Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down 30 Spy Scenes From Film & TV | WIRED

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  • Jonna Mendez, former CIA Chief of Disguise, takes a look at spy scenes from a variety of television shows and movies and breaks down how accurate they really are.
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    Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down 30 Spy Scenes From Film & TV | WIRED
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  • @heavycloud1382
    @heavycloud1382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14550

    "You have to be forgettable" I think I found my calling guys

    • @angelastephens8526
      @angelastephens8526 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Yes, there are times when one should be forgotten easily. There are also other times when others refuse to allow that to happen and it caused multiple problems.

    • @oP-qq2ib
      @oP-qq2ib 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      How is bright red hair forgettable??

    • @iamfeign8498
      @iamfeign8498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ditto 😂😂😁😁

    • @daelaenor
      @daelaenor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      @@oP-qq2ib That specific persona, she was talking about, is forgettable. The little grey man.

    • @SilencedButNotForgotten
      @SilencedButNotForgotten 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@daelaenor wdym?

  • @ThatJakeGuy99
    @ThatJakeGuy99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13233

    "We can arrange....anything"
    That was terrifying. I love it.

    • @kanigutter5513
      @kanigutter5513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      ikr

    • @cecejackson3100
      @cecejackson3100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +322

      And her little smile that went with it!

    • @MsZoedog66
      @MsZoedog66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      I found it scary and a little thrilling too :o

    • @JerkyMcAsshole
      @JerkyMcAsshole 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me.

    • @rmcguire7033
      @rmcguire7033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      She may well have been the Chief of Disguise
      If any viewer knows about 'body language' it is entirely obvious when she is Lying.....it just is

  • @loreshansmith3560
    @loreshansmith3560 ปีที่แล้ว +6145

    She’s a total badass. With all the stuff she’s allowed to tell us, imagine what she isn’t allowed to talk about- it’s so fascinating.

    • @totalhuman6531
      @totalhuman6531 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      Or maybe THEY want us to think what she is telling to be the whole truth

    • @bossnian5615
      @bossnian5615 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is she a badass? Or a criminal?

    • @crypticshadows
      @crypticshadows ปีที่แล้ว +96

      i mean i think she’s talking about older disguises because she worked a while ago with them so i think it’s outdated now

    • @WilliamWizer
      @WilliamWizer ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'm sorry but, I'm not allowed to let you imagine that.
      some secrets, are better to remain secret.

    • @AlexGreeneHypnotist
      @AlexGreeneHypnotist ปีที่แล้ว

      Mystique. It's one of the most bankable tools of intelligence agents, everywhere. A half smile and "That's classified" can open so many doors.

  • @caitlynmarie2677
    @caitlynmarie2677 ปีที่แล้ว +1338

    17:08 I just have to say, I always thought the Clark Kent glasses disguise was ridiculous until I realized how many people don’t recognize me without my glasses on. People that see me every day, and just taking my glasses off makes me a stranger to them. It really is kind of wild.

    • @MacNerfer
      @MacNerfer ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Just glasses seems a bit weak. But I remember one time I was eating lunch with some church friends when a young woman comes up and sits down with us. It seemed odd to me, but everybody else seemed to know her. After about 15 minutes of casual conversation I realized she was the daughter of a couple at the table, somebody I saw every Sunday, but here she didn't have any makeup on.

    • @uncletiggermclaren7592
      @uncletiggermclaren7592 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@MacNerfer Probably has to do with religion. To be in a church, listening to all the things that are obviously false and don't describe ANYTHING about the real world, to a large degree shuts off the reasoning aspect of your mind.

    • @ericleal157
      @ericleal157 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@uncletiggermclaren7592 calm down man, i'm not religious but it's ok to be, no one is going to die because they're going to church, let people do what they want with their lives.

    • @Vi0let_1
      @Vi0let_1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ur pfp scared me💀💀💀

    • @kerrin6633
      @kerrin6633 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, true. Same here actually!!

  • @bi_cycle
    @bi_cycle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19829

    "Ben Affleck is playing my husband..."
    That is so casually badass

    • @synth_dahl4438
      @synth_dahl4438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +933

      I definitely didn't see it coming, lol

    • @canal50tonsdepalidez
      @canal50tonsdepalidez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +746

      Her husband is so good that HE could play Ben Affleck in disguise hahahaha

    • @wordforger
      @wordforger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +464

      Office romances happen everywhere apparently, lol.

    • @mynameandnumbers
      @mynameandnumbers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +412

      this entire thing is so casually badass

    • @nickacelvn
      @nickacelvn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Ha ha 16, oct and I just wrote pretty much the same thing .... scrolling through the comments lol

  • @burgerpowder8
    @burgerpowder8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13303

    "nobody left our labs looking better, they leave our labs looking different"
    me when i do my makeup

    • @PerfectAlibi1
      @PerfectAlibi1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Is that also your goal? Or are you trying to look better? XD

    • @KathyHoismygovtnm
      @KathyHoismygovtnm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      Well, you can't get any better than perfect ;)

    • @carlosnajera65
      @carlosnajera65 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lmao!!!

    • @JoseHernandez-sg5lv
      @JoseHernandez-sg5lv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😆😆

    • @austinmolitor7283
      @austinmolitor7283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@KathyHoismygovtnm SIMP (even though ur probably female)

  • @QYXP
    @QYXP ปีที่แล้ว +1075

    It's always the most normal looking people who are the most terrifying.

    • @W4TSKY
      @W4TSKY ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Slow Horses taught me spies don't look like James Bond, they mostly look like your alcoholic neighbor

    • @InnocentC0
      @InnocentC0 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@W4TSKY Well, crap. I guess all of my neighbours are spies, then.

  • @CoxDannyJ
    @CoxDannyJ ปีที่แล้ว +364

    "Nobody left our labs looking better, they left our labs looking different."
    Love that.

  • @amyleefan85
    @amyleefan85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4824

    First I was like: "If I saw her walking down the street, I'd never think she was the CIA chief of Disguise." Then I recognized that I am dumb.

    • @angellandaverde8862
      @angellandaverde8862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      amyleefan85 😂makes sense

    • @Kissfan96dr
      @Kissfan96dr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      or perhaps she's just good at her job. :)

    • @afreen5058
      @afreen5058 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Omg this made me laugh so hard haha

    • @UrBaNMCPaladinZ
      @UrBaNMCPaladinZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Kissfan96dr orili

    • @ljt47exploring64
      @ljt47exploring64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      she's not going to be wearing a badge saying I'm cia

  • @skepticalfox27
    @skepticalfox27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31833

    Lady sounds like she could dispose of a whole family of annoying neighbors and frame their golden retriever

    • @geraldadorna5655
      @geraldadorna5655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +195

      Ha ha ha ha

    • @wetlettuce4768
      @wetlettuce4768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +773

      shoot someone in the back of the head twice and have it be deemed a suicide.

    • @myceliumman7554
      @myceliumman7554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      LMAO

    • @pinkandbright1234
      @pinkandbright1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +290

      😂😂😂 poor Golden Retriever

    • @magnoliabranca5149
      @magnoliabranca5149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Moderate commentator I NEED TO HIRE HER

  • @naturalone6529
    @naturalone6529 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    She seems like the type of grandma that seems unassuming at first until she overhears how you've been bullied and then tells you how to totally obliterate them.

    • @brianpait
      @brianpait 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mine. Love her dearly. Not bullying traditional, but those against or out to ruin my quality of life. Need to go visit her as soon as possible. ❤

    • @kerrin6633
      @kerrin6633 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I would feel so protected ❤. Would change my life a lot!

  • @kick4243
    @kick4243 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    I can say as a nurse, we blend in. People often forget our names but will say "oh, the nurse yesterday" or "the dark-haired nurse". We blend in dramatically. In the last 8 years of my career, only about 5 patients have remembered me for an extended period of time, and it was because of either: a) having them as a patient for a deeply emotional experience, and b) if they were in the hospital for a long period of time and saw me frequently.

  • @AvaRosss
    @AvaRosss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16836

    Too bad they didn't show her the most flawless and highly effective disguise - the Hannah Montana disguise

  • @kfcshots
    @kfcshots 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48083

    sometimes i forget being a spy is an actual job that real life people have

    • @chelsey8737
      @chelsey8737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2100

      Ikr. She is the real life Natasha Romanoff

    • @uraverageskeleton6480
      @uraverageskeleton6480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +355

      Russian spy

    • @jaluv42
      @jaluv42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Right??

    • @Ashlitched
      @Ashlitched 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      same

    • @NeonHigh2012
      @NeonHigh2012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +860

      She's actually a 20 hear old blonde. Fantastic disguise madame!

  • @somerandomhumanbeingonthei1924
    @somerandomhumanbeingonthei1924 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    She just told us that they had a professional seductress spy that did some “amazing things,” her words, during the Cold War- This is the best bit of information I think I’ve ever received

    • @user-mx5cy6fc4w
      @user-mx5cy6fc4w ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yep. ...and tells about it being a "Russian thing". All in one interview. ''Very clever'

  • @VassalRavenKills
    @VassalRavenKills ปีที่แล้ว +89

    My grandpa told me he was a spy, not that I believe him, but the funny thing he said was that one of the most difficult things about being a spy is having 2 real jobs at the same time

  • @brieannabernier399
    @brieannabernier399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14771

    "Ben Affleck played my husband" that is crazy, she said it so casually

    • @majrahabibija9742
      @majrahabibija9742 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1167

      Brie Bernier It took me a minute to get that she's talking about her actual husband and not her famous crush, as I would.

    • @sophii7906
      @sophii7906 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@majrahabibija9742 ooooohhhhh that makes sense. I was so confused!

    • @FriggSaga
      @FriggSaga 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I say it casually too. ;)

    • @user-fk1we3gs4d
      @user-fk1we3gs4d 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@sophii7906 Just try to use your brain next time.....

    • @TheBrittneycolburn
      @TheBrittneycolburn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Hahaaha :D You beat me to it! Super casual mic drop... continues amazing stories equally as casually

  • @luluharshie3929
    @luluharshie3929 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25369

    I don't care about these movie scenes. Just let this lady tell spy stories for 16 hours! 😂😂

    • @sandrapatterson2916
      @sandrapatterson2916 5 ปีที่แล้ว +209

      Lulu Harshie
      I totally agree.

    • @pandagal9805
      @pandagal9805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Ikr!

    • @hannahrose2862
      @hannahrose2862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      There are a few interviews and things that she's done to that effect, like this one: th-cam.com/video/boyGigccHKc/w-d-xo.html

    • @TheLittleTamTam
      @TheLittleTamTam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@hannahrose2862 Thank you so much for that video! I wouldn't have found it on my own but I'm so glad you pointed it out, it was very interesting.

    • @sadamiamani
      @sadamiamani 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Top secret

  • @GuyrillaBraun
    @GuyrillaBraun 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

    I love that you can tell she takes great pride in everything she has done and accomplished, but also you can tell having to watch some of these clips just kills her inside.

  • @mudman619
    @mudman619 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    "we can arrange . . . anything." she says then adds a quick little grin & glint in her eyes. . . haha

  • @usagithebunny
    @usagithebunny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10368

    Ok so you can say 'My husband is playing Ben Affleck' but being able to say 'Ben Affleck is playing my husband'...that's a whole new level

    • @ashleytupper6049
      @ashleytupper6049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +861

      And how casually she says it! Like no big deal, my husband and I are basically the real life "Mr & Mrs Smith"

    • @adios5072
      @adios5072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Well I mean usagi you should know because your sailor moon

    • @leilanibarajas2557
      @leilanibarajas2557 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      that’s such a flex

    • @charliecoolwater97
      @charliecoolwater97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Austin power also disguises to become guru pitka. 😜

    • @jaredwaters4633
      @jaredwaters4633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Listen to the Podcast WIND OF CHANGE, She's in that. It's about the theory that the SCORPIONS hit Song WIND OF CHANGE was written by the CIA. It's pretty amazing.

  • @Splackavellie85
    @Splackavellie85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31278

    This woman perfectly illustrates that actual badasses don't need to brag about how badass they are. They just exude it.

    • @dusanrenat5567
      @dusanrenat5567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +579

      Actually, the more badass you want to be, the less you need to look like one. Because nobody can even suspect.

    • @Splackavellie85
      @Splackavellie85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      @@dusanrenat5567 Yeah.. Not the point.

    • @uuuultra
      @uuuultra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Everybody already knows this

    • @robishere7339
      @robishere7339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Don't fool yourself; she's bragging. She wouldn't be on TH-cam otherwise.

    • @alynbecker2876
      @alynbecker2876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      Rob Ishere
      What's so bad about being proud of your skills?

  • @michaelchesnut865
    @michaelchesnut865 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Holy crap, she just casually said that they literally tried deforming people's palates to change their voices. She is frightening, to say the least.

    • @JonTanOsb
      @JonTanOsb ปีที่แล้ว +40

      They probably used dental plates, like the kind they use with dentures, with attachments to change the shape of the palate.
      Jon in rural BC, Canada

    • @QueenofSilence101
      @QueenofSilence101 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      I'm pretty sure they did that with wearable items similar to dentures and retainers. That would definitely be the easiest and safest way of going about it.

  • @G1NZOU
    @G1NZOU ปีที่แล้ว +217

    I totally agree with the "distracting back and forth" bit at 2:14.
    Last few times people have tried committing banknote fraud with me they usually try asking me questions just as I'm counting the money or pulling out their change, luckily I notice what they're doing. But distraction is a big part of avoiding people noticing what you're doing or preventing them looking too closely at your documents.

  • @DodaGarcia
    @DodaGarcia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10145

    "Ben Affleck has played my husband in the movie Argo" HOW BADASS IS JUST BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT???? I love this lady omg

    • @putriikrima5094
      @putriikrima5094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      YASSSSSS

    • @malaysiamcbride578
      @malaysiamcbride578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Right!?

    • @SabineHolterman
      @SabineHolterman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      Doda Garcia No wonder she smiled a little when Argo came on!

    • @annacrowder3229
      @annacrowder3229 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Doda Garcia the smile on her face when the clip started

    • @thomassullivan2491
      @thomassullivan2491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      NapoEz3 Save a few thousand, more like

  • @VinaX2R
    @VinaX2R 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22120

    "Ben Affleck played my husband Tony Mendez" - that was quite unexpected

    • @emmaxiang7431
      @emmaxiang7431 5 ปีที่แล้ว +182

      do u know why it says karen mendez was his wife online?

    • @tails512
      @tails512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +972

      Karen was his first wife. After she died he married Jonna Goeser, who appears in this video.

    • @Efreeti
      @Efreeti 5 ปีที่แล้ว +655

      Tony died in January. Rest in peace. :(

    • @moosedraw3731
      @moosedraw3731 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Guten oath aye 😂😂😂

    • @tiadaid
      @tiadaid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      @@emmaxiang7431 Karen was Mendez's first wife. She died of cancer early in the 1980s.

  • @JasperAngelorom
    @JasperAngelorom ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Love how she just casually mentions her husband ran one of the most elaborate and amazing extrications ever attempted in the history of the US

  • @Junebug09172
    @Junebug09172 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    Despite all those spy action films I always thought that actual spy activity took a lot of time, and that included the disguising process: always just imagined a lot of time taken to fake a person. It was actually really interesting to learn that spies often did put on quick disguises to evade surveillance like in the movies.

    • @Random-sk6hm
      @Random-sk6hm หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fr I always thought that part was made up

  • @BE-ew2pt
    @BE-ew2pt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34879

    Imagine if at the end of the video she had wiped away her makeup and taken off a wig and she was like 28 and Korean

    • @dwyco
      @dwyco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +747

      especially if north korean :D

    • @ulrichkalber9039
      @ulrichkalber9039 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1421

      that would be rather extreme.
      she is just your Father in law.

    • @RedGallardo
      @RedGallardo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +608

      Miracles attract people. Being boring is the key to invisibility.

    • @Thenoobestgirl
      @Thenoobestgirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      LOL that would be awesome

    • @TomClarke1995
      @TomClarke1995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Mallory SF
      Wouldn’t you say though there’s a case to be made for adopting aspects of a persona that are more out there and unique? If you’re sussing out a spy, you might only expect to look at the most boring types who have high or convenient access to sensitive areas or material. The crazy red hair disguise is a good example of that.

  • @ciaheadoffice5506
    @ciaheadoffice5506 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5302

    "Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young."

    • @kalen5853
      @kalen5853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      time stamp?

    • @faithbaker4811
      @faithbaker4811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +237

      @@kalen5853 I think that's just a quote that applies to this woman

    • @rafinha7081
      @rafinha7081 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Crazy sentence. Can't think of anything. Military??? Gym? Olympics?

    • @samanthacampos849
      @samanthacampos849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      @@rafinha7081 Hunger Games

    • @randensim3295
      @randensim3295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +268

      Rafinha It just means that if the person managed to survive in a profession people usually die early, they must really be good at their job.

  • @derekhiemforth
    @derekhiemforth ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The key to Superman's disguise isn't really the glasses. It's that Clark doesn't *_behave_* anything like Superman. Combine that with people seeing what they expect to see, and it works. Even if someone did momentarily realize Clark and Superman looked similar, they'd immediately dismiss it as an obviously ludicrous idea.

  • @caitlynmarie2677
    @caitlynmarie2677 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    I’m glad she found Matthew Rhys’ performance(s) in “The Americans” as impressive as I did. When i first began watching it, he tricked me a few times, I did not realize it was him in a disguise for almost an entire episode once. Keri Russell is phenomenal , as well, but Matthew Rhys blew me away.

    • @marzipanmouse
      @marzipanmouse 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      seriously. I was like, "wow, that guy looks like my therapist."

    • @AnubhavTalukdar
      @AnubhavTalukdar 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      One of the most underrated series of all time!

  • @queenaguo9524
    @queenaguo9524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9506

    I didn’t know she could get anymore badass... until I learnt that she herself was an active field agent and served for 25 years before retiring to become *CHIEF* of Disguise. Talk about life goals

    • @ahhwe-any7434
      @ahhwe-any7434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      Soooo... She must be in disguise in the video, as well. 🤔 Interesting.

    • @dapperhyena1301
      @dapperhyena1301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Deeky 123 What democratically elected governments?

    • @aisforanimate4703
      @aisforanimate4703 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @Deeky 123 Not even touching on Africa and the Middle East

    • @MOTHblank
      @MOTHblank 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Deeky 123 The way you put it, it's even more badass.

    • @MOTHblank
      @MOTHblank 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Deeky 123 Please, do tell us what motivates the "empire".

  • @brotherbruti
    @brotherbruti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13248

    Did she literally just casually say, with a smile, that one of her agents failed his mission, so he had to kill himself with a pill?

    • @maulanamusa8856
      @maulanamusa8856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2833

      Just like she said. Nothing u can do if u get caught, ur just done. Deal with it yourself

    • @yaimavol
      @yaimavol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1035

      Man I would never get into the spook business. You have no idea who is really giving the orders, and just like in that Ryan Reynolds/Denzel movie they are agents chased through the whole film and at the end discover their enemies are also working for the CIA. They run three different levels of every operation. The low level ground crew that are "doing their duty" for country, their handlers that think they know what they are really involved in, then above them are the real handlers that know what the hidden agenda is for that mission.

    • @Naugur
      @Naugur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +349

      I got the impression that she was talking about a source, not an agent. Could be wrong.

    • @Minsang1st
      @Minsang1st 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      yaimavol lol hitmans bodyguard

    • @happynewfears1805
      @happynewfears1805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +386

      @@yaimavol "You have no idea who is really giving the orders"
      Isn't that the whole point of the CIA? Being secretive? So that whoever they're tracking down don't find out can't track them back?

  • @katealeksen4168
    @katealeksen4168 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Alias was a great series I was lucky enough to watch and of course Blacklist literally plagiarized it on Netflix but my point is Sidney really knew how to get by and it's awesome to see an authority of the field validating the techniques of that character, love it!

    • @mariamaldonado9268
      @mariamaldonado9268 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeees. I watched that series when I was a kid and I loved it.

    • @tattycakes2k2
      @tattycakes2k2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m not sure if she addressed the fact that the reason she dyed her hair red was to match the passport that she borrowed, she was imitating her partners sister I think?

  • @linmiller8147
    @linmiller8147 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    She was one of the three contestants on Anthony Anderson's version of To Tell the Truth, as they told her story. I don't remember how many of the panel chose her but later in the SAME show, she showed up in a disguise and NO ONE knew it was the same woman. She's GOOD.

  • @David-hx6hw
    @David-hx6hw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9065

    When you realize she's just telling us the declassified stuff......

    • @kaylaherrera4274
      @kaylaherrera4274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +465

      That’s good though right? So the “enemy” or other foreign powers can’t find actual government information?

    • @nnnnnn496
      @nnnnnn496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Don't think so. If it was we would never hear of it.

    • @azaka3720
      @azaka3720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      its basic knowledge u can get on the internet

    • @ellsob
      @ellsob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      diana styles this is the internet

    • @azaka3720
      @azaka3720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@ellsob exactly. my point is these stuff are everywhere and nothing "confidential"

  • @cometsun
    @cometsun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70834

    “here you have ben affleck playing my husband” is an absolute power sentence and i want to be her

    • @alexia3552
      @alexia3552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1644

      MOOD

    • @ChristiKim
      @ChristiKim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +890

      @9:30 !

    • @user-rz7hb1eh3x
      @user-rz7hb1eh3x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2501

      I’m glad someone appreciated that comment as much as I did

    • @AberdeenECC1983
      @AberdeenECC1983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2584

      they met during an operation in Bangkok, epic.

    • @craftylesly7689
      @craftylesly7689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1240

      bro what a queen

  • @Miumiu0404
    @Miumiu0404 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I love how she just casually talked about the lethal pill 😂

  • @Dimapravo
    @Dimapravo ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Absolutely amazing job done by Ms. Mendez. She deconstruct all clips in so professional and calm manner that it is just amazing to watch.

  • @benclawson821
    @benclawson821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9657

    This woman is more interesting then the films and shows about spies.

    • @GenevieveC
      @GenevieveC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I can’t legally like this because it’s at 222

    • @khatunamezvrishvili6211
      @khatunamezvrishvili6211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@GenevieveC well you can now

    • @j.elizabeth4621
      @j.elizabeth4621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      First couple seasons of the Americans is good though!

    • @iwakuraSanta
      @iwakuraSanta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no sheis acunt

    • @1flashlite1
      @1flashlite1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      than

  • @spidersanghvi
    @spidersanghvi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3075

    "we do not recommend stealing". We just don't recommend it. You can do it though.

    • @avamasquerade
      @avamasquerade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      Imagine the fool that gets caught and blows their cover *for shoplifting* though...

    • @Zveruidfly
      @Zveruidfly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Of course you can. So?

    • @RyTrapp0
      @RyTrapp0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@avamasquerade Well one would hope that they could escape mall security if they're a damned undercover spy...

    • @anaeliseianna
      @anaeliseianna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well I mean she's teaching you how to disguise yourself so you can get away with crime so it shouldn't be that surprising... Lol😂

    • @aoli8142
      @aoli8142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      When you're doing things that are illegal in a foreign country, shoplifting is probably the least of your concerns.

  • @Azrael2812
    @Azrael2812 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    It's nice to hear that the CIA has a few institutions that they won't use as a cover for ethical reasons, assuming this is really true. While I could probably think of a different/longer list of institutions that could/should be protected, I do like that they have the integrity of at least some if them in mind.

    • @copyright8291
      @copyright8291 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Of course the CIA has spies in those professions as well, why would you believe what she says?

    • @tatianalyulkin410
      @tatianalyulkin410 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Too tired and love Aunt Jonna way to much to rain on your/her parade.

    • @tattycakes2k2
      @tattycakes2k2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Doctors Without Borders (medicine sans frontiers) should also be on that list. Would be a very convenient disguise to sneak into a variety of countries, but they should be untouchable

  • @AzathothLives
    @AzathothLives ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I love the reasoning behind the banned covers. Its not because it wouldn't be effective, but because it would potentially endanger the civilians in those professions.

    • @AzathothLives
      @AzathothLives ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@jnln552 Nothing about that seems obvious, and in fact it more likely seems like you are pulling that out of nowhere.
      Of course, on the other hand I also am not naive. Like any rule, I'm certain they've broken this one when the situation called for it. But you know the saying, at least there was an attempt.

  • @laurenjcoates
    @laurenjcoates 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15438

    "in this clip ben affleck is playing my husband" what a flex

    • @britt1953
      @britt1953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +311

      Yooo that’s exactly what I just commented lol

    • @lauramannoni9814
      @lauramannoni9814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +521

      Ben afflex

    • @danf8172
      @danf8172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Lmao ikr way to flex on all of us

    • @jtoatm5923
      @jtoatm5923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      Lauren yeah it’s crazy. Really sad he died a few months before this video was uploaded 😦

    • @malakmohsin5603
      @malakmohsin5603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Right

  • @jahnyxo
    @jahnyxo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4281

    Jonna: "We would never let that peice of a disguise fly away, that's evidence."
    Criminals: Write that down, write that down!

    • @fatimaakamrann
      @fatimaakamrann 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      CHARLES THE FRENCH REFERENCE

    • @Serena-ch8xl
      @Serena-ch8xl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂 😂 😂

    • @phoebeclark4718
      @phoebeclark4718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I thought it was a SpongeBob reference (“The Camping Episode”)

    • @faizahmad8738
      @faizahmad8738 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

    • @potatopotatopotato1248
      @potatopotatopotato1248 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      haha. you'd think that goes without saying. but then again most criminals aren't the brightest of people

  • @chickennoodlesoup6524
    @chickennoodlesoup6524 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I could probably watch 2 hours of this. She must have some really cool stories to share

  • @serendipity4346
    @serendipity4346 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    9:35 "He's playing my husband, Tony Mendez" My mind literally explode.

  • @kermiggy
    @kermiggy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23898

    This woman's whole aura is like casually badass, I love it

    • @beberivera7011
      @beberivera7011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      hardcore

    • @DesertFernweh
      @DesertFernweh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +247

      I was thinking the same thing. If this women start s TH-cam channel it would kill pewdiepie in a week.

    • @glucksmomente9585
      @glucksmomente9585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Sums up perfectly what I lack words for...

    • @kermiggy
      @kermiggy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Ziyavalo Me too honestly

    • @Dylan-ni9my
      @Dylan-ni9my 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Chloé Chartrand “aura” 💀💀💀💀💀

  • @jackwarren1687
    @jackwarren1687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10522

    I knew she was legit, but when it came to Argo and she said "affleck is playing my husband here" my jaw hit the floor

    • @harmonydavis40
      @harmonydavis40 4 ปีที่แล้ว +591

      The CIA runs the world basically just in everyday clothes. They're above Hollywood all day long.

    • @veronicasaitta9688
      @veronicasaitta9688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +536

      I was so sad to hear that because she lost her husband this January 😔😔

    • @jackthorton10
      @jackthorton10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Protecting your national interests, one day at a time

    • @Kibashixx39
      @Kibashixx39 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      I knooooow like the biggest behind the scenes ever.

    • @Eliminator6363
      @Eliminator6363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      As soon as she said that, outloud reactively I just said, "that's so f****** cool".

  • @TheMarionick
    @TheMarionick ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I never thought I'd hear an actual CIA person compliment Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of all things on a disguise.

  • @alexmcd378
    @alexmcd378 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    There's something to the glasses thing, but not an actual disguise. I changed my name to ditch the awful name I was given, and friends were struggling to emerge to use the new name. But when I started wearing glasses all the time instead of just to drive, their accuracy went way up. It flipped something over in the brain

  • @jjzurcaled215
    @jjzurcaled215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2787

    When you’re chief of disguise at CIA and your Husband is the best Exfil at CIA. what a total flex.

    • @lovehumanityearthlove280
      @lovehumanityearthlove280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      How does she ever know who her husband is or looks like?! She looks so chilly, probably PTSD?

    • @cyanedavis
      @cyanedavis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's what im saying

    • @xinyichen8144
      @xinyichen8144 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      This woman is super dope. “They said he was dead before he even hit the floor” ZERO flinch.

    • @marilyncookgyfd5332
      @marilyncookgyfd5332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      she's so unthreatening at first but by the end of this i feel like she could definitely have me killed and frame my cat for the murder.

    • @jeant6502
      @jeant6502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What's more flex is saying they're your parents. cool af.

  • @mauroghen9157
    @mauroghen9157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2656

    its nice to notice how shes really trying to choose her words at times to avoid talking about probably still classified info

    • @DukeApples
      @DukeApples 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      She also does not speak in definitives, talking about things that may have happened.

    • @rimckd825
      @rimckd825 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You would love Amaryllis Fox's book about the CIA.

    • @jsophiapriatna4194
      @jsophiapriatna4194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The part about the "special school for women spies-trainee" tho

    • @ahhwe-any7434
      @ahhwe-any7434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Her face freezes remind me of my guinea pigs.

  • @booperdooper9762
    @booperdooper9762 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    This was such an intriguing video. I'm very content with her input.

  • @lauraguebert2122
    @lauraguebert2122 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    I gotta say how much I love how this video is cut. The way the editors made the movies clips respond to Jonna's commentary is hilarious and incredible.

  • @SB-ky9rg
    @SB-ky9rg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11592

    i love her flex right there. "ben afleck is playing my husband"

    • @fan-plastictoys5948
      @fan-plastictoys5948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      Good thing Ben didn't make Gigli or Daredevil immediately after Argo, or the "flex" might've been a little awkward.

    • @westaussie965
      @westaussie965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      “Her flex?” 🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @SB-ky9rg
      @SB-ky9rg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      @@westaussie965 yes... her flex

    • @Idkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkee
      @Idkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      Now there's a couple you'd love to have over for a dinner party or game night.... if those existed outside of movies...or Covid quarantine, lol

    • @underratedunity1528
      @underratedunity1528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      OMG can you imagine having those two as grandparents??

  • @francescaiannuzzi9577
    @francescaiannuzzi9577 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14597

    Imagine being her grandchild, Just imagine all those badass stories

    • @wasilaify
      @wasilaify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      Over freshly baked cookies by grandma

    • @xxwoah.its.kasandraxx2088
      @xxwoah.its.kasandraxx2088 4 ปีที่แล้ว +521

      Imagine sneaking out😭

    • @therandomchicken6517
      @therandomchicken6517 4 ปีที่แล้ว +240

      Xx woah.its.kasandra Xx bruh you wouldn’t even get out of your room before she knows

    • @GP-ci8qt
      @GP-ci8qt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      Non disclosure agreements bro. She's legally obligated not to share

    • @jbetfifty5904
      @jbetfifty5904 4 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      @@xxwoah.its.kasandraxx2088 you go to your dealer. They rip off a mask and boom. Grandma

  • @Flying_Scotsman101
    @Flying_Scotsman101 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The key is to have a very plain, simple form, one of which can be easily forgotten and malleable to change into another form/disguise with minor effort/time

  • @allisonday893
    @allisonday893 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the most interesting and compelling things I have stumbled across on TH-cam. What an amazing lady. Thank you for posting this

  • @dominicweber
    @dominicweber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21502

    The contrast between her looking like an adorable grandmother and then her telling a story of the suicide of an agent that was about to be tortured without even a flinch is just so shocking. She's probably more lethal than all the characters she reviewed in these clips.

    • @peezyy
      @peezyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      yo timestamp?

    • @particularlytrue
      @particularlytrue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +272

      @@peezyy starts at 15:10 . Wait for it...

    • @peezyy
      @peezyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@particularlytrue wow, thanks fam

    • @particularlytrue
      @particularlytrue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@peezyy pleasure

    • @samuellourenco1050
      @samuellourenco1050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      She is a lizard. CIA is for cold psychopathic people.

  • @asafupps
    @asafupps 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5859

    “Ben Aflek is playing my husband Tony Mendez-“ is the most metal thing I have ever heard

    • @judithofficial982
      @judithofficial982 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/iK3aKNKJgkY/w-d-xo.html

    • @isabelhoch3713
      @isabelhoch3713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      you mean meta?

    • @user-rn3yr7lc8l
      @user-rn3yr7lc8l 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@judithofficial982 excuse me but what does that have to do with anything going on here?

    • @MicheleDelGiudice-mykys
      @MicheleDelGiudice-mykys 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@user-rn3yr7lc8l it's a bot, don't interact with it.

    • @user-en7dx1qp3k
      @user-en7dx1qp3k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@isabelhoch3713 I think they're saying "metal" as a synonym for "badass"

  • @she3po945
    @she3po945 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    This was legit so much fun to watch! Can’t wait to watch more of her videos!!

  • @stephenwest6738
    @stephenwest6738 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Theres another one of these with an FBI behaviorist that was able to identify a false persona because he carried flowers stems up, which is apparently a eastern European cultural thing. I loved that so much because it gave some real credence to something i would have pegged as just being Hollywood. The other part that was fascinating is that they told him thats how they knew and it helped bring down the front.

  • @jdropje8
    @jdropje8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12085

    She's so pleasantly nonjudgemental about the sillier clips.

    • @leovk5779
      @leovk5779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      @ThatOneAsianBroChick : I'm a bit disappointed though that she did not dive deeper into superman/ Clark Kent. Cause althought it is obviously silly, there is also good points to it. Clark Kent has an entirely different personnality (or at least he plays it very well): not very sure of himself, difficulty to assert himself and be taken seriously, shy, etc. So in addition to the glasses (ans journalist suit of course), this change of personnality is interesting; at the very least, he would make a decent spy if he had a real disguise. But I do agree that it is not enough for a long terme disguise, and that no one ever recognises him (especially close friends) is very silly.

    • @bs13690
      @bs13690 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I found her to be plenty judgmental about all of them.

    • @someonedifferent198
      @someonedifferent198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      @@bs13690 Did she judge then, yes absolutely, that was that objective off the video. But what I think the people above where getting at was that she was not mean spirited or belittling about it.

    • @zosmavideos4891
      @zosmavideos4891 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@leovk5779 I'd understand if it was written in Lois' character to be facially blind (has difficulties recognizing people by their face) but all of his friends and family to be that or just plain stupid is a bit much

    • @UncleBurbon
      @UncleBurbon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They showed her my name is Jeff for the meme

  • @vinrave
    @vinrave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8253

    She’s a perfect example of you don’t need to yell or point a weapon to threaten a person. She looks like a normal grandmother but I would definitely not mess with her.

    • @jmwangi24
      @jmwangi24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      So true. She reminds me of a Scandal episode where the super-spy character Huck had a reunion with such regular-looking people who were his former colleagues; including a grandmother, not unlike this one, who ran a B&B but was also an expert arsonist...lol!

    • @andreilyas1426
      @andreilyas1426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I would

    • @hayleebennett6596
      @hayleebennett6596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      @@andreilyas1426 alright edge lord that would require to come out of your parents house lol

    • @Luminousreign
      @Luminousreign 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I would be more afraid of the power she could weild against you when she was in her position of power, now she is just a grandma who knows spycraft. This lady was a powerhouse within the machine, she wasn't someone the CIA set loose on the world. She is Q not James Bond.

    • @Luminousreign
      @Luminousreign 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Mostly Peaceful lol if she was face to face with someone she had reason to kill and a gun she wouldn't think twice. Don't get me wrong if she wanted to run around the hood she would be hard but she is just a sneaky granny at this point.

  • @tajtaj187
    @tajtaj187 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Cool lady! Exciting life she must have had, and ofc it’s not like the movies. Takes experience, 100% commitment and confidence, few have it and they do not let people know they do have that. You can tell she is a true expert in her job, trained a bunch of people and maybe even was an amazing field agent. Very cool lady indeed. I also do the same, critical of movies like “that implausible, that’s not possible” 😂 not very fun for others but I also love a good spy movie and comedy’s, spy hard and fletch are soooo good

  • @huggledemon32
    @huggledemon32 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love that the more “serious” or supposedly “realistic” drama shows didn’t really get it “right” but the spookier ones DID! 🤷‍♀️🤣🥰

  • @RealStealthyNinja
    @RealStealthyNinja 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4509

    She's what real spies look like. Ordinary every day forgettable people.

    • @justbreathe549
      @justbreathe549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      If they didn't look like that they wouldn't be effective I guess.

    • @alzarian3702
      @alzarian3702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      And a Trump lookalike.

    • @idkdude1118
      @idkdude1118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@alzarian3702 don't do her like that

    • @TheEmmakathryn
      @TheEmmakathryn 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you telling me Archer is a lie

    • @moguldamongrel3054
      @moguldamongrel3054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Explains alot. Pretty sure i saw several in cali at the library casually strewn about reading newspapers but paying attention.

  • @purell6969
    @purell6969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9758

    Her and her husband might just be the most dangerous couple alive.

    • @LeslieLanagan
      @LeslieLanagan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +410

      Unfortunately, Tony died last January. I didn't even know him, but he was one of my favorite authors and it devastated me, anyway.

    • @Lawliet734
      @Lawliet734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @Tarkle "Her [She] and her husband..."

    • @leobevan
      @leobevan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Lawliet734 her husband was called Tony and died in January.

    • @treepeenbawlz1934
      @treepeenbawlz1934 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      English died too

    • @para-yw9dn
      @para-yw9dn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@LeslieLanagan :(

  • @jaywalker.
    @jaywalker. ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I could watch her explain things for hours. Legend.

  • @pamallen2498
    @pamallen2498 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You are great! I truly enjoyed everything you talked about.

  • @usdepartmentoftreasuryinte6052
    @usdepartmentoftreasuryinte6052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7707

    They need to fire whoever keeps putting stupid clips after every sentence she says

    • @your_dad_on_vacation
      @your_dad_on_vacation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +298

      I know right? They did that with the hacker guy too
      So f**king annoying

    • @ashtonmiller1186
      @ashtonmiller1186 3 ปีที่แล้ว +314

      @@your_dad_on_vacation ugh yea like cmon shes so amazingly sophisticated and they ruined it with their unfunny humour

    • @ik6non712
      @ik6non712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      i read that as setting the guy on fire

    • @usdepartmentoftreasuryinte6052
      @usdepartmentoftreasuryinte6052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@ik6non712 that works too

    • @idkanameforthis
      @idkanameforthis 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      SEND ME HATE ON MY VIDEOSSS..

  • @jimmybabababababa3536
    @jimmybabababababa3536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5759

    They should have shown her agent P and Perry the platypus, if that ain’t CIA level I don’t know what is

    • @Firepuma_142
      @Firepuma_142 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      lmao 😂

    • @couragew6260
      @couragew6260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +197

      In that case, Perry takes his job very seriously. He’s suppose to be a mindless platypus that doesn’t do much when in reality he has an entire planned schedule of things to do

    • @MultiNutterbutter
      @MultiNutterbutter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      lmao bro real talk, when Perry puts on his disguise I never notice until Doofenshmirt figures it out.

    • @erzherzogalbrecht8504
      @erzherzogalbrecht8504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      That ain't CIA level, thats OWCA level

    • @user-bo7ob1ek2x
      @user-bo7ob1ek2x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The only bad thing is that they always notice that he's gone though

  • @stelladonaconfredobutler9459
    @stelladonaconfredobutler9459 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Again, Jonna Mendez is a star. She makes it all believable with wonderful dry, flat humor

  • @KarenCurr
    @KarenCurr ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What an informative and entertaining video to watch! Thank you!

  • @katecoman521
    @katecoman521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9743

    She just casually mentions an agent killing themselves in order to prevent an interrogation. Just like it’s as interesting as the weather.

    • @tinaloye2014
      @tinaloye2014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +510

      Right?!? That was frightening

    • @Caffeinatedown
      @Caffeinatedown 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1495

      She’s seen a few things most of us couldn’t even imagine. I feel like this lady looks like a mom who makes the best lasagna and yet is a totally brutal master of spy design.

    • @MasumiSeike
      @MasumiSeike 4 ปีที่แล้ว +210

      @@tinaloye2014 was it really?
      I mean we see these things all the time in movies and read it in books.
      We see so much what happen in the world right now with torture and war.. does it really surprise you that someone can talk about htat without flinching?

    • @tinaloye2014
      @tinaloye2014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +218

      MasumiSeike yes. It does. Just because you see it and hear about it doesn't mean that violence and death is ever easier to find out about

    • @Avengedtenfold
      @Avengedtenfold 4 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      I mean if you follow the subtext it's not that shocking to me. In some of the places a spy might be captured it's all but assured they will be tortured and thanks to the nature of the business still might not get out alive with a confession; Choosing death over that seems like a personal but logical decision, if an inhuman one.

  • @ilove2929
    @ilove2929 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3407

    Lady: "in Argo Ben Affleck played my husband.."
    Me: REWIND

    • @overworkedcna412
      @overworkedcna412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      ilove2929 Right?! She’s a badass and her husband is a badass too!

    • @8Ditsjustmebri
      @8Ditsjustmebri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      ME TOO I WAS SHOCKED omg

    • @HipnosXpress
      @HipnosXpress 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      yeah, i was like:
      hmm excuse me wtf?

    • @Fikile_Mokwena
      @Fikile_Mokwena 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I had to pause

    • @hellen3056
      @hellen3056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ME TOO HAHAHAHAHAHHA

  • @ytfreak55
    @ytfreak55 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The admiration that I feel for this woman is astounding.

  • @GrannySweets
    @GrannySweets 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These are my Most Favorite to watch online, thank you!

  • @LP-xw7ix
    @LP-xw7ix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8322

    sorry but "CIA Chief of disguise" is officially the coolest job description I've ever heard in my life

    • @jazzypari
      @jazzypari 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      I can't think of anything more interesting 😭

    • @TheStackeddeck77
      @TheStackeddeck77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      My US history professor was a field agent for the CIA. I cant remember what he said they are called but they dont call themselves agents. He had a few interesting stories to tell. We didnt get many details but he did a lot of sitting alone listing to devices he and others planted.

    • @bobdole4916
      @bobdole4916 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@Zelmel Like their name implies, intelligence gathering is central to their agency.

    • @ravenbird3357
      @ravenbird3357 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      absolutely

    • @TheNikohSan
      @TheNikohSan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Bryan Smith explain

  • @ChenoWolf
    @ChenoWolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3155

    I love that she understands that just because something isn't accurate to real life doesn't mean it's bad or not entertaining.

    • @louisduong2090
      @louisduong2090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      your comment is so underrated!

    • @Philjj61
      @Philjj61 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I so agree, and it's how you can have fun in life in general, almost have to at times. Real life is a personal, relative term anyway.

    • @God-wv4bf
      @God-wv4bf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If only you knew the darkness this lady has contributed too.

  • @lynnielie8312
    @lynnielie8312 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She’s the coolest literally. I love her she seems so sweet and fun to talk to

  • @anocas196
    @anocas196 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a European, if I was counting off "one, two, three", I would start with the thumb, but if I was just indicating the number three, I would do as he did. Then again not sure if that's just one too many American movies and TV series. She is absolutely awesome though. Love the video.

  • @yannick9208
    @yannick9208 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4444

    What about the most accurate spy movie of all time: *Spy Kids*

    • @cyroshard1909
      @cyroshard1909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +344

      Too accurate. She might spill something confidential.

    • @lillianpilon8003
      @lillianpilon8003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Mmmmmhmmm

    • @udita920
      @udita920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hahah... U guys r so funny

    • @nehanatarajan
      @nehanatarajan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      That was a leaked mission

    • @glowinthedarkspider3118
      @glowinthedarkspider3118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Too confidential, if people find out about the truth behind it, the world of espionage will never recover

  • @gs_thewhpmkr520
    @gs_thewhpmkr520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7766

    She's like a badass grandma that no one expects to be a badass

    • @johncarter40101
      @johncarter40101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Iron Ostrich keep crying.
      As if, people around the globe are well wishers of the US.

    • @kathryncainmadsen5850
      @kathryncainmadsen5850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      You think older people were always old, lol

    • @judithofficial982
      @judithofficial982 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/iK3aKNKJgkY/w-d-xo.html

    • @marialuciaiermano9581
      @marialuciaiermano9581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@johncarter40101 wonder why john

    • @asideofaioli4630
      @asideofaioli4630 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kathryncainmadsen5850 I have a 68 yr old uncle that looks the same as he did the day he was shot out the womb, so for some, yeah. Time is a suggestion my friend, not a rule.
      Source: back to the future 1 & 2

  • @BoyProdigyX
    @BoyProdigyX 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    She's my favorite guest by far. Such interesting subject matter, such a rockstar job title, yet such an unassuming lady. She reminds me of my mom quite a bit haha

  • @mobabyhomeslice
    @mobabyhomeslice ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The rule of not disguising yourself as clergy, media, or Peace Corps is a very smart one. Of course, not many foreign enemies believe that. I have some missionary friends who have been accused of being spies.

    • @jadegreen3567
      @jadegreen3567 ปีที่แล้ว

      whatever the CIA says they "don't do"...its the opposite.

  • @erodoehT1013
    @erodoehT1013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2441

    This old lady is so good she’s fooling everyone to thinking she’s an old lady but in actuality it’s Tupac Shakur.

  • @Stiffdistantandweird
    @Stiffdistantandweird 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4192

    Her family would be a seriously scary family to marry into.

    • @arijajoy
      @arijajoy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Hella cool too. I’d love to learn every trick

    • @emmarie5662
      @emmarie5662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It would be fun to marry into her family.

    • @ulrichkalber9039
      @ulrichkalber9039 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      SURPRISE she is your Father in law.

    • @RedGallardo
      @RedGallardo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah, have to be sincere, have to be a good person. The horror! No one could fit in! They see liars and morons a mile away... I'd love my spouse to have a keen mind.

    • @chikitabowow
      @chikitabowow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      "If you even try to steal my recipe for double fudge brownies i will make you disappear, i've done it multiple times before. Now, would you like some mashed potatoes, deary?

  • @kellistorie7917
    @kellistorie7917 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I heard you on the Ted Talk Radio Hour earlier this evening. Very interesting interview. Glad to have you pop up in my YT feed. I'm not a big spy-movie fan, but, I appreciate the art of costuming and disguise.

  • @lill5447
    @lill5447 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks a lot lady. Argo is literally what I do for a living and my country. I'm a Canadian who works on filming locations

  • @pureheartbadass
    @pureheartbadass 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4535

    There's a whole other world out there we can't even imagine

    • @asnidacali5593
      @asnidacali5593 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      .

    • @ahhwe-any7434
      @ahhwe-any7434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      I don't think I want to know

    • @D-Z321
      @D-Z321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Or can we? 🤯

    • @ninjabreadgirl
      @ninjabreadgirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      I want to be a part of it so badly.

    • @frostyrose2548
      @frostyrose2548 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      🎶"All we can do is Imagine... In your mind, anything can happen."🎶
      -Cody Ko, Imagine

  • @trude8073
    @trude8073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5873

    I vote for having this lady do a 8 hour podcast just talking about "the funny stories". Please, pretty please!

    • @medeaworbs6970
      @medeaworbs6970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      I don't think she'd be allowed to talk about those in detail

    • @trude8073
      @trude8073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@medeaworbs6970 I´m late to my own thread. Sorry. But yes - probably. She could make them up, I'll still be happy!

    • @joshthefantasydude9254
      @joshthefantasydude9254 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      727 likes... A palindrome.

    • @kaytitompkins1546
      @kaytitompkins1546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      She actually did tell one of her stories on the podcast ISpy!

    • @trude8073
      @trude8073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ramzes Motoa oh my, you are a fluffy happy unicorn aren't you😂

  • @blingmybizonfacebook9173
    @blingmybizonfacebook9173 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is brilliant! Loved it!

  • @dsmith3687
    @dsmith3687 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would love to hear her thoughts on Burn Notice. One of my favorite shows, and always wondered how much of it is actually plausible.

  • @ppoppoiop6336
    @ppoppoiop6336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9276

    Plot twist: she's actually a 25 y/o black man.

    • @Zainab-wb4zi
      @Zainab-wb4zi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      White chickss whooo

    • @Un1234l
      @Un1234l 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Hey, it's 2019.

    • @TheeLuLuGirl
      @TheeLuLuGirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +241

      Yooo she can actually be wearing a disguise while doing these videos to conceal her idenity

    • @plot6520
      @plot6520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I want to see that... It would be super funny

    • @AmeraRecords
      @AmeraRecords 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ppoppoiop 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Molly-nd5rp
    @Molly-nd5rp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15197

    I love how she talks about doing super illegal stuff but in a super vague way

    • @SenseiRaisen
      @SenseiRaisen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +336

      Like a true agent.

    • @destryedbyhippiepwrs
      @destryedbyhippiepwrs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +576

      It's not illegal if your working for the CIA/government

    • @user-ov2fc5sd1e
      @user-ov2fc5sd1e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +321

      @@destryedbyhippiepwrs he meant unethical

    • @idkanameforthis
      @idkanameforthis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      SEND ME HATE ON MY VIDEOSSS..

    • @HiddenOcelot
      @HiddenOcelot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      @@destryedbyhippiepwrs not really illegal, depending on what it is they're doing, just frowned upon if you're caught.

  • @wannamonslo9626
    @wannamonslo9626 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I read a novel once entitled “The Last Patriot” in which an officer acted on the premise that the uniform makes the best disguise because it is never out of place.

  • @keywestfan2503
    @keywestfan2503 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The thing with Superman is that Clark is hiding in plain sight.
    It’s really not a disguise.
    It works in the sense that no one would expect essentially a god to ever impersonate a mere mortal human.
    No one sees Superman when they look at Clark because it just doesn’t register that someone as powerful as Superman would ever impersonate a bumbling buffoon like Clark