actually think he has no other interests besides sex lol . Ridiculous 🤣

  • @samgradyfilm

    @samgradyfilm

    18 күн бұрын

    I have a feeling you probably haven't actually read Lolita.

  • @abhimanyupatil1148

    @abhimanyupatil1148

    18 күн бұрын

    @@samgradyfilm no it was just a joke ik Lolita is more complicated than that

  • @ThatMediaGuy150
    @ThatMediaGuy1503 ай бұрын

    "Does Trump read?" Neglects to mention The Art of the Deal, which he has followed to a tee.

  • @warlordofbritannia

    @warlordofbritannia

    3 ай бұрын

    “Mine covfefe”

  • @BradyPostma

    @BradyPostma

    3 ай бұрын

    Trump's ghost writer for _The Art of the Deal_ has publicly lamented Trump's Presidency and talked about how challenging it was to assemble Trump's incoherent ramblings into a readable book.

  • @stephennootens916

    @stephennootens916

    2 ай бұрын

    There has been a handful of reports that he use to keep Mein Kampf on his night stand.

  • @warlordofbritannia

    @warlordofbritannia

    2 ай бұрын

    @@stephennootens916 The fact that he volunteered so readily that he had never read it was definitely sus

  • @BradyPostma

    @BradyPostma

    2 ай бұрын

    @@warlordofbritannia - He claimed that he didn't know who David Duke was, but he instantly knew what Mein Kampf was.

  • @coolpiraterapstar
    @coolpiraterapstar3 ай бұрын

    Great video

  • @leslietaylor4458
    @leslietaylor44583 ай бұрын

    It took me a minute to realize Gerald Ford lived till 2006. But still I was visioning the topics were "while they were president".. don't know why Home Alone threw my mind for a loop.. lol

  • @ToddSmith23
    @ToddSmith233 ай бұрын

    There is no way Trump has a favorite book

  • @DevinRoberts-vn3fd

    @DevinRoberts-vn3fd

    3 ай бұрын

    LOL

  • @Alex-bf3re

    @Alex-bf3re

    3 ай бұрын

    I know you’re joking, but I imagine it’d probably be something like the Fountain Head

  • @ToddSmith23

    @ToddSmith23

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Alex-bf3re Donald Trump has never read the fountainhead

  • @yuichihincapie6787

    @yuichihincapie6787

    2 ай бұрын

    His favorite book is probably the art of the deal

  • @M.A.C.01

    @M.A.C.01

    2 ай бұрын

    Well I heard he may have read mein kampf but it may be a rumor, I can’t confirm

  • @microwavedsun7345
    @microwavedsun73453 ай бұрын

    JOE BIDEN CAN READ???

  • @BrainDumpProductionsDos

    @BrainDumpProductionsDos

    Ай бұрын

    BAHAHA UNDERRATED COMMENT

  • @batteryacid104

    @batteryacid104

    25 күн бұрын

    HELP nah he’d fall asleep reading

  • @madonnasbutthole9674

    @madonnasbutthole9674

    23 күн бұрын

    He can read better than donnie. He does everything better than him.

  • @BowserSpice77
    @BowserSpice773 ай бұрын

    My favorite of this series

  • @piccolaanimaaa
    @piccolaanimaaa3 ай бұрын

    you know it's a good day when mr beat has uploaded another video on the presidents

  • @HorneATL
    @HorneATL3 ай бұрын

    Great video!!!! This one was good - really when we got to the 20th Century! Rather cool to see the movies they liked. To that, … “HOME ALONE”?!?!?!?!?!

  • @nprnilk
    @nprnilk3 ай бұрын

    Jimmy Carter was the first president to screen a X Rated movie at the White House. Which was Midnight Cowboy (that later got revised to R)

  • @johngaudet7363
    @johngaudet73633 ай бұрын

    Need to see Eisenhower and Jimmy Carter's Letterboxd lists lol. Also Trump loving Bloodsport is so funny to me, I love it

  • @user-zq4ut2sr1w
    @user-zq4ut2sr1w3 ай бұрын

    Surprisingly, Dwight has the same, Western influenced taste as me! I have been to his home in Gettysburg, I can imagine him sitting, and watching Bonaza! It does make sense that he would like westerns, being born in Texas in the 1890s, along side with his childhood taking place in Kansas, it just makes sense.

  • @Tejiknasten
    @Tejiknasten3 ай бұрын

    Lovely to watch. My own favourites are Suetonius and Eva Ibbotson (authors), Schindler's list and Ghost (movies) with The Good place, Doctor Who and Taskmaster as favourite tv shows. So, who am I to judge? 😂 Thanks for a very interesting youtube video ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @DeathWatch13
    @DeathWatch133 ай бұрын

    Great video Mr. Beat! Quick question - what's your favorite season of The Wire? (I have a feeling it might be S4...) In terms of future videos about president, maybe one about their birthplaces? Or how (except 4 of them) they spent their retirement/duration of retirement.

  • @jenniferhiemstra5228
    @jenniferhiemstra52283 ай бұрын

    Your presentation is always so wryly hilarious! That said, I'm pretty sure it was Nixons' favorite book surprising me most, like you. Not that I like judging a book by a cover (HA!) but he doesn't seem like the Tolstoy type.

  • @HarvestStore
    @HarvestStore3 ай бұрын

    Great video.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @PatriaPrimum
    @PatriaPrimum3 ай бұрын

    Great video Mr Beat, now just waiting for VTH to react to it!

  • @TheLordOfNothing

    @TheLordOfNothing

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes!

  • @jacobandmore3915
    @jacobandmore39153 ай бұрын

    Rutherford Hayes had SO MANY books. Go to the RBH house Fremont Ohio. He even kept books in the bathroom so that when guests came over he could avoid them by sitting on a chair and reading.

  • @michaelstaton1999
    @michaelstaton19993 ай бұрын

    I wonder if any future presidents favorite youtuber will be Mr. Beat, I've loved everything I've seen.

  • @equimanthorn6185
    @equimanthorn61853 ай бұрын

    You're my favorite History KZreadr, Mr.Beat