Matt Berry Reads a Letter from Elvis Presley to US President Richard Nixon

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Inspired by To the Letter by Simon Garfield and Letters of Note by Shaun Usher, LETTERS LIVE is a dynamic performance event that celebrates the enduring power of literary correspondence.
In this clip, Matt Berry reads a letter from Elvis Presley to President Richard Nixon. This was filmed at a special Letters Live World Book Night event, in association with The Reading Agency, at
Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall.

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  • @zazuzazz5419
    @zazuzazz5419 Жыл бұрын

    Yes I can hear you, Clem Fandango! 🎧 🎙

  • @Buddhamaniac
    @Buddhamaniac3 жыл бұрын

    "I have done an in-depth study of drug abuse..." Truer words never spoken. lol

  • @tecumsehcristero

    @tecumsehcristero

    3 жыл бұрын

    I currently am doing an indepth study on hard drug and Marlboro Menthol Lights. I love this type of indepth research. Later on I'm gonna hit up the bars and do an indepth study of drinking beer and hitting on white women

  • @icecreaminc8013

    @icecreaminc8013

    3 жыл бұрын

    Keith Richards has multiple PHD's in drug abuse

  • @LaGuerre19
    @LaGuerre193 жыл бұрын

    Anything that starts with "Matt Berry reads" is pure gold. On another note, I, too, have done a lot of research on drug abuse lmao

  • @DelRio1991
    @DelRio19914 жыл бұрын

    I could listen to this man read anything

  • @ksmith1141

    @ksmith1141

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too...

  • @suburbanweekend

    @suburbanweekend

    3 жыл бұрын

    They should make his voice a gps voice setting.

  • @paultaylor6873

    @paultaylor6873

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh my god please

  • @frogg25

    @frogg25

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'd pay an exorbitant amount of money for his voice to replace Alexa's (and the wake word be changed to Laszlo).

  • @thelastmotel
    @thelastmotel3 жыл бұрын

    Elvis was obsessed with being a cop or government agent. He used to collect police badges, and got himself deputised by many, many police forces around the U.S. He would, on occasion, drive around at night, looking for "crime to fight".

  • @darklighter66

    @darklighter66

    3 жыл бұрын

    He already has the costume to be a vigilante

  • @thelastmotel

    @thelastmotel

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@darklighter66 You're not wrong

  • @krad1314

    @krad1314

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thelastmotel I could definitely see someone like Elvis becoming a vigilanty in a Watchmen type world

  • @thelastmotel

    @thelastmotel

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@krad1314 Oh yeah. For sure. Elvis based his look on Captain Marvel, Jr. aka Freddy Freeman. (No, really. You can look it up.)

  • @codyleslie478

    @codyleslie478

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love Elvis even more now!

  • @blakerackley8874
    @blakerackley8874 Жыл бұрын

    This letter makes Elvis sound like the Steven Segal of his time.

  • @AD-kv9kj

    @AD-kv9kj

    Жыл бұрын

    Is Segal also a peedo?

  • @sdemosi

    @sdemosi

    Жыл бұрын

    That's accurate. He was also poorly educated, naive, a drug addict and often incoherent.

  • @nivekian

    @nivekian

    Жыл бұрын

    Old Elvis would totally be MAGA cray-cray.

  • @kromos123
    @kromos1237 жыл бұрын

    steven this is clem fandango,can you hear me?

  • @pokemon4year12

    @pokemon4year12

    7 жыл бұрын

    YES, I can hear you Clem Fandango.

  • @miked3168

    @miked3168

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes.... You Donut!

  • @MrUndersolo

    @MrUndersolo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Press the fucking button!

  • @ashleytart6365

    @ashleytart6365

    4 жыл бұрын

    Steven?

  • @Bobby3OOO

    @Bobby3OOO

    3 жыл бұрын

    YEEEEEHHHHHSSSzz

  • @Texicus_Reddicus
    @Texicus_Reddicus Жыл бұрын

    You can really hear elvis' skill with words.. what a groundbreaking lyricist.. Oh wait..

  • @BrooklynJackBlue
    @BrooklynJackBlue3 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure everyone knows, but that little finger pistol thing he did was a representation of the gift that Elvis gave to Nixon. Dude gave him a goddamn plated and engraved handgun.

  • @jordanhicks5131

    @jordanhicks5131

    3 жыл бұрын

    This was and still is (though now to a lesser extent) a common practice for important people to do when meeting with others of a similar standing. Diplomats and heads of state for instance

  • @BrooklynJackBlue

    @BrooklynJackBlue

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but, my man, it was ELVIS...giving NIXON...a GUN.

  • @jordanhicks5131

    @jordanhicks5131

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BrooklynJackBlue that's my point, when you are the king what else would you give the president? A sweet engraved pistol seems pretty appropriate

  • @jonloc8535

    @jonloc8535

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's actually the only part of this story I knew before hearing this letter.

  • @sheilac1845

    @sheilac1845

    2 жыл бұрын

    Watch the language Really

  • @The_sinner_Jim_Whitney
    @The_sinner_Jim_Whitney2 жыл бұрын

    The gift, if I’m not mistaken, was a custom pistol (I believe a 1911), which Elvis walked right into the White House with, no questions asked, and handed to the president.

  • @hetedeleambacht6608

    @hetedeleambacht6608

    28 күн бұрын

    oh, i understand, so the people in the white house were as stupid as his letter suggests they were!! Otherwise noone in their right mind would write such a letter.....my god US gouvernment is at the intelligence level of my 5 year old niece

  • @The_sinner_Jim_Whitney

    @The_sinner_Jim_Whitney

    27 күн бұрын

    @@hetedeleambacht6608 That was in the '70s. They're WAY dumber now...

  • @chocolatefrenzieya
    @chocolatefrenzieya Жыл бұрын

    Drunk History with Jack Black as Elvis does a hilarious rendition on this one. The fact that this is later years fat Elvis is even better.

  • @RedJin
    @RedJin3 жыл бұрын

    So Elvis was the Kanye West of his time.

  • @samhell3524

    @samhell3524

    3 жыл бұрын

    Damn...that's one hell of an accurate description...

  • @thomaspgreen6302

    @thomaspgreen6302

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think he Kanye West was trying to recreate the Sammy Davis Jr hug more than Elvis. I could be wrong

  • @Whisky_4_1

    @Whisky_4_1

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @kallofthektulu

    @kallofthektulu

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol no. He was buttering up/trolling Nixon to get federal credentials so that he could possess copious amounts of drugs and not get in trouble for it.

  • @kallofthektulu

    @kallofthektulu

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean quality joke and I see why you would make that connection, but Elvis was playing 4D chess on this one.

  • @krashkarchner9831
    @krashkarchner98313 жыл бұрын

    the gift was a pistol, which Elvis brought to Nixon personally; the Secret Service did not stop him, because he was ELVIS

  • @leonie563
    @leonie563 Жыл бұрын

    OMG, I'm smiling! Why wasn't this letter played at the end of the latest ELVIS movie. Would have been amazing.

  • @IknowIamkindagreat
    @IknowIamkindagreat3 жыл бұрын

    12 dislikes by Ray Bloody Purchase.

  • @robkunkel8833

    @robkunkel8833

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bloody Ray Purchase.

  • @animalcol1

    @animalcol1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Laaww lawww lawwwg lawwwg lawwwg Owwh! Laaww lawww lawwwg lawwwing lawwwg Ah! Laaww lawww lawwwing lawwwg lawwwg!! Ehhh!

  • @patrickmohan2220

    @patrickmohan2220

    2 жыл бұрын

    Unterpantseeee!!!

  • @teddyvision7563
    @teddyvision75633 жыл бұрын

    This has seriously, profoundly, cheered me up.

  • @mikemiken1963
    @mikemiken19634 жыл бұрын

    FATHERRRRRRR!

  • @Ondine107

    @Ondine107

    4 жыл бұрын

    BAT

  • @EnligUlv
    @EnligUlv3 жыл бұрын

    A Federal Agent at large with karate skills!

  • @krashd

    @krashd

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kah-rah-tay!

  • @TimSmithWordSmith
    @TimSmithWordSmith3 жыл бұрын

    Both of them absolutely nailed it.

  • @ste.6026
    @ste.60263 жыл бұрын

    When eventually the bad news comes I will give all I have upon my person for it be Matt Berry that utters the devastation...

  • @agdgdgwngo

    @agdgdgwngo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Be less vague with your crazy thoughts uggghhh

  • @WhirledPublishing

    @WhirledPublishing

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ste: A beautiful thought beautifully written.

  • @saxongreen78
    @saxongreen78 Жыл бұрын

    'Dear Sir...uh gimme a badge and a title right now! HUUUURGH!'

  • @nancyscogin7549
    @nancyscogin75492 жыл бұрын

    Elvis was probably high when he wrote this😂😂

  • @sayitloudblcknproud

    @sayitloudblcknproud

    Жыл бұрын

    I think he was!

  • @chaosordeal294
    @chaosordeal2943 жыл бұрын

    Like many things, it started off so well . . .

  • @pillettadoinswartsh4974
    @pillettadoinswartsh49743 жыл бұрын

    Nobody better to read Elvis than an eternally dead vampire.

  • @backup4ever
    @backup4ever3 жыл бұрын

    if this was released under any other pretense than comedy, it would be deaded.

  • @ripp4775
    @ripp47752 жыл бұрын

    Best VO actor. Ever. (As well as high winds)

  • @thomashernandez8700

    @thomashernandez8700

    Жыл бұрын

    High winds. Ha. Good one.

  • @Blubatt
    @Blubatt3 жыл бұрын

    In spite of his ardent opposition to drugs, some may say despite, Elvis Presley was known to partake in a lot of prescription medication in his lifetime, under the pretense that if a doctor gives you tablets, then its all ok.

  • @LetterSignedBy51SpiesWasA-Coup

    @LetterSignedBy51SpiesWasA-Coup

    Жыл бұрын

    He suffered from chronic pain from a stomach ulcer, Hepatitis, and apparently an autoimmune disease. His options at the time were the pain meds his doctor prescribed or no pain meds. His doctor was investigated after Elvis’s death and cleared of wrongdoing so it’s likely Elvis was simply sticking to his doctor’s recommendations.

  • @nagualdesign

    @nagualdesign

    Жыл бұрын

    _In spite_ and _despite_ have identical meaning. Some may say indistinguishable definition.

  • @keithwarren9800
    @keithwarren98002 жыл бұрын

    thank you very much

  • @ianbuchanan3839
    @ianbuchanan38393 жыл бұрын

    I do believe the request was accepted as well lol

  • @ManfromuncoolBlogspotstars
    @ManfromuncoolBlogspotstars3 жыл бұрын

    You rock, Matt.

  • @javelinman7
    @javelinman73 жыл бұрын

    This was very entertaining.

  • @unclescipio3136
    @unclescipio31363 жыл бұрын

    Elvis was tripping balls.

  • @jacobunderwood4957

    @jacobunderwood4957

    Жыл бұрын

    *Rich. Elvis was rich and they're all like this.

  • @rossthompson1657
    @rossthompson16573 жыл бұрын

    Yes.

  • @KKAkuoku
    @KKAkuoku5 жыл бұрын

    YES

  • @LaughingRampage
    @LaughingRampage3 жыл бұрын

    He wanted the credentials so he could transport drugs without being searched.

  • @vestibulate

    @vestibulate

    3 жыл бұрын

    Even Presley wouldn't have been dumb enough to carry the stuff himself. He had plenty of hangers-on for that sort of job.

  • @collinjamesguitar

    @collinjamesguitar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Elvis didn’t need to hide anything. They were all scripts.

  • @MandatoryHandle
    @MandatoryHandle Жыл бұрын

    "The narc badge represented some kind of ultimate power to him," Priscilla Presley would write in her memoir, Elvis and Me. "With the federal narcotics badge, he [believed he] could legally enter any country both wearing guns and carrying any drugs he wished." This is a quote from an article on what the letter in this video was about. Elvis Presley was trying to get a Federal Narcotics officer badge from Richard Nixon. He succeeded after meeting Richard Nixon in person.

  • @markofsaltburn
    @markofsaltburn2 жыл бұрын

    Dear Mr President, first, I would like to introduce myself: I am a one track lover.

  • @DTfangirlJenn
    @DTfangirlJenn4 жыл бұрын

    Extensive Research in Drug culture LOL

  • @dollhouse3009
    @dollhouse30093 жыл бұрын

    i think it is a sad letter

  • @kemperboyd16
    @kemperboyd165 жыл бұрын

    Cha ching. Elvis gets his badge and can carry drugs and guns on tour.

  • @kayzeaza
    @kayzeaza5 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been to the Nixon museum in California. I have a shirt with Nixon and Elvis shaking hands and it says ‘The president and the king’

  • @buttdick3314

    @buttdick3314

    4 жыл бұрын

    Damnit I want that shirt so bad

  • @christinepark1398

    @christinepark1398

    3 жыл бұрын

    I had a shirt with nixon and elvis shaking hands. On the front it said "we're dead" and on the back, "really really dead".

  • @brain_apostrophe_t
    @brain_apostrophe_t3 жыл бұрын

    You can contact me anytime, tonight or tomorrow.

  • @singingnymph
    @singingnymph Жыл бұрын

    "Dear President Nixon, I want to be a narc."

  • @ianscultgaming3601
    @ianscultgaming36013 жыл бұрын

    It was a nice touch to see him make a gun shape with his hand. The “gift” Elvis had for Nixon was literally a loaded gun that he snuck past the secret service.

  • @BrooklynJackBlue
    @BrooklynJackBlue6 жыл бұрын

    As we all know, that gift was a loaded gun.

  • @stanleymchale9477
    @stanleymchale94778 жыл бұрын

    Gerry Shilling and Sandy West.

  • @Telluwide
    @Telluwide3 жыл бұрын

    The history of hypocrisy in entertainment knows no bounds. The man died on his toilet, says it all.

  • @LetterSignedBy51SpiesWasA-Coup
    @LetterSignedBy51SpiesWasA-Coup Жыл бұрын

    A letter from a man who loved freedom and his country. Gotta love Elvis.

  • @yermanoh
    @yermanoh4 жыл бұрын

    elvis complaining about others using drugs...nice

  • @LynxSouth

    @LynxSouth

    3 жыл бұрын

    There's a difference. Elvis didn't use street drugs.

  • @icecreaminc8013

    @icecreaminc8013

    3 жыл бұрын

    you do realise it was the colonel feeding him drugs to keep him performing.. uppers and downers like candy, then hard pain meds. the harder the "dine" family of drugs, the more it blocks you up.. combined with his diet of bacon and peanut butter footlong sandwiches is what caused his death. Its kinda funny its reported he died of drug overdose, when in actual fact he was straining to get a shit out on the toilet, and he had an aneurysm. "Elvis is dead, he was so blocked up, pushing to get a shit out made his brain explode".... not very rock n roll

  • @jackreed7287
    @jackreed72875 жыл бұрын

    All true would you believe.

  • @UpUpBobby
    @UpUpBobby3 жыл бұрын

    If the fake name Elvis gave was Sebastian Haff, I would've lost it LOL

  • @bradameerbeg2154
    @bradameerbeg21543 жыл бұрын

    I’m won over. Anyone else?

  • @jebprendergast101
    @jebprendergast1015 жыл бұрын

    You have to imagine how surreal it must have been for Nixon, a guy who came up from nothing, to get a letter from Elvis himself.

  • @wellesradio

    @wellesradio

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jeb Prendergast can’t tell if joking...

  • @doreenlloyd4885
    @doreenlloyd48853 жыл бұрын

    I can't see why this is so funny.

  • @jlarrybrewer1149
    @jlarrybrewer1149 Жыл бұрын

    Elvis was a narc wearing rhinestones after dark He did his best to keep Memphis drug-free He knew every pill he'd eat would be one less on the Street Elvis did it all for you and me

  • @BASAtv1100
    @BASAtv11003 жыл бұрын

    Ray Bloody Purchase was the next reader

  • @nigelcarren
    @nigelcarren6 жыл бұрын

    Or in other words;" I am just normal guy, who is staying with my armed henchman in rooms 504, 505 and 506, and you can call me at any time to suit you... as long as it is within the next 15 minutes!" BRAVO Mr Presley (and Mr Berry for bringing life to this)

  • @timothyfloogle

    @timothyfloogle

    2 жыл бұрын

    505, 506, 507*

  • @Joe-xo4yg
    @Joe-xo4yg3 жыл бұрын

    …most of my heroes don’t appear on no stamp 🤙🏾🕺🏻😎. P E

  • @Omnihil777
    @Omnihil7773 жыл бұрын

    The boots for the occasion, Matt?

  • @leighfoulkes7297
    @leighfoulkes72973 жыл бұрын

    I've heard a few rumors that Nixon had a penchant for certain similar drugs the king was into.

  • @jritter1
    @jritter1 Жыл бұрын

    In case anyone is wondering the gift he gave Richard Nixon was a handgun.

  • @Hylss
    @Hylss3 жыл бұрын

    This is the funniest shit.

  • @WhirledPublishing

    @WhirledPublishing

    3 жыл бұрын

    Elvis did become an FBI agent and he was issued a fake ID by the FBI which he used after he faked his death in 1977.

  • @jamiewilson5679
    @jamiewilson56793 жыл бұрын

    Black Dynamite put him right.

  • @bipolarminddroppings
    @bipolarminddroppings2 жыл бұрын

    Elvis: Mr President, we must do something about the drugs. They're so good. Just look at how high I am right now.

  • @Katiedid1985
    @Katiedid19857 жыл бұрын

    As much as I hate to say this with a passion but it sounded like Kanye West wrote it and not Elivs.

  • @toolthoughts

    @toolthoughts

    5 жыл бұрын

    He was under immense pressure and pills

  • @wellesradio

    @wellesradio

    5 жыл бұрын

    KingOfGorillas Kanye is the fat, Vegas-era, over the hill Elvis of our times.

  • @hanssprungfeld8487

    @hanssprungfeld8487

    4 жыл бұрын

    Elivs did not write it Elvis did

  • @vijaynair2403

    @vijaynair2403

    4 жыл бұрын

    The more things change, the more they stay the saaaaame!

  • @simonjamesyoung8091

    @simonjamesyoung8091

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why do you hate to say it The man you refer to is an overbearing Pratt

  • @noeraldinkabam
    @noeraldinkabam3 жыл бұрын

    Elvis was so stoned when he wrote this.

  • @johnrodgers2018
    @johnrodgers20183 жыл бұрын

    And he was made an agent too

  • @pillettadoinswartsh4974
    @pillettadoinswartsh49743 жыл бұрын

    "The drug culture" Elvis dies of an overdose.

  • @rac4687
    @rac46872 ай бұрын

    This is hilarious but i want to hear Austin Butler read this

  • @bmcgoo6027
    @bmcgoo60272 жыл бұрын

    "Ecksetra" Was that Elvis or Matt?

  • @DontKeeptheFaith
    @DontKeeptheFaith3 жыл бұрын

    I'd guess thus sort of request is far from unusual.

  • @johnjordan6032
    @johnjordan6032 Жыл бұрын

    This sounds like my cover letters. I guess I should tone it down a bit and apply to stuff I actually have a chance at.

  • @brain_apostrophe_t
    @brain_apostrophe_t3 жыл бұрын

    Ive been doing a lot of research on Drugs.... Just so much research

  • @arthurjackson6395
    @arthurjackson63956 жыл бұрын

    Funny... but he actually did get to be a Federal Agent. Nixon gave him the appointment.

  • @NxDoyle

    @NxDoyle

    5 жыл бұрын

    100% bullshit. Presidents don't appoint regular citizens to operational law enforcement roles, those positions require immense and intensive training. Presidents appoint the directors of federal agencies, subject to Senate confirmation. Elvis famously met Nixon the day this letter was delivered. Elvis asked for, and was given, a badge from the Dept of Narcotics and Drug Enforcement, a precursor to the DEA. No status, honorary or otherwise, was conferred on Elvis. He wanted a badge because he thought it would get him out of trouble in case he got busted with drugs. The worst part about your comment is that people believe it. Yet it would have taken any one of you a few seconds to verify that it is a hoary old myth that gullible cunts believe.

  • @tcarroll777

    @tcarroll777

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@NxDoyle sad that now 13 people think this because his comment

  • @muliyachbes503
    @muliyachbes5033 жыл бұрын

    FAAAATHERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

  • @ukrpgfan4029
    @ukrpgfan40294 жыл бұрын

    Whaaaaaaaaaatttt???

  • @conorcahill9170

    @conorcahill9170

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ray fucking Purchase

  • @008overrated
    @008overrated2 жыл бұрын

    Elvis is and was the mother F’ n King

  • @suburbanweekend
    @suburbanweekend3 жыл бұрын

    Elvis was mad about drug culture but like wasn’t he always on drugs. 😂

  • @agdgdgwngo

    @agdgdgwngo

    3 жыл бұрын

    "I have done in-depth study of drug abuse..." - Dude obviously wasn't lying there!

  • @bobbyfeet2240

    @bobbyfeet2240

    3 жыл бұрын

    There's a pretty long-standing sense that "drugs for me but not for thee". Look at all of the lawyers and wall Street types who ardently supported the drug war (especially on crack) but did mountains of cocaine themselves. Granted, there's a pretty strong but if racism under this.

  • @krassos

    @krassos

    3 жыл бұрын

    You have a better way to score easy drugs than to seize them in the name of the government?

  • @suburbanweekend

    @suburbanweekend

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@krassos you have a good point 😂.

  • @suburbanweekend

    @suburbanweekend

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bobbyfeet2240 true, the war on drugs has a long and sad history. Power, privilege and race are big parts of it. And I mean Elvis is the epitome of power and privilege. He was white, male, rich and everyone called him the King. Of course he probably thought he was above it all.

  • @Jeff250lbc
    @Jeff250lbc3 жыл бұрын

    Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

  • @MiniM69

    @MiniM69

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, he admitted he did in-depth studies of drug culture, so at least he’s honest!

  • @charabotte1
    @charabotte13 жыл бұрын

    is this true ?

  • @Ater_Draco

    @Ater_Draco

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @funnight56
    @funnight563 жыл бұрын

    Trump is Elvis. Compare faces

  • @bradameerbeg2154
    @bradameerbeg21543 жыл бұрын

    Elvis really was the king.

  • @emmamortiboy1520
    @emmamortiboy15203 жыл бұрын

    Tragicomedy if you really think about it. Elvis was seriously delusional and child like at times. Sad

  • @cyclo1224
    @cyclo12243 жыл бұрын

    Elvis Presley is the MOST over rated human EVER!

  • @Smurfabilly

    @Smurfabilly

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Cupid Stunt he was a good singer, I enjoy a lot of his music but as a person no thanks

  • @saxongreen78

    @saxongreen78

    Жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't even cross the street to talk with Elvis...or Nixon.

  • @mobiustrip1400
    @mobiustrip14003 жыл бұрын

    Black Panthers then, BLM now

  • @nickmaclachlan5178
    @nickmaclachlan5178 Жыл бұрын

    I feel that Mr Presley may have been right in the middle of some of his "drug abuse research" when he penned this letter......

  • @eden2esthar
    @eden2esthar9 жыл бұрын

    Umm....

  • @gusto8169
    @gusto81693 жыл бұрын

    Elvis was a square all along.

  • @noelthomas9290
    @noelthomas92908 жыл бұрын

    a man..

  • @MisterIm313

    @MisterIm313

    6 жыл бұрын

    Noel Thomas Iran...

  • @InstantLeprosy
    @InstantLeprosy3 жыл бұрын

    Hearing that, it is painfully clear that Elvis would so be a Trump supporter if he was still alive.

  • @LTPottenger

    @LTPottenger

    3 жыл бұрын

    oh noe

  • @vestibulate

    @vestibulate

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah. He'd have shared the stage with John Voigt- and his career would have followed a similar trajectory.

  • @garrybarry4286
    @garrybarry42864 жыл бұрын

    That actual letter in some ways describes the political situation in America....who disagrees?

  • @tonycarpaccio9550

    @tonycarpaccio9550

    4 жыл бұрын

    I disagree.

  • @karenimber8870
    @karenimber88703 жыл бұрын

    Elvis the Nark

  • @freesaxon6835
    @freesaxon68353 жыл бұрын

    He was ahead of his time on this, and he could write unlike today's luffies. Proof of you need it that politically most of the general public have blotting paper minds, turning to celebs, actors to validate their opinions.

  • @AB-nr8cu

    @AB-nr8cu

    3 жыл бұрын

    ‘Luffies’😆Honey, you are hilarious criticising the writing ability of others whilst spooling out semi-illiterate, ill constructed phrases yourself. Well, you made me laugh anyway. Keep up the entertainment, it amuses us. 👍

  • @freesaxon6835

    @freesaxon6835

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AB-nr8cu phonetically spelt as a joke, as in ..... "Who dat dare " or .... " is you are or " is you ain't my babee ' for humorous take. Glad it amused you, even for the wrong reasons.

  • @justincruz8050

    @justincruz8050

    Жыл бұрын

    This isnt really proof of that at all. He wants the badge because he thought having it meant he could go anywhere toting whatever guns and drugs he wanted. "Elvis could write a coherent letter" is pretty anecdotal in the criticism of modern culture.

  • @johnnny8906
    @johnnny89063 жыл бұрын

    Berry can't pronounce "etcetera"

  • @gwarlow

    @gwarlow

    3 жыл бұрын

    So, THAT was your takeaway? An issue with his pronunciation? Wow. I hope things get better for you soon. Cheers.

  • @bwilson774
    @bwilson7746 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha elvis had a drug problem, how hilarious.

  • @yellowblanka6058

    @yellowblanka6058

    5 жыл бұрын

    Won't somebody think of the poor multi-millionaire (well, adjusted for inflation) musician? Oh, what a rough life it was....

  • @andy6576

    @andy6576

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@yellowblanka6058 There are some things no amount of money can paper over. You know nothing of Elvis' life. if you were a fully functioning human being you'd realise this. Oh, and Elvis never sought sympathy from anyone.

  • @yellowblanka6058

    @yellowblanka6058

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@andy6576 I didn't mean to say I had no sympathy for Elvis, I'm sure he had issues, everybody does, I just have more sympathy for say, some random homeless person who faced difficulties their whole life, lives under a bridge and self-medicates with hard drugs than somebody who had more than enough money to live comfortably, adoring fans, friends etc.

  • @andy6576

    @andy6576

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@yellowblanka6058 Fair enough.

  • @jimbob4537

    @jimbob4537

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@yellowblanka6058 to be fair Elvis gave a load of his money away to poor people - and he came from a poor background himself

  • @Mrs.TJTaylor
    @Mrs.TJTaylor3 жыл бұрын

    Presley was concerned with drug culture? Huh. Funny sort of.

  • @dollhouse3009
    @dollhouse30093 жыл бұрын

    it was mean to laugh at this

  • @slowster2945
    @slowster29453 жыл бұрын

    Reagan elected President - 1980. Elvis' death - 1977. Confused

  • @krashd

    @krashd

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because the story is about Nixon...

  • @americannomadnews5370
    @americannomadnews53703 жыл бұрын

    The crowd laughs because they neither had respect for Elvis or for Nixon. Yet both were passionate men who cared about our country. And both were arguably successful. God bless Elvis and my cousin Nixon.

  • @Sevarrius

    @Sevarrius

    Жыл бұрын

    How is this about respect or a lack thereof? Regardless of the author, the letter and it's contents are simply ridiculous to the point of absurdity, the crowd recognise that and laugh in response, giving no indication as to their personal feelings beyond a surface level humour. I just don't see how the stature of either man has anything to do with it and I certainly cannot work out how or why the laughter of the crowd is perceived to be in any way directed at Nixon.

  • @saxongreen78

    @saxongreen78

    Жыл бұрын

    I reckon your country, your cousin and Elvis have said quite enough...if they need any further defending then maybe they're actually weak.

  • @FacheChanteDeux
    @FacheChanteDeux Жыл бұрын

    Elvis was on every drug, this is more delusional than all of Nixon's thoughts put together!

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