Ronald Reagan: The Man Behind the Icon

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  • @Biographics
    @Biographics  4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

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    • @igorflexus9493
      @igorflexus9493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well done Simon. Keep ém coming...

    • @ianharvey4406
      @ianharvey4406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The add before was "RAID! SHADOW LEGENDS!"

    • @vita9010
      @vita9010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You really glossed over his racist attitudes.

    • @krokodilpil8335
      @krokodilpil8335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ronald Raycon. When you need a good ear.

    • @Predator42ID
      @Predator42ID 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please do John Moses Browning next please.

  • @APerson-by7oi
    @APerson-by7oi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1115

    I can’t believe they made the president from Cold War into a real person.

    • @themechanic.9545
      @themechanic.9545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Don't forget Gorbachev

    • @MarshallChems
      @MarshallChems 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      I cant believe they made a whole war over a video game 😭

    • @socom54321
      @socom54321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Comment of the video, sir. Hahahaha

    • @wmeemw994
      @wmeemw994 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was VERY real and very much part of your likely grandparents’ generation.

    • @craigstewart1532
      @craigstewart1532 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can't believe you are so uninformed. I guess you are one of the reasons we now have Biden.

  • @maxversthappening8166
    @maxversthappening8166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2225

    “Ronald Reagan? The actor?”

    • @raymondwatt9773
      @raymondwatt9773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Doc Brown haha

    • @Dr.RichardBanks
      @Dr.RichardBanks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Every time I hear his name 😂💀

    • @mikemarsh7387
      @mikemarsh7387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      Whose the vice president? Jerry Lewis?

    • @SkinnerNoah
      @SkinnerNoah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Who's Vice President? Jerry Lewis?!

    • @shradman93
      @shradman93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      "And I assume Jane Wyman is the First Lady!"

  • @keithtestaverde3712
    @keithtestaverde3712 4 ปีที่แล้ว +855

    *Balloon pops in the room during his speech after his assassination*
    Reagan: "Missed me"

    • @loganveach9499
      @loganveach9499 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      One of the best moments

    • @AverageJoe483
      @AverageJoe483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Didn’t even flinch Reagan was the GOAT

    • @chrisenglish4380
      @chrisenglish4380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I wonder if Reagan or Brady would have approved of the second amendment infringement’s affected by John Hinckley’s action?

    • @syafsmith5085
      @syafsmith5085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I'm a Democrat, but Reagan was a legend.

    • @joethompson543
      @joethompson543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Chris English was Brady’s wife that led the charge, as I recall.

  • @benselectionforcasting4172
    @benselectionforcasting4172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +742

    Just to show you how youthful I am, I intend to campaign in all 13 states.

    • @michaelb1761
      @michaelb1761 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I won't make an issue of my opponent's youth and inexperience. (Or, something like that)

    • @benselectionforcasting4172
      @benselectionforcasting4172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @@michaelb1761 its
      "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit... for political purposes, my opponents youth and inexperience."

    • @jakenapier6925
      @jakenapier6925 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@benselectionforcasting4172 Bc dude was literally not much younger and past his prime as well made it too hilarious and great! Just exposition for people who haven't seen that clip, before. Illinois, Baby! Lincoln and Reagan represented very well!

    • @steveskouson9620
      @steveskouson9620 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      At least he didn't say 57, with 2 or 3 more to go.
      Reagan was cracking a joke, and it worked. Obama
      wasn't and it didn't.
      steve

    • @the10thfloor37
      @the10thfloor37 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Of course someone with the name @The Confederate Restoration Plan would say Lincoln of ALL PEOPLE was terrible😂😂😂😂🤷‍♂️

  • @Spanishdog17
    @Spanishdog17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1170

    Ronald Reagan created the slogan "Make America Great Again" in 1980. Trump even admited in an interview that he took the phrase from Reagan.

    • @flowertrue
      @flowertrue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      I'm surprised he actually read something. Besides the Forbes 100

    • @jamiecarroll1627
      @jamiecarroll1627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I believe the term was coined by Carter in 1976 during his campaign against Ford. He definitely used it at a campaign address.

    • @jacobwells810
      @jacobwells810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      It's actually "Make America Great"

    • @gingerman5123
      @gingerman5123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@jamiecarroll1627 Bill clinto also used the MAGA slogan in his 1992 run. Funny how everyone was MAGA until they get bought off by China...

    • @upstateNYfinest
      @upstateNYfinest 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Im pretty sure it was just "make america great"

  • @LuckyDT
    @LuckyDT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +763

    Reagan was a huge proponent of the Raycon earbuds. He used to blast artists like The Weeknd, Run the Jewels, J Cole as well as some dubstep while in office using his earbuds. This is well known but wasn’t mentioned for some reason.

    • @evananderson1455
      @evananderson1455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      RTJ

    • @ChubbyTeletubby
      @ChubbyTeletubby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      "We must reject the idea that every time a Raycon is broken, society is guilty rather than the earbud breaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his Raycons."
      -Ronald Reagan

    • @bivvystridents3752
      @bivvystridents3752 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I remember that. He let Gorby listen to some Black Flag on them at one of their meetings. It was said this event really pushed Gorbachev towards his ideology of Perestroika.

    • @peterdicak9133
      @peterdicak9133 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      0p

    • @maggotmusic757
      @maggotmusic757 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can't even play along with this joke knowing that Killer Mike from RTJ has a song speaking out against Reagan lol

  • @lovelessissimo
    @lovelessissimo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +555

    Legend says right before he was put under for his assassination attempt injuries, he said to the ER surgeons:
    "I hope you guys are republicans."

    • @chigwesibanyama1148
      @chigwesibanyama1148 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      To which one of the doctors replied, "Mr. President, today we are all Republicans."

    • @jasonlong8754
      @jasonlong8754 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      Legend also says that when Nancy arrived at the hospital and demanded to know what had happened, Reagan said, "I forgot to duck."
      Plus, there's the outdoor speech he gave where one of the extremely large balloons popped and echoed. Reagan, mid-speech, didn't miss a beat, just paused and said, "Missed me."
      At least he had a sense of humor about this assassination attempt.

    • @joew2236
      @joew2236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      The doctor was a lifelong Democrat too

    • @patricktsai2303
      @patricktsai2303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Only 80s kids remember when America had a president everyone could love, not just one side of the country 😁
      IMO the closest I've seen in my lifetime to that kind of man post-Reagan (besides Bush Sr.) was probably Obama in his first term. If I had to wager I think he had like 90% of the country behind him, that 10% being just the birther racist nutbags. Then he made disappointment after disappointment and got just like 60% left by the time he was reelected.

    • @GhostRider659
      @GhostRider659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@patricktsai2303 You could put the greatest man in the world in the white house and half of America would hate him today.

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear 4 ปีที่แล้ว +384

    The accent + nicknames= gold

    • @ArimaKihe1
      @ArimaKihe1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ha Ha wow what are you doing here, GunsG?!

    • @RJM1011
      @RJM1011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nice to see you here Mr G ! :)

  • @Bitchslapper316
    @Bitchslapper316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    "Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying."
    - Ronald Reagan

    • @NymbusCumulo928
      @NymbusCumulo928 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thomas Jefferson owned 600 slaves and had sex with many of them, later abandoning the children.
      (I know the comment is a joke, just making sure people know this because it was never taught in schools)

    • @bezllama3325
      @bezllama3325 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😭😭

    • @tomlxyz
      @tomlxyz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ironically he barely did any actual work in the whitehouse besides giving general directions from time to time

    • @johnhazlett3711
      @johnhazlett3711 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That's one thing I really miss, Reagan's 2nd to none humor.

    • @OrangeBoiiii
      @OrangeBoiiii 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

  • @GrievousReborn
    @GrievousReborn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    Doc Brown: “Then tell me, future boy, who’s President of the United States in 1985?”
    Marty Mcfly: “Ronald Reagan.”
    Doc Brown: “Ronald Reagan? The actor? Then who’s vice-president? Jerry Lewis?”

    • @stanleysmith7551
      @stanleysmith7551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Marty: So Doc, heard you returned from the year 2020. Who's the President of the United States of America?
      Doc Brown: Donald J. Trump.
      Marty: The real estate guy? Who's his VP, Michael Jackson? 😏

  • @0311Mushroom
    @0311Mushroom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    In his last public speech, he made fun of himself, Bill Clinton, and Lloyd Benson.
    In 1988 VP nominee castigated VP nominee Quaile (who referred to himself to JFK) saying "You are no Jack Kennedy.
    Fast forward, and Bill Clinton was comparing himself to Thomas Jefferson. Reagan copied the earlier speech. "Governor Clinton, I knew Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was a friend of mine. Governor, you are no Thomas Jefferson."
    I watched that live, not knowing he would never speak again in public.

  • @josephcollins1607
    @josephcollins1607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    Not long after the injury he was speaking in Berlin when a balloon popped loudly, he paused his speech for a quick joke...missed me. Noe that's awesome 😆

    • @chipmunkhunt
      @chipmunkhunt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I remember that moment like it was yesterday

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 ปีที่แล้ว +645

    “There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.”
    ― Ronald Reagan

    • @williehardiman6766
      @williehardiman6766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      *evil

    • @FM_DOOM
      @FM_DOOM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Ironic

    • @CupOhCoffeeTwitch
      @CupOhCoffeeTwitch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That's just sounds like "even if it's bad and I did it, no one knew it was me so I'm not the bad guy"

    • @sophiaageitos2763
      @sophiaageitos2763 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Good quote, it’s a shame it came from a deceitful mouth

    • @oldesertguy9616
      @oldesertguy9616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@CupOhCoffeeTwitch that is nothing like what that says. I can understand people hate Reagan for whatever their reasons are, but try not to twist things to suit your opinions.

  • @dalezapple2493
    @dalezapple2493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    Surprised you never did a bio on Reagan before this.

    • @LegiyonEhellout
      @LegiyonEhellout 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I don't think he did one on Thatcher either, surprisingly.

    • @nutty422
      @nutty422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LegiyonEhellout he's done one about a week ago

    • @LegiyonEhellout
      @LegiyonEhellout 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nutty422 Yeah, I saw it the same day it was posted

  • @MrJustbrowsing12345
    @MrJustbrowsing12345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Not exploiting his youth and inexperience has got to be one of the best lines ever 👏

  • @jackd5089
    @jackd5089 4 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    My grand mother who imgrated to the US in 1954 at the age of 16 does not remember Regan as man who was president of the united States but as the man in the general electric advert

    • @constancemiller3753
      @constancemiller3753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Reagan himself talked about his time with G.E.'s rubber chicken circuit being where he met the American people.

    • @lonelywalrus5327
      @lonelywalrus5327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      thank you pablo escobar

    • @jackd5089
      @jackd5089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lonelywalrus5327 no bother

    • @LauFiu
      @LauFiu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lonelywalrus5327 thabk you walt disney

  • @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs
    @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

  • @seanbrazell6147
    @seanbrazell6147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    I'd love to see Hinckley's face when he learned that Jodey Foster is gay.

    • @wrathford
      @wrathford 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Jodie Foster probably heard about this guy and said, 'oh HELL no, guys are fuckin crazy. where the vagina @'

    • @pyromania1018
      @pyromania1018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      From what I heard, mentioning the topic to her will prompt her to just walk away. She HATES when people bring that up.

    • @jgjgjg739
      @jgjgjg739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Jackson Rushing well I don’t see why she would want to hear about it.

    • @tenhirankei
      @tenhirankei 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jgjgjg739 Not exactly good PR.

    • @tenhirankei
      @tenhirankei 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Was that known about her then? He might have said "when did that happen?"

  • @brentgranger7856
    @brentgranger7856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Ronald Reagan's humor even after he had been shot was unbelievable!
    To his wife, Nancy - "Honey, I forgot to duck."
    To the doctors about to operate on him - "I hope you all are Republicans!"

  • @JingleJangle256
    @JingleJangle256 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    After finishing this video, I went back and watched all the entirety of Reagan’s 1964 speech. I’d seen clips from time to time but never watched it beginning to end. It really is a brilliant speech. His voice, delivery, and passion is awe-inspiring. It disappoints me that modern politicians aren’t as eloquent or engaging.

    • @joshuasill1141
      @joshuasill1141 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's because there isn't any pride in being an American and helping your fellow Americans. It's all "me, me, me" and "give me, give me, give me"

    • @balabanasireti
      @balabanasireti ปีที่แล้ว

      Reagan was even worse than any modern president

  • @jamesclark9479
    @jamesclark9479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    If there hasn't been a correction already... Just for clarity it was not jipper. But Gipper. With a hard g as in go.
    Interesting bio thank you

    • @billh230
      @billh230 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hmmm. To think I had been pronouncing 'go' incorrectly all these years. :)

    • @thegreatitudecoach
      @thegreatitudecoach 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you mean it's not Joogle.. and Jangster?... Damn...

  • @bertgernaat4746
    @bertgernaat4746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    After the assination atempt he held a rally. A balloon popped and there was a bang. Reagan's respons "Missed me".

  • @jessallard6851
    @jessallard6851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    They finally got married because they were in love.
    Yeah pretty sure their daughter born 7 months after their marriage was the reason they finally got married

    • @zuverzagmail
      @zuverzagmail 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      yet they had a great marriage. who would have thunk?

    • @RealGooberTron
      @RealGooberTron หลายเดือนก่อน

      They had a fantastic love filled marriage, your point being?

  • @ethanramos4441
    @ethanramos4441 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    “We can’t help everyone but everyone can help someone.”
    Ronald Reagan

    • @imbluz
      @imbluz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That statement is more believable than "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."

    • @mopnem
      @mopnem 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Regan def believed in not helping everyone lmao

    • @imbluz
      @imbluz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mopnem He was espousing brotherly kindness, not institutional welfare.

    • @mopnem
      @mopnem 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@imbluz What are you referring to? Do you even know what your referring, expound a little if you can

    • @imbluz
      @imbluz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mopnem If you can' understand that statement. You wouldn't be able to understand anything.

  • @themaninblack7503
    @themaninblack7503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    The scene with Nancy laying on the casket was heartbreaking.

  • @armedrealtorakasheepdog6914
    @armedrealtorakasheepdog6914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    When Reagan was on the operating table after being shot, he looked up at his surgeons and said “I hope you’re Republicans”. The head surgeon replied “Mr President, today we’re all Republicans”

    • @jessgunn6639
      @jessgunn6639 ปีที่แล้ว

      so was hinkley lol, the following day his brother was to hold a political fundraiser with niall bush and hinkleys dad was assistant ceo in bush seniors oil company, yes that bush that came charging in to take control after the assassination attempt and said there was no need to investigate hinkley any further as he was just another nut like lee harvey oswald lol

    • @Tavat
      @Tavat ปีที่แล้ว

      Republicans don’t believe in higher education.

  • @brutuscraig
    @brutuscraig 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Hi Simon - loving your channels - this one in particular because you've also made it available as a podcast and which I listen to regularly when driving or walking. I'd love to see a few more Australians featured though. Some people that come to mind include notable politicians Henry Parkes, Robert Menzies and John Howard, sportspeople Greg Norman, Don Bradman and Rod Laver, and entertainers such as Peter Allen, Hugh Jackman, Mel Gibson and Paul Hogan. Keep up the good work mate!

  • @AGnorTheChannel
    @AGnorTheChannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I know it would be controversial, but I'd be interested to see a video about Joe McCarthy. Honestly I don't have an opinion about the guy, but it would be intriguing to see his life in Biographics fashion.

    • @josephgriffin2388
      @josephgriffin2388 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was the Trump of the 1950's.
      "Where's my Roy Chon?"
      If you don't know who that guy was, he was Mc Arthy's jerk-off lawyer.

  • @AdityaSingh-kx7eu
    @AdityaSingh-kx7eu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    Could you do one on J.Edgar Hoover I’m sure it would be interesting and he’s the kind of character who’ll probably get you atleast a million views

    • @richardmarty9939
      @richardmarty9939 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Especially anything you have about his cross-dressing/gay business.

    • @diypictures
      @diypictures 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@richardmarty9939 My guess is that they would gloss over that much like the lingering effects of "Reaganomics" and the Iran/Contra ordeal.

    • @dleet86
      @dleet86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@diypictures Keeping the hostages from a recue to hurt Carter got GOP 4 SCOTUS seats and the end to democracy in favor of an oligarchic plutocracy or Feudalism Redux.

    • @r1explode1
      @r1explode1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You should watch a TH-cam video called “Passing for White.”

  • @maxdevlin4349
    @maxdevlin4349 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    You didn't include his best nickname... "Ronnie Ray Gun" given for his Star Wars Defense Initiative {SDI) program:)

    • @skwervin1
      @skwervin1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is how I remember him. I also remember the day in 85 I think when he decided to bomb Libya and we hovered on the edge of WW3

    • @Matt_from_Florida
      @Matt_from_Florida 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *Ronald* Ray Gun

    • @AverageJoe483
      @AverageJoe483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wendy Beacall well after that we didn’t have any terrorists or problems from the country . I’d say it was effective

    • @shebbs1
      @shebbs1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AverageJoe483 The Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie was after that, and was definitely Libyan sponsored, so you are definitely wrong.

    • @ronunderwood5771
      @ronunderwood5771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Two things. The Lockerbie bomb exploded early leaving wreckage (clues) on land. The investigation took 3 years. Reagan was long gone from office by then. Jan. 20 1989 was his last day in office. The bombing was Dec. 21 1988. Also winter solstice, the shortest day of the year.
      Now a bit about "Star Wars" the derisive nickname the plan was given by Reagan's enemies. It was a giant effort at a defense against ICBM's. The program had many detractors. It was the butt of many a joke by those on the left in the US. Knowledgeable academics from leftist Ivy League campuses and the west coast universities railed against. Ironically the ONE group that believed it might be possible was the Russians. The mere possibility of its success worried them greatly causing them to double down on their own spending. Which they could not afford. It was a big part of breaking their financial system.

  • @nicholasdepina2944
    @nicholasdepina2944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    9 scariest words in history,I'm from the govt and I'm here to help

  • @zanep67
    @zanep67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I truly appreciate the unbiased vibes i get from your videos man, keep up the great work!

  • @khalidhenry3857
    @khalidhenry3857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    I've always wondered how an actor became President

    • @weirdshibainu
      @weirdshibainu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      What difference does it make that he was an actor?

    • @khalidhenry3857
      @khalidhenry3857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@weirdshibainu Nothing. I'm just curious.

    • @weirdshibainu
      @weirdshibainu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@khalidhenry3857 Ok. He was much more than an actor. U.S. Presidents have come from a variety of backgrounds as has many in Congress.

    • @diandoxlee7346
      @diandoxlee7346 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Try checking Philippines... politicians and actors are interchangeable...

    • @OperationBaboon
      @OperationBaboon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      most presidents are actors... but only a few were as bad as reagan tho...

  • @501ststudios7
    @501ststudios7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Jimmy Stewart! Would make a great subject for a video, given his service in WWII and all his accomplishments before and after.

    • @QUARTERMASTEREMI6
      @QUARTERMASTEREMI6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, please do a bit on Jimmy Stewart! Also do other features of Hollywood actors and actresses who served & risked their lives in the Second World War.

    • @johnbaugh2437
      @johnbaugh2437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was a real hero and class act

    • @5280Comics
      @5280Comics 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jimmy Stewart an American icon.

  • @chigwesibanyama1148
    @chigwesibanyama1148 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Great video, as usual, guys. Surprised though that Iran - Contra wasn't delved into. I guess y'all need to make your vids 3 minutes longer (would be great for all of us, your big fans 😆)

  • @billylangley1462
    @billylangley1462 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent!! Thank you Simon!!!

  • @ravellxivrobinson4979
    @ravellxivrobinson4979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    You should do a biographic on the emperor of San Francisco… he wasn't a real emperor but everyone treated him like royalty.

  • @luiginanichele6623
    @luiginanichele6623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Thank you Simon and Biographics for these videos! They kept me company during the lockdown and are continuing to do so. Am also enjoying the podcasts! Keep it up.

  • @Redmartian2000
    @Redmartian2000 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This man truly lived an incredible life, had no idea he was so pedigreed and accomplished

  • @mikemarsh7387
    @mikemarsh7387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    This dude lived quite a full life

    • @annescholey6546
      @annescholey6546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bedtime for Bonzo

    • @Scorpion122178
      @Scorpion122178 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His son hates him. That should tell you everything you need to know about a man.

    • @5280Comics
      @5280Comics 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Scorpion122178 Ron Jr doesn’t like his brother and sisters either, should tell you the man he is.

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Scorpion122178 just because someone has different views doesnt mean they hate them

  • @TWE_2000
    @TWE_2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Can you please make a video on Henry Kissinger?

    • @henriqueoliveira3872
      @henriqueoliveira3872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That would be a great one! But, today, he is still going with 97 years and they usually don't do videos on people who are still alive.

    • @annescholey6546
      @annescholey6546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bomb everyone

    • @acangial1
      @acangial1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Kissinger the War Criminal?

    • @ieatgremlins
      @ieatgremlins 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ufff yes

  • @ericdavid7389
    @ericdavid7389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the story where the Telegraph lines we’re down and he just had to completely make up what was going on until the issue was fixed

  • @YeeSoest
    @YeeSoest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "His father was an irish alcoholic"
    Made it sound like a job title ^^

    • @NerdilyDone
      @NerdilyDone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was going to say it sounded like his religion, given how Nelle was mentioned as a Protestant just before that.

  • @TWE_2000
    @TWE_2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Can you please make a video about Allen Dulles, the first and longest serving director of the CIA?

    • @snowroaches
      @snowroaches 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Everyone that tries mysteriously disappears.

    • @nickschulte3915
      @nickschulte3915 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      T WE that’s classified

    • @yepimheretoo2270
      @yepimheretoo2270 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Corbett Report did a good one a few years ago, if you're looking for something that goes into detail about Dulles

  • @LtColShingSides
    @LtColShingSides 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Darn! I got here too early, the comment section hasn't gotten spicy yet.

    • @joshriles84
      @joshriles84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just wait

    • @williehardiman6766
      @williehardiman6766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It literally will not let me comment if I say "White Devil". This comment will get deleted. Watch.

    • @williehardiman6766
      @williehardiman6766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Moderator has it out for me right now. 😭😭😭

    • @ilarious5729
      @ilarious5729 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@williehardiman6766 I doubt

    • @williehardiman6766
      @williehardiman6766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ilarious5729 seriously. I commented that like 10 times. I just think they don't like me saying "White Devil" but that's what he was. This is the only comment I've posted that says that and is still up.

  • @mikedocherty6160
    @mikedocherty6160 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    "The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted it belongs to the brave."
    Ronald Reagan

    • @thedude4672
      @thedude4672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "Facts are stupid things."
      Ronald Reagan

    • @jamalwalker
      @jamalwalker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @MOHAMMED AAQIB dude look it up regan was an awful man he was horribly racist,homophobic,xenophobic and a war mongerer and he was the downfall of this country he was strictly for the upper middle class and rich

    • @icebreaker9995
      @icebreaker9995 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamalwalker he was a good man but failed badly in the economy

    • @jamalwalker
      @jamalwalker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@icebreaker9995 no bruh during the aids crisis he was set on letting people die he was not a good man or president

    • @Love.Cook_Sanji
      @Love.Cook_Sanji 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@thedude4672 facts taken out of context is also a stupid thing

  • @Knight860
    @Knight860 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    You should of included Reagan's remark to his wife in the hospital "Honey, I forgot to duck."

  • @Sunny198325
    @Sunny198325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Its through him I know the etymology of the word Contra. The cool sounding word used by popular arcade game has not so cool past.

    • @rolanddevil2692
      @rolanddevil2692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Man you're old. I loved that game too. Lol

    • @Sunny198325
      @Sunny198325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Missing the good ol carefree days of playing Mario, Contra and street fighter

    • @rolanddevil2692
      @rolanddevil2692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I played qbert on the Atari 2600.

    • @Spanishdog17
      @Spanishdog17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's why they changed the sequel's name to "Super C" in the US.

    • @annescholey6546
      @annescholey6546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fiddling the Constitution to boot and dumping it on Olly North.

  • @darkshark98
    @darkshark98 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Well done. No cheerleading, no mudslinging. Impressive.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting, thank you for the video.

  • @bonniesaxe9460
    @bonniesaxe9460 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting video. Thanks for posting it

  • @bossbeartherock6034
    @bossbeartherock6034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Please think of doing one on huey long , the kingfish .

  • @aikikaname6508
    @aikikaname6508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I would LOVE to see a video on the relationship between Thatcher and Reagan. Two conservative powerhouses whose policies cast a shadow over their countries for decades to come.

    • @mccleandazza4618
      @mccleandazza4618 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We need a Thatcher now

    • @Sixxkagan
      @Sixxkagan ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@mccleandazza4618 she was not needed then, isn't needed now. 90% of problems with capitalism stems from te politics of these two monumental assholes

  • @melvinwilliams5449
    @melvinwilliams5449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You forgot about Iran/Contra, Crack cocaine, and where he chose to start his presidential campaign 🤔

  • @elbrandon4775
    @elbrandon4775 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you so much for this one. It's so hard to find a fair summary on the life of Reagan. People either hate him or love him and you did a fantastic job telling his story in a fair way.

  • @laranaarana
    @laranaarana 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Met him in person when he was running for the election of the presidency back in 1980. Great personality and charisma. Miss him a lot.

    • @MaxRamos8
      @MaxRamos8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's the problem. Great cha is a but secretly screwing the poor

    • @GAURAV25855ify
      @GAURAV25855ify ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MaxRamos8 that true

  • @williammetz7500
    @williammetz7500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Do Dietrich Bonhoeffer!

  • @aleezbayer1468
    @aleezbayer1468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm surprised you didn't mention Iran-Contra, which was a big deal. Thanks for your vids- I'm enjoying them.

  • @laserlithuanian
    @laserlithuanian 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    outstanding video, your best

  • @alec2726
    @alec2726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thanks again for an insightful documentary on President Ronald Reagan. You mentioned that President Reagan developed Alzheimer's. Did your know that he was well aware of this? As the condition developed, President Reagan wrote letters to all his friends and colleagues saying a goodbye before the cloud covered. You didn't mention this act!

  • @ForgottenInTheShadow
    @ForgottenInTheShadow ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The 3 greatest presidents of the US: Abe Lincoln, FDR, Ronald Reagan.

  • @michaelmagda
    @michaelmagda 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome job Simon

  • @howardpope3932
    @howardpope3932 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Five things that shocked me about Reagan which aren´t mentioned in this video: He shut many mental hospitals and put thousands of patients on the street, he said that communism is worth than nuclear war and he remarked in regard to environmental activists who advocated against deforestation "A tree is a tree. How many more do you need to look at?"
    And then there was also his microphone joke and his "Ketchup is a vegetable." attitude concerning school lunch.
    But he did also good things: Winning cold war, running massive nuclear disarmament (as mentioned in the video), calling for a chemical weapons ban and helping to ban ozone destroying chemicals.
    And in addition I like his haircut and his dress style. (Especially in winter I myself like to combine a red pullover with a white shirt whose collar looks out of that of the pullover just as Reagan often was dressed in his spare time. I copied that look from the tv short series "The Reagans". And his haircut I also used to imitate.)

    • @Monster11B
      @Monster11B 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The closing of mental hospitals was due to the abuses through the three previous decades of the patients in them. Persons were committed for almost any reason. There was experimentation without consent. To include injections of plutonium. These abuses came out mid 1970s and needed addressing. Some were sponsored CIA programs. So it wasn't arbitrary to just close them down.
      However, we are now dealing with a large homeless population of SMI individuals and families that have to exert excessively to support the rest. This burden should be re-shouldered by the government due to the burden that it is.

    • @Darkangel9036
      @Darkangel9036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are you seriously just gonna leave out the fact that they were shut down because of numerous violations? He only shut down the ones that had cases of abuse and code violations. Which turned out to be nearly all of them.

    • @howardpope3932
      @howardpope3932 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Darkangel9036 Are you sure? I´ve heard he shut them in order to save expenses. Maybe I have been wrong. I was among other sources influenced by the mini-series "The Reagans" in which Reagan´s son Ron is shocked about closures of mental hospitals by his father (if I remember this already had been when Ronald Reagan still was Governor). His father murmurs then something about that these institutions didn´t help the patients but that comes across like a bad excuse.
      What do you think about the other issues I´ve mentioned? What is your position on nuclear war and communism and on deforestation?

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Darkangel9036 and it was started by jfk due to his sisters mistreatment

  • @jhin8054
    @jhin8054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    You and your crew put together amazing presentations. This wonderful Reagan bio deserves a Soviet brother. Mikhail Gorbachev, please?

  • @wilbsoramaYT
    @wilbsoramaYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I've never been this early to a Biographics video.... guess the notifications are working

  • @johnhegner6077
    @johnhegner6077 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice job with the presentation.

  • @unapologeticallyamerican72
    @unapologeticallyamerican72 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very well executed👏👏👏

  • @hannahstahl1857
    @hannahstahl1857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    At least Reagan had a degree in something that would help.

  • @oom5768
    @oom5768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    when I read the title my head finished it with "the man behind the slaughter"
    the interenet has poisoned me

    • @MaxRamos8
      @MaxRamos8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ur not wrong he started the mass incarceration and attack on minoriteis

  • @michaelferri6790
    @michaelferri6790 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simon you did a good job on this video

  • @KATZMANISGOD
    @KATZMANISGOD 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dixon is the town I grew up in. I love that you did this one!

  • @eeshsinger
    @eeshsinger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    ronald reagan, the actor?

    • @Palinghufter
      @Palinghufter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No wonder your president has to be an actor. He's gotta look good on TV.

    • @joshriles84
      @joshriles84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Damn beat me to it

    • @weirdshibainu
      @weirdshibainu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes. But he was much more than that.

    • @SA-zoom1
      @SA-zoom1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I suppose Jane Wyman is the 1st lady

  • @fiorinifury
    @fiorinifury 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He fired the Air Traffic Controllers which kickstarted destroying labor unions.

    • @renealexander2703
      @renealexander2703 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @fiorinifury, he gave them a chance to come back to their jobs. And why didn't the Democrats in the White House fix the problem?

  • @jwilson4433
    @jwilson4433 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderfully composed.

  • @nicolasmontecchipalazzi1402
    @nicolasmontecchipalazzi1402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Congratulations, another great well-prepared video, I would indulge a little bit more on economic politics consequences and excesses of his presidency that are all around so much debated in this presidential election.

  • @petermitchelmore8777
    @petermitchelmore8777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In Berlin, Reagan is still enormously popular. Of non-Berliners, he is as popular as Kennedy and Gorbachev.

    • @GAURAV25855ify
      @GAURAV25855ify ปีที่แล้ว

      Need to
      To do a video on Jimmy carter and Bill Clinton

  • @Steadymobbin711
    @Steadymobbin711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm addicted to your channel... I now have a sweet pair of ear buds, looking slick in my new watch, while shooting down planes in war thunder... Thanks to squarespace. All joking aside, love your channel!

  • @RonnieOP
    @RonnieOP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm kinda surprised you didn't talk at all about the Iran-Contra affair

  • @themasqueradefiles
    @themasqueradefiles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you for this great video Simon!!! I love that as a man from the UK whether you agreed or disagreed with his stance on issues or just American politics in general; you still were very respectful of the legacy that he left behind for Americans and just his life in general!!!

  • @estherstrek4796
    @estherstrek4796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    God, I wish the GOP still held him as true north...

  • @spebenge
    @spebenge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I have a feeling that you have left out a few details... unless you are working on a part 2

    • @thescopedogable
      @thescopedogable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He has a lot on conservative viewers he does not want to trigger so he never covers the scandals. His biography of Trump was a fucking joke.

    • @cv4809
      @cv4809 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      It's a biography video, not a political analytical essay on his presidency

    • @spebenge
      @spebenge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@cv4809 CONTRAry to what you may believe... I was simply pointing out that he didn't go into enough detail about his museum in California!

    • @michaelb1761
      @michaelb1761 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's already a long Biography at 28 minutes. He even states over halfway through that they were going to gloss through the presidency.

    • @klikner4142
      @klikner4142 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      thescopedogable Poor baby. How can you handle the TH-cam channel staying reasonably out of politics.

  • @ghosthound17
    @ghosthound17 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Playing the army song in the outro of your Reagan video. Nice choice.

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you

  • @littleblackduck3134
    @littleblackduck3134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Simon, excellent work (as usual) can we have some lighthearted figures like Benny Hill etal

  • @joshbethel417
    @joshbethel417 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Minor correction, my guy. "The Gipper" nickname has a hard G sound. Gipper, like dipper.

    • @flowertrue
      @flowertrue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, next he'll be saying "Leh-viss" is what's written on the zipper of his jeans.

    • @d.c.8828
      @d.c.8828 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I guess we were gipped! 🤷‍♂️

    • @ThomasBaxter
      @ThomasBaxter 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, totally sounded like a slur

    • @joshbethel417
      @joshbethel417 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ThomasBaxter like a slur? What?

    • @sjbrooksy45
      @sjbrooksy45 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hard G, like dipper, got it

  • @bobp5356
    @bobp5356 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done!........Well done!

  • @logangaley870
    @logangaley870 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Scott

  • @cortezfjy9
    @cortezfjy9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    Ronald Reagan has once said; “don’t hate the players, hate the game”. “The government is not the answer, it’s the problem “.

    • @cortezfjy9
      @cortezfjy9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Amy Sternheim that’s totally a false rumor. When poor gets poorer and the rich gets richer in South Korea. When poor people has no chance to get to the top. Followed by systematic hierarchy or caste system. That’s called capitalism.

    • @Saskobest
      @Saskobest 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@cortezfjy9 The only way to move up in hierarchy is through capitalism

    • @cortezfjy9
      @cortezfjy9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Saskobest when China becomes in control and benefits of the worlds globalization.
      Capitalism will not work in globalization and definitely not in one world order.

    • @cortezfjy9
      @cortezfjy9 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      undertakersarmpit because we’re all slaves to globalization and the one world order.

    • @cortezfjy9
      @cortezfjy9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      xmr7 pt95 capitalism only works in countries led by the white supremacy.
      U go to asian like India, they have a big sign in their street’s saying “modernization, yes. But westernization, no.”
      By 2050, everything about capitalism and westernization will be an abomination just to talk about it.
      It creates racial hierarchy, rich and poor, winners and losers.

  • @bewareofsasquatch
    @bewareofsasquatch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Just shows that Reagan is one of the key issues of our problem. Never vote Republican

    • @tyler4093
      @tyler4093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Because economic stability and prosperity is terrible right?

  • @jasoncooper1422
    @jasoncooper1422 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done.

  • @stivenstivens
    @stivenstivens 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Greatens from Poland, to bad you leaved visual politic . I loved that show.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Correction: Ronald Regan graduated with a single major that was designated as Sociology and Economics.
    There was a degree program at Eureka that offered that.
    Most degree programs only offer a single field of study but this college offered a degree where economics and sociology were combined as a single major and degree.

    • @btetschner
      @btetschner 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am mistaken about that as apparently colleges will have people do two degree programs and then only consider it a single degree.
      It is technically two degrees.

  • @SheBeastJehanne
    @SheBeastJehanne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Didn't he resolve the air traffic controller strike by just firing a ton of striking air traffic controllers instead of actually addressing the issues they were striking over?

    • @TwoDollarGararge
      @TwoDollarGararge 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes he fired everyone in sight of that until they went back to work I mean yes technically he did fix it if I have a paper cut cutting your arm off is an option

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      you could say it would have been detrimental to safety of others

    • @renealexander2703
      @renealexander2703 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @jehannelabete9129, he gave them a chance to come back.

  • @krisking07
    @krisking07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi guys, i recently found your biographics channel and i am loving it, But! lol have you done a piece on Orsen Welles? if so i cant find it and if not any chance you have one planned? Regards

  • @bobsanders1690
    @bobsanders1690 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Bio!! It was very well balanced and focused on accomplishments (bad and good) without the political historical eyes that so much is used today. Very refreshing!! Thank you!! You should adda "Thanks" button to you channel - as for this one video like you - I'd have smashed it!!

  • @heracrossnt
    @heracrossnt ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Weird that this had almost no criticism in it, most in these series have been nuanced. His presidency sealed the date on the corporate takeover of America. Worth mentioning

    • @midori6756
      @midori6756 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reagan started the decline of the middle class!

  • @ieuanbriers
    @ieuanbriers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yet another good video. I bet with over 40 presidents of the United States you won't be short of material. Out of interest are you doing a video on any of the following people: Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, Captain James Cook and Tsar Nicholas II?

  • @zachorourke8172
    @zachorourke8172 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Live one town away from dixon, weird seeing something from home come from Simon🤣😊

  • @NutsNBolts-fv9kx
    @NutsNBolts-fv9kx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your videos! Can you make one on the pirate and political leader Zheng Zhilong sometime?