William F. Buckley appears on Woody Allen’s tv show to discuss 1967 and other matters. The nine minute exchange is very funny and a fascinating cultural artifact — just look, for example, at how the young people who ask questions are dressed.
Thanks to Shmuel Ben-Gad for the link.




January 15th, 2013 | 12:35 pm
Very funny and gosh, they were both quick. Alas, Buckley was sure wrong nearly 50 years ago about the Arab Israeli mess being worked out.
January 15th, 2013 | 1:10 pm
Ah, the wonders of YouTube!
Here’s a link to the first part (of 6) of a Cambridge Union debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley from 1965.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DfGgBb3Zh0
Buckley’s grasp of American history here seems quite weak as compared to Baldwin’s.`Sadly, Buckley’s respect for his fellow Americans of African descent is a little hard to find.
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