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Frost and Nixon delved into other issues, as well, such as China, the Vietnam War and domestic concerns. But what made the interviews memorable was Nixon's cagey willingness to talk at length about Watergate for the first time since his 1974 resignation. Forty million people watched Frost grill Nixon-the biggest viewer total for any program of its kind up to that point.
During Frost's November appearance on "The Daily Show," host Jon Stewart suggested that Frost should try to pry some answers out of [Bush]. (If Nixon took almost 30 hours to talk about a mishandled breakin, imagine the time Frost might need to talk about Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo, wire-tapping, and other Bush legacies.)By Frost's telling, he helped Nixon reclaim his humanity. The journalist, meanwhile, walked away with the acclaim of his authence and his peers-and with at least one great, off-camera story. As Frost recalls in the extras, the always awkward Nixon, attempting "to be one of the boys," turned to the journalist and asked, "Did you do any fornicating this weekend?"See the full content of this document
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See Dick Squirm
See Dick Squirm
IN 1977, BRITISH journalist David Frost sat down with former President Richard Nixon to conduct a series of television interviews. Over the course of 28 hours spread across several days, Frost elicited from Nixon one of the nati...See the full content of this document
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