"Nixon was one of the great comic characters of the 20th century," Shearer says. "When I first began listening to his secret tapes, the revelation to me was the crazy conversations that went on in this place on the public dime. Stanley [Kutler] and I aimed to be as accurate as humanly possible in the way these lines are spoken, in the intonations, in the pauses, in the way people interact. Our job was to be faithful transmitters of this incredible record of craziness."
Friday, August 8, 2014
Nix Again
Nixon's "Guess I am a crook after all, heh heh" farewell speech was committed 40 yrs. ago today:LAObserved types (No source.):
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