Matt Berry Reads a letter from Elvis Presley to US President Richard Nixon
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- Elvis Presley was an avid collector of police badges, but there was one badge in particular he was desperate to get his hands on: a badge from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. In fact, the King of Rock ’n’ Roll was so keen to obtain one that in December 1970, he took a flight to the White House in order to hand-deliver this letter, written mid-flight, in which he cunningly offered his services in the war on drugs - as a “Federal Agent at Large”. His arrival at the White House gates proved effective. A few hours later he had a meeting with President Nixon, gifted him with a Colt .45 pistol after a quick photocall, and asked for the badge he so wanted to own. Nixon obliged, they had their photograph taken, and the next day Elvis returned to Graceland.
That mid-flight letter was read by Matt Berry at one of the very first Letters Live events. Enjoy.
“I have done an in depth study on drug abuse”
- Elvis Presley, saying the quiet part out loud.
50 years from now someone with cut glass English pronunciation will read aloud Kanye West and Donald Trump's tweets to one another and it will be the most hysterical thing anyone has ever heard.
I hope we don't have to wait that long.
That would be hysterical now.
I cannot wait to say “I survived that period” 😂
Well we already have mean tweets
I heard them by Gollum. It was fantastic
OK, hear me out. A movie about Elvis starring Matt Berry as Elvis. It only covers the part of Elvis' career where he was campaigning Richard Nixon to be an undercover federal agent.
there was a film out 5 years ago about this very thing, no Matt Berry however
"Elvis & Nixon" 2016
@@davidrenton There’s also “Elvis Meets Nixon” from 1997.
@@erakfishfishfish thanks i'll take a look
Yes, and Matt Berry must speak in his normal voice, as Elvis Presley, of course. And everyone in the movie thinks nothing of this Memphis-raised boy speaking like a pompous Brit.
@@bothquickanddead it would be like the Kevin Costner’s American accent in Robin Hood
"First and foremost, I'm an entertainer" - Elvis Presley/David Brent
I love the way Matt talks. He is just Sublime.
It's the closest thing to James Mason. I adore their voices
Step aside 007...here comes special agent Presley... Elvis Presley!!!😉
Matt Berry, one of my favourite comedians.
People should watch the Drunk History version of this. I believe Jack Black played Elvis.
On it!
And Dave Grohl was in it as well. It's one of the few segments from that show I still remember. I don't remember many others because I was hammered when I watched them.
@@TobeyFairre7861 Yes! I love the amount of people who made cameos on that show.
He did, Bob Odenkirk as Nixon, and David Grohl was one of Elvis' guys. SO great
Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango.
Never gets old.
Well, I'm the boss... Head Honcho. El Numero Uno. Mr. Big. The Godfather. Lord of the Rings. The Bourne... Identity. Er... Taxi Driver. Jaws. I forgot the question quite a while back. Who are you, again?
😂
At first I thought this was from Dewey Cox, then remembered the source
Almost sounds like a rational letter when read with Mr. Berry’s accent and diction.
Elvis was right and so was McCarthy. Communists infiltrated our government... which is why Joe Biden is President. He is owned by the CCP.
@@TheKitchenerLeslie Hahahahahahahaha, “Kitchener Leslie”. Nice try.
Are you by chance a troll who suffers from some form of dissociative disorder, or just a poor victim of the ulta-right wing remnants of the CCCP/KGB who have been conducting pro-right wing nut social engineering campaigns for the last couple decades? The fact is, that as American citizen, if in fact you are an American citizen, Joe Biden is the best thing that happened to you in recent history.
@@jameslewis8227
In What We Do In the Shadows, Berry’s character, Lazlo, turns Elvis into a vampire. Then Elvis turns on him
I adore Matt Berry
It should go without saying that Elvis' gift to the President was of course, a handgun.
How many comedy characters have there been with delusions of grandeur who would write a letter exactly like this.
He's opposed to "the drug culture," huh?
Only the "wrong" drugs. He got his from a DOCTOR. Someone obviously wrote this letter for him
Elvis was made an honorary deputy sheriff and would turn up to car collisions
‘Allow me to introduce myself, I am Elvis Presley’.
The most unnecessary introduction in history.
This is especially funny reading it now as we know he had a serious drug problem
He wanted the badge to get free drugs off of hippies
He was in fact right in the middle of the whole thing
And that Nixon was a crook.
We can't go on together.. With suspicious minds
1970. So he was 35 when he wrote this. No grace period for being young and naieve anymore.
I was actually surprised he wrote this so young! It sounds like the ravings of an older has-been
@@Dan200 Elvis didn't really live long enough to get old and wise.
@@hadespuppy it's so weird to think Elvis was 42 years old when he died.
He was self importint, cosseted and drug addled.
And deeply unhappy with the fact that he had been superceded by a vastly different time that had changed out of all recognition, and at a speed, as at time had never been known before. And was just searching for something, anything to make him relevant again. And what better way than to make your self relevant to the most important person in the country if not the world.... the pesadent of the USA lol
@@rainblaze.He wanted to go after the Beetles, although they had actually broken up by this point.
There's an alternative timeline in which John Lennon is shot by Elvis Presley to impress Richard Nixon.
And I clicked on this, because my brain read 'Mary Berry reads a letter from Elvis'. hehe
Maybe this is where Herschel Walker got the idea to pretend he has some kind of Federal Agent.
I thought Elvis as a federal agent in Black Dynamite was a joke....
Its rich him complaining about "drug culture" considering he spent the decade or so of his life drugged to the eyeballs.
"In fact I'm right in the middle of it"
He’s done an in-depth study
The lengths Elvis went to become a NARC
"That boy ain't right"
I forgot about that bit of American history
I was hoping Matt Berry would do Elvis' accent.
the irony being that elvis was addicted to valium at this stage
"Wulla-wulla, that's not a DRUG, son. I got it on PRESCRIPTION. Ah don't abuse it". (Sarcasm, BTW). I dont believe he only used or abused Valium
Ah, go on, Matt Berry...read anything...
Wow i didn't know Elvis was so based
Return to sender.
Someone sounds high. 🫡
Holy God... This could just as easily be written just as seriously by H.S.T.
Is it legal to marry his voice?
Goddamn Elvis was nuts
hear hear, that's what I'm getting from this letter
he thought his brother who died from time to time was possessing him.
You can judge that by one letter? Interesting
@@Gothicgirlscoutsource?
Dont know really if you can source the ramblings of a drug addled musician. The only hard facts there are that we can find is that he was supposed to have a twin brother but he was miscarried in the process
Toast does Presley 🍞🕺🏻
I think President Nixon gave Elvis a badge .
Sure did. And at the height of his addiction he would occasionally get wasted and cruise around. Patrolling for crimes he could stop. There are a couple reports I think of him like breaking up a fight or something minor like that that is just mind boggling... Like somewhere out there is an old man on his death bed, rambling about the time Elvis swooped in like spiderman and saved them from getting roughed up. And their family thinks it just means it's time to pull the plug.
@@joeydurant6267
Wonder if he done it in his jumpsuit and rhinestones uh hu hu 😂
@@rainblaze.he did once. After a concert he jumped out of a moving car and broke up a fight at a gas station in his jumpsuit lol
Wow!
There is a film about the encounter.
There have been 2! One from 1997, and another in 2016.
dont forget top secret
Imagine. Sheriff Presley.
I saw the movie, didn't realized it was based on fact😂😂😂
When my dad was a boy he delivered papers and Nixon was on his route
Think this was out there? 15 years later they made a Hollywood B-movie actor their President but at least he'd gained a bit of political experience on the way. 30 years after that they chose a reality TV star with no experience at all. It's conceivable that all this could have happened in Elvis' lifetime (he'd be 87 this year had he lived).
I can't wait to have an autobiography about myself...
Who would write it though 😉
Well, if it’s an *auto*biography, waiting won’t accomplish much
Eu amo Elvis Presley ❤️
how truly odd
Elvis was the same lad who abused legal drugs. Great entertainer but interesting political views.
Well……… He meant well. Back then though, the country had enough sense not to get celebrities involved in politics and was better for it. Ever since they did, they basically gave platforms to entertainers with no political sophistication and with disproportionately big voices and the country got crazier and crazier culminating with electing a celebrity president.
The drug culture…..😂😂😂😂😂
“Tricky Dicky Nixon”
Elvis wrote "Whomever"? LOL
Was he high when he wrote this?
Elvis taken names and kicking A--
Elvis... stealing songs and collecting cash.
@@zacharyforeal Disney woke live action does same thing. So we are all equal now. We all steal and love to share :)
Literally the same shit Stephen Segal did with becoming a “sheriff” for that shitty reality show. At least Presley was actually talented.
The King of Music . . . . Elvis Presley.
The King of Stealing Music From Black Artists ... Elvis Presley
@@Gunbudder Which black artist did he "steal" from? Love that ignorant comment.
All the black artists back Elvis so this guy is a tool.
@@Gunbudder Eh live action Disney does the same thing, so i dont see the big thing. Sharing is sharing now, we are all equal now
@@Gunbudder multiculturalism look it up
Narcissism makes a man ask for a badge to "fight the war on drugs", then dies of an overdose while taking a shit. Oh the irony.
What’s so funny about this letter?
Elvis was a habitual drug user to start.
this is just the plot for top secret
Gross - the drug abuser turns on his own
He was right
@@Goths-On-The-Beach He got what he wanted and nothing came from it. He wasn't right.
Cue the laughter , now its nonsense .
Not much intellect was there?‽..Well read...thank you.
We laugh at Elvis saying this, and we applaud are modern stars for saying this, so who’s a bigger fool the people that write the letters claiming to want to be agents are the people that celebrate today, stars and let them dictate policy
let me guess, you wrote that comment mid-flight, didn't you?
People forget most famous people are stupid too.
History has been changed to reflect Nixon's legacy over the years. He was one of the most popular Presidents while in office. He actually did beat Kennedy the first time. Kennedy stole a lot of votes in Hawaii, to a point where the Electors sent delegates to disavow Kennedy and elect Nixon. The President of the Senate, aka The Vice President, could have accepted the Nixon Electors and given Nixon the win. Guess who was the VP? It was Nixon. He felt that if he had become President this way, it would tear the country apart, so he took the hit. All of the Watergate burglars were CIA. CIA didn't like him, especially since he told them he knew they killed JFK. So, they made sure to get "caught" to implicate Nixon. Deep Throat was CIA. Bob Woodward had also worked with the CIA in the past. Everything you know is a lie.
Lol
My gosh!
seek help
@@damilkk With what, Princess? What makes you believe you know history better than everyone?
@@jasonkilley Your account is so fake.
& if that doesn’t put a different spin on Elvis the hypocrite grass I dunno what will.