Matt Berry Reads a letter from Elvis Presley to US President Richard Nixon
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- čas přidán 18. 01. 2022
- 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. - Zábava
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
“I have done an in depth study on drug abuse”
- Elvis Presley, saying the quiet part out loud.
"First and foremost, I'm an entertainer" - Elvis Presley/David Brent
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
I love the way Matt talks. He is just Sublime.
It's the closest thing to James Mason. I adore their voices
Matt Berry, one of my favourite comedians.
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
Step aside 007...here comes special agent Presley... Elvis Presley!!!😉
Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango.
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
I adore Matt Berry
He's opposed to "the drug culture," huh?
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
Elvis was made an honorary deputy sheriff and would turn up to car collisions
In What We Do In the Shadows, Berry’s character, Lazlo, turns Elvis into a vampire. Then Elvis turns on him
How many comedy characters have there been with delusions of grandeur who would write a letter exactly like this.
We can't go on together.. With suspicious minds
And I clicked on this, because my brain read 'Mary Berry reads a letter from Elvis'. hehe
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.
I forgot about that bit of American history
Wow!
Maybe this is where Herschel Walker got the idea to pretend he has some kind of Federal Agent.
"That boy ain't right"
I was hoping Matt Berry would do Elvis' accent.
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
Imagine. Sheriff Presley.
Ah, go on, Matt Berry...read anything...
Toast does Presley 🍞🕺🏻
the irony being that elvis was addicted to valium at this stage
Wow i didn't know Elvis was so based
Is it legal to marry his voice?
Holy God... This could just as easily be written just as seriously by H.S.T.
I thought Elvis as a federal agent in Black Dynamite was a joke....
‘Allow me to introduce myself, I am Elvis Presley’.
The most unnecessary introduction in history.
The lengths Elvis went to become a NARC
There is a film about the encounter.
There have been 2! One from 1997, and another in 2016.
dont forget top secret
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 😂
Someone sounds high. 🫡
Return to sender.
I saw the movie, didn't realized it was based on fact😂😂😂
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
how truly odd
When my dad was a boy he delivered papers and Nixon was on his route
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
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
Not much intellect was there?‽..Well read...thank you.
“Tricky Dicky Nixon”
Eu amo Elvis Presley ❤️
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 :)
The drug culture…..😂😂😂😂😂
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.
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.
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
Elvis wrote "Whomever"? LOL
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).
this is just the plot for top secret
Was he high when he wrote this?
Literally the same shit Stephen Segal did with becoming a “sheriff” for that shitty reality show. At least Presley was actually talented.
Elvis was the same lad who abused legal drugs. Great entertainer but interesting political views.
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 .
What’s so funny about this letter?
Elvis was a habitual drug user to start.
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?
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.