This interview could have been destroyed like so many interviews where the interviewer feels the need to dominate the conversation by asking a billion questions. Cavett said little and let Hoffa talk. Well done. Very interesting.
I agree with both quotes and I also would like to add that people were more refined and knew how to have conversations regardless if they were fantastic TV talk show interviewer... it's all taken for granted now. Dick Cavett was presenting somebody in a clear well-spoken manner.
Too many interviewers want to remind people that they are (so they think) the star of the show, or they are trained to control the elements of the conversation so that a guest cannot leak out unauthorized things...
Alt Left Mr. Hoffa deserves to be home it's been decades Lord please bring him home for closure something has to be out there to find his wallet , something!! I honestly believe no matter what Mr. Hoffa was a giver for the poor he knew what hunger was and for someone who was uneducated because he needed to help his mother feed his siblings that never left his heart ! Once President Nixon pardoned Mr. Hoffa with the stipulation that he could not go back to the team since presidency for nine years after he been released Hoffa wasn't having it! Welll, that help sign Mr. Hoffa's death certificate people can let the Mob take the fall but, so many enemies had been within Mr. Hoffa's path including our judicial system - those days were the beginnings of finally buying your way to the best of the best look how this Country of ours has fallen completely on deaf ears ! I'm hoping each day that when reach my day to leave this earth that it's before the Big Bang - it's coming Lord Bless you & yours Happy Holidays to you & yours as well ...
@@RisvoldTheGreat I'm glad you have a good union, you should tell your story more, because people are so misled. It's just unions are either non-existent now for the most part, or they aren't as good. Jimmy was the best. Just look at wages, benefits and compare them to the lack of improvement of today.
@@susanb2015 Come on, if you seen somebody walking down the street with Dick Cavett's exact hair cut from this year, you would definitely do a double take lol.
@@martytdd1606 Ten years ago maybe. I was born in the late 60s and I loved it when hair and clothes changed in the early 80s. I used to make fun of Everything 70s. But then at the end of the 90s men's cool hairstyles started to get short and music was almost totally dead. Then everything got worse the next decades until I can't stand men's and women's Ugly hairstyles and clothes. Now I love and miss the 70s and I only listen to old music and I watch mostly old TV shows especially 70s. I miss the 80s fashions but I'll take the 70s over today and I don't think his hair is ugly anymore. And I don't make fun of the 70s anymore. It was a wonderful time compared to now.
You're welcome! I think it's the best way to learn about real everyday history. Lots of other guys like Hoffa on this channel. They all have one thing in common - I'll let you guess :) Biographies, too, to a lesser extent. I highly recommend his autobiography available on archive.org
Yeah, and then he used California as an example. I’m not sure the exact #, but this interview took place in 73, and I’m sure California has opened multiple new prisons since. Not to mention the rest of the state is a shit-hole
@@LoyalOpposition his '0pposition' resorted to more than calling him names, they killed him. His body was NEVER found. Or is he buried under the 50 yrd line in Green Bay?Or Chicago?
@@captainobvious5993 yes like his "adopted son" Chucky O'Brien, that's always been the theory about how he was likely lured into a car, that probably had other more dubious characters in it.
Hoffa just commands a room. This interview is intoxicating. Wow. Hoffa & Cavett had more intelligence in their ring fingers than all of the talk show hosts on tv today do combined.
Great interview. He's so much more intelligent than the way they portray him in Hollywood movies. Clear thinking, concise. No wonder they had to get rid of him.
Now days people are terrified to speak their mind. Afraid to offend someone or be branded a racist, misogynist or whatever ist. Not happening here. This cancer of political correctness is nothing but new age Nazism.
@@3-ddjr460 ironically the low IQ Street waste products who call themselves antifa behave like the poster children for fascists. Just Google night of the broken glass, what antifa and black lives matters are doing in Democrat control cities around America is exactly what the brown shirts did in Germany around 1938, as they were incrementally working their way up to committing mass genocide.
They didn't get rid of him because he was too intelligent. They got rid of him because he wanted back in and wouldn't take no for an answer. He was warned what would happen if he pushed them. And he kept pushing. And what did it get him? A legacy of "where was he buried?"
@@theophrastusbombastus1359 And they didn't want him back in because he was too smart. He knew what they were up to, always one step ahead of them. Shortly after he was gone, they deregulated everything, busted the Teamsters. He knew what the game was, they had to get rid of him.
Hoffa did what he had to do for the working man… We've lost that now. Companies dictate our rights and treatments, and governments are submissive to companies. Hoffa corrupt or not he was the people's champ in many ways. He understood men better than our politicians.
You have it wrong. The government isn't submissive to anything or anyone. They fought the Mafia so they could become it. Now they are and run most aspects of our lives - and they want more. Half of America in their mentally sleeping state are voting for them to do so.
@ Dan bullshit. corporatism has been running rampant since Reagan. Amazon, Facebook, wal-mart, Microsoft in the 90s. Those corporations can and have found cheap labor elsewhere. Rothschild was a banker he once said “Give me control of a nations money and I care not who makes the laws”
Who are you talking about? Hoffa? Yeah, he was good for organized labor and the working man but he was extremely corrupt and in league with the mob. He was pretty far from honest.
He was a complicated figure. He took trucking from a dangerous and low-paying job and turned it into a high-paying and relatively safe profession. On the other hand, under him 80 percent of the Teamsters’ pension fund was tied up in mob-controlled property investment, which obviously wasn’t good for the average worker.
Hoffa was a superstar to the working man back when I was a kid ..my dad was a teamster and Hoffa was big in our house . I believe he truly cared about his members and all working people . We need stronger unions these days .. Working men and women need to have representation because our government has failed in representing us .
That's great, and thank you for the story. Any specific stories you hear. It's the only way we get the truth, instead of Hollywood baloney. It's odd. Reagan got rid of the air-traffic controllers, and they name an airport after him. Unfortunately, most people under 85 have no idea what labor is, the respect for work. The average person thinks he was a mobster. It's not just Hoffa. People will judge guys like JFK, Jim Morrison and many more based on a distorted movie by Oliver Stone, etc.. People say they want the truth, but as long as it's fed to them simply.
Unions are outdated. They had a purpose, but now are just as greedy as the companies. It’s because of them we lose jobs to Mexico and China. They chase out manufacturers with continuing demands for more money.
@@TKinfinity01 They go to China because they pay their workers 5 cents a day. NAFTA (and the rest) made it an incentive, along with "tax reform" etc.. Unions make up of 8% of private sector jobs - which is probably a reason why things suck. Automation is another problem for workers and consumers, so 99% of the people.
@@LoyalOpposition I agree that automation is a glowing problem. But Unions have already achieved what they once stood up for. Workplace safety and security. Not there are Federal laws dictating that companies are safe and reasonable to work at. All Unions do now is try to suck up as much money as possible. They have nothing more to fight for.
My grandfather who ran away from home at age 13 in Russia or Ukraine, served in the Czar’s navy. When the revolution occurred he started traveling working on ships as a merchant marine. Wound up in USA. Was a truck driver in NYC. He was a Teamster and loved J Hoffa
@@ronald516 The Membership votes. Is it not so much the Union selling out its membership. Or is it decades of anti-union legislation slowly weakening collective bargaining and organized labor? Stagnant wages, regardless of representation or not has caused fear in the working class. The un-godly costs of health care which is always considered in wage packages in negotiations, the thought of going out on strike, especially on a master contract, which is understood that most members who are more then likely living paycheck to paycheck, in most cases cant sustain a prolonged strike, will cross lines to make ends meet. When you negotiate contracts, no matter how big or small, the first thing you take into account is what the membership will vote on. people love to point fingers and say the "Union" fucked us. Unfortunately most don't understand that the membership is the Union and the Union is only as strong as the membership.
If you check out the other interviews, you'll see how candid he could be. Especially the interview I pinned on here. Go to archives.org and read his first auto-biography.. Very intelligent with a sense of honor and virtue.
Dick Cavett, one of the best TV host. Hoffa wouldn't have gotten in two words before a host now day's would have jumped in and talked about himself for most of the show.
@@fifthbusiness1678 More importantly, Hoffa was the type who held his own effectively enough (i.e.:spoke his CONVICTION, stood up for himself, etc.) that I think they would've had trouble getting a word in edgewise with HIM! Frankly, I'd treat them the SAME way! My point is, it doesn't matter what walk of life you're from, IF you stand by and AREN'T afraid to speak the COURAGE of your convictions, even those who might try bullying you will eventually RESPECT you (if begrudgingly) because they'll KNOW you won't take shit from ANYBODY! It's like what Mr. Hoffa (yes, I actually respect him enough to call him Mr.!; besides, he was old enough to be my grandfather) said about inmates in prison, the strong EARN respect while the weak are run roughshod all over!
total hogwash assumption. You don't have to shit on other people to build another up. Cavett was a great interviewer. See, I pumped up Cavett without having to shit on anyone else.
@@gatchrocks Assumption? No Gatch, it's what I see on talk shows, they want to talk over their guest and cut them off all the time so your ass-umption is your's and mine is mine. What you take from it is on you.
I never thought that I could ever feel any sympathy for Jimmy Hoffa. These Cavett interviews are extremely informative...an invaluable education in so many ways...
It's good you have an open mind. His free autobiography is on archive.org/ -- it's always good to read the other side (but no one does, just the official FBI stuff or media)
Then you'll love this interview, which has never been on UA-cam (I just bought the rights). It's even MORE candid. He's even asked about getting whacked. I won't spoil nothing -- ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
Chocolate Fudge The teamster pension fund didn’t have any problems until the government got involved. You may or may not agree with some of the investments made with the fund during Hoffa years, but you can not argue the fact that they were much more profitable than they are now. Even though the overall stock market has done marvelously.
Once the Mafia comes and tells you either you give me a cut or im going to have you clipped, dont have much of a choice. Its called extortion and even Donald Trump was a victim of it.
I so appreciate this interview. For someone that has been keenly interested in Mr Hoffa there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of candid interviews like this one.
If you liked this, you'll probably love the interview I uploaded a few days ago, or my favorite and most-telling - JIMMY HOFFA TALKS ABOUT GETTING MURDERED IN FINAL INTERVIEW -- ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
@ Michael Hoffa was certainly was self righteous in his later years 1970s, but make no mistake never has anybody did more for the American worker than Hoffa. He was a significant factor in forming a middle class america in the mid 20th century.
Watching this interview nearly 50 years later was so fascinating because so much of it rings true even today probably more so than I did back at the time! In my opinion Hoffa was a great man who was targeted by the federal government and the mafia for standing up to principal and looking after his union workers.
I agree 100% and think the FBI killed him. I have a few other interesting interviews, but got a couple of copyright strikes, took them down... I have two right before his death, one which the interviewer asks, "Do you think you're gonna get whacked now that you want to be President again" and says some interesting stuff!
I used to hate unions as a new executive, they were a pain in the butt to negotiate with and slowed things down trust me they weren't perfect. Never was a fan of paying folks more just because of seniority vs meritocracy. But seeing the bottom line, we screwed our workers over in a lot of ways. I came to realize, Unions really need to balance corporate greed.
look at the insurance!! if you got union insurance it is good, you go to a company get insurance stay five years the new company new insurance pre existing conditions, the average job lasts five years by the time you are 20 years at work, you have no coverage for any chronic conditions.You can't really do anything to fix that as an employer.
@@RAsphalt you are quite optomistic that they will go to another company. How about the choice between slinging cocaine for 20,000$ a month, or working fast food for 20,000$ a decade.Choice one work your entire life and live in your car for the back end of your life or have it all now, maybe go to prison.?
This man was self educated, very intelligent and ahead of his time, He bravely stood by what he believed, I disagree with some of his politics, but I respect his rights to his views. He was a great leader and hero to the working man, sucks that he was pushed aside when he was at the point of achieving great labor reform. Great man so sad he became vilified.
Exactly, and that's the government's trick. Discredit and use the media to make others responsible. Of course, years later, the truth comes out, but they know how strong first impressions are, and the information usually comes out too late.
Honest man knowingly diverting teamster pension funds to prop up Las Vegas for the mob??,not sure if he was just dense,,or just complacent about doing deals with the mob to help himself hold power and get rich,,either way talk shows and the mob are a BIG no-no..
I love how he said the whole story, noting even that it is a controversial subject even because of the guest. I get the feeling that talk shows wouldn't dare to do anything like that today
You think THAT was candid, check this video out. He's even asked about possibly being murdered for trying to get back the Presidency -- ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
Every so-called "reporter" and so-called "interviewer" in today's media should be forced to watch what a real interview should be like. From Rachel Maddow to those idiots on Fox. Watch and learn.
None of these comments make any sense!! What do those shoes have to do with shows like this? Two totally different art forms. This is much more in the tradition of late night television, which are now all of the same sort of ilk. Dick Cavett, Tom Snyder, etc, etc, were like a much more laid back tonight show. No plugs or anything. Very cool
In 1924, Viola moved the family to Detroit in search of the same things Sylvia Pagano would seek sixteen years later: a steadier job and better wages. Viola worked long hours polishing radiator caps at the Fisher Body plant and washed laundry in her spare time. Hoffa worked odd jobs on weekends and evenings to help his mother. He also got in fights. When he first moved to Detroit, a group of Polish boys taunted him and his brother, Billy. “We learned that unless you were willing to fall into line and accept the pecking order of an existing clan, you had to establish your right to maintain your own private domain,” Hoffa later recalled. “This was accomplished by bloody noses and shiners, but finally we won acceptance into the neighborhood youth’s social order.” The same philosophy would later guide Hoffa in his confrontations with recalcitrant employers, rival unions, and the federal government. The young Hoffa also absorbed his mother’s Protestant ethic. He loved to work from the time he was a child, and he would always live frugally, even in the years when his Teamsters office looked out on the nation’s capital and he was surrounded by suitcases full of cash. Hoffa never smoked or drank, and he looked down on others who did. He embraced what he described as his mother’s “remarkable independence, responsibility, resourcefulness, and steadfastness.” It is little surprise that a young man with these values, in his family’s circumstances, would quit school after ninth grade and go to work full-time. In 1927, the fourteen-year-old Hoffa began work as a stock boy at Frank & Cedar’s Dry Goods and General Merchandise, earning $12 each week for sixty hours of work. He loved the job and his co-workers. His bosses told him he had great prospects there, and the future labor leader dreamed of running the store one day. But then the stock market crashed in October 1929, hitting Detroit harder than any city in the country. The automobile industry collapsed, and with it the city’s jobs. One-third of the Detroit workforce was unemployed within a year, and Hoffa’s prospects at Frank & Cedar’s suddenly looked bleak. Taking the advice of a co-worker that the food business was a more secure place to work because people had to eat, Hoffa got a job through friends at a Kroger warehouse near his home. If Hoffa’s happy days working at Frank & Cedar’s would later inform his sometimes-cozy relationship with employers, his job at Kroger at the height of the Depression would teach him the need for unions and make him a labor leader. He worked the night shift, unloading freight cars of fresh produce at thirty-two cents per hour. With Detroit’s economy still shrinking, with tent cities, public begging, and garbage-eating growing, and with no public welfare to cushion the blow, Hoffa was lucky to have a job. But conditions were gruesome. The workers lacked job security and were paid only for the hours they loaded and unloaded, which meant that they often hung around the warehouse all night for just a few hours’ pay. Making matters much worse was the foreman, Al Hastings, a cruel, dictatorial screamer who took pleasure in taunting the workers and firing men on a whim-“the kind of guy who causes unions,” as Hoffa later said. Hoffa and the other workers tolerated Hastings’s “outrageous meanness” because the alternative-joining long lines of starving men and women begging for a few hours of paid work-seemed worse. But by the spring of 1931, after Hastings fired two workers for no apparent reason, the situation had become intolerable. Hoffa and four other workers decided to form a union. The idea was risky to the point of irresponsible. Unions aim to establish a cartel among workers at a firm in order to extract from employers wage, benefit, and workplace protections above what the free labor market would provide. This was not a popular idea in 1931, especially in Detroit, which a contemporary observer described as “the open shop capital of America.” Nor was it easy to achieve, since unions at the time had no legal protections, and employers, backed by politicians, police, and hired strikebreakers, fiercely resisted nascent union movements. If Hoffa and his friends had simply presented their grievances, Hastings would have quickly fired and easily replaced them. The men went forward in a different way. One hot May evening, on Hoffa’s cue, they stopped transferring crates of fresh strawberries from a refrigerated car into a trailer, and left them on the loading docks. Hastings barked orders and threatened to fire the men. But the strikers stood firm. As the strawberries began to wilt, Hastings folded and called his supervisor, who agreed to meet with Hoffa over the men’s grievances if they returned to work. Over the days that followed, the five “strawberry boys” negotiated a one-year contract that recognized their union, guaranteed a half-day’s pay, and established modest work rules. Hoffa spent the next few years working at the warehouse and for the fledgling Kroger union until he and Hastings had a final confrontation that caused Hoffa to leave. The next day, Joint Council 43 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which had been trying for years to organize the Kroger warehouse, offered him a job as a business agent for Detroit Local 299. The union had emerged at the turn of the century to represent the rough-and-tumble teaming trade. By the early 1930s it had developed into a fragmented and poorly run affiliate of the American Federation of Labor with 40,000 members nationwide, most of whom were inner-city haulers of specialized products (like coal and ice) transitioning from horse-drawn to motor vehicles. Local 299 had only a few hundred members and was near bankruptcy. It offered Hoffa no salary, but rather a portion of the dues of each new member he signed up. At age twenty-one, and still living with his mother, the squat, muscular Hoffa-by then a dense five feet six inches and 170 pounds-had found his calling. He had worked for a mean-spirited boss and experienced what he later described as the workingman’s “constant insecurity, his pointless frustrations, his perpetual submersion in a pool of hopelessness.” For the rest of his life Hoffa identified with struggling workers and possessed an angry intensity about righting power imbalances in the workplace.
The man has an immense presence about him. He obviously believed his own bullshit which was in the end his demise but there's no mistaking that he is a natural born leader and converser and negotiator
Hoffa was a very intelligent and interesting man. He would not bite when Cavett attempted to provoke a sensational or controversial response. Objective and incisive.
He was indeed a highly intelligent and articulate self-educated man. I realize he was no saint, but he did a lot of good things for a lot of people and I can't help but feel sorry for him and the fate that would become him. I only hope it was quick and that he was mostly unaware. He would have had to be actually. He was WAY too intelligent to be trapped otherwise, real time smarts, an extraordinary combination of rhetorical AND street sensibilities almost unrivaled in this one man. Consummate Judas level betrayal was the only way you were likely to get a bullet in to the back of his head. In a lot of ways he was railroaded. His work necessitated acquaintance and playing along with unsavory types, a difficult tight rope to walk and I do believe he kept his eye on the greater good, the overarching aims and welfare of the people he looked out for and lead with loyalty and integrity. Also, he did not live some outlandish, extravagant material life as he surely could have been far more corrupted by the power he attained. He did seem to be a sincere family man and champion of the little guy. But such fascinating discussions, we have nothing like this now. Most peoples eyes would glaze over with an equivocal guest roster today.
@End Racism 2k17 Exactly.. Jimmy only talks about prison reform on this show, where he talks being murdered, union, Mafia, Kennedys, Jim Garrison... And it seemed like they've probably had previous interviews the way he first started with the cursing, saying "Bullshit", and did a pretty good job. It will be a while before I can decipher it all, connect the names, etc.
Even just one man like Jimmy Hoffa made so much difference. We are going through a malnutrition of every industry.. And the few great people in the arts are over the age of 60, and they are dead, dying, or retiring.
Hoffa's son is nothing like his father. Jimmy did not want his son to follow the same path as he did. As parents, you would always push your child to do better than yourself. Which is what he did and Hoffa's son went to study to become an attorney. Using his knowledge, he was able to be voted in and became the President of the Teamsters. Being the son of Hoffa also helped, but because of his knowledge, he bent backwards for corporations instead of representing the working man. I am very curious to see whos going to grab the seat in 2022. Hopefully its someone who will back the working class.
I was in one of the top three unions in the country for five years up until March and they laid down to the company every year. Every year they gave away a few more of our rights.
This has been relevant for decades... Unfortunately, you don't see shows like this, which is why I uploaded it and others that need to be seen (unless it's already on UA-cam).
I had a friend whose father was a Teamster. I remember when he would tell me stories about what it was like being the son of a Teamster. Unfortunately my friend passed away earlier this year from a heart attack due to an advanced stage of cancer. He was a veteran, a guitarist and friend. Rest in peace, Terry (Gumbo) Moccabee 66 years old. Job well done, Sir.🇺🇲🍻🕊️
Hoffa was not a saint but he was the only man in the US that successfully and truthfully fought for labor and health care rights for the working class in America (good wages, regular hours, good healthcare, scholarships, etc). He was the only man that could say no to the mob wanting full access to the teamsters pension fund, to the same mob that he had to work with to stop mobsters from bracking the Union's strikes. He said: Be aware that it will be a tought fight to keep the rights we work so hard to achieve because the government and big corporations want to do anything it takes to take them away. Little did he know that his mob friends would betrayed him along with his VP and others and helped the government and the big corporations in getting him out of the way. A natural leader and good man, he risked himself deffending prisioners rights and trying to help them. He fought for non discrimination, civil rights and against segregation way before anyone. He was soo right regarding probation.
@@TheSands83 Yes, greatest labor leader. I think it's because he believed in America, and believevd in workers. He was a fair man, and stood up for those who didn't have a voice, which is the ultimate threat in America.
Cant' Stop Watching This..!! I'm Starting To Believe That If This Man Had Been Allowed To Do His Job, Detroit Would Be Stronger Than Ever. Any More Good Pieces Like This..?
Try watching this interview, weeks before his death. He's even asked if he's scared of possibly being murdered - ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
The ENTIRE COUNTRY would be better. He built the largest union in the world, which also caused other businesses to unionize. Even the anti-unions thought, "Well, let's pay our workers a living wage so they don't DEMAND a union"
Cavett should not clown around so much when someone like Hoffa is speaking about prison where Cavett would be terrorized beyond description. Cavett saids prison is romantic well let's hear his thoughts after being raped there. He won't be making jokes then.
@@emmapeeljohnsteed3284 Dick cavett did say that and it's something many subscribe to, but it's rarely talked about, how a bad claim to fame is better than no claim to fame at all, and it gets in the way of rehabilitation when people feel like that's they're shining moment that defines them as a "tough guy", a strong individual that they did time in jail or prison rather than something positive . Or that being a criminal proves you're a tough, strong- individual, as if it's something positive like being a war hero.
Brilliant show, just brilliant. We need shows like this today. Huge masters of their realms conversing while the interviewer sits back and lets it roll.
I actually had the Jim Traficant documentary, but UA-cam took it down. I think its on vimeo or dailymotion.. "The Man From Youngstown" (or something like that)..Some good interviews of him on YT, though.
I highly recommend the DC shows with Mort Sahl (there's two on UA-cam), and JIMMY HOFFA TALKS ABOUT GETTING MURDERED IN FINAL INTERVIEW -- ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
He was the driving force of the most successful Labor Movement this country ever had. At the height of the Labor Movement in the 1950’s close to 1 out of 3 jobs in the the USA was a union job.
RIP Jimmy!!! He may not have been perfect, but like I always say, I'm gonna vote/cheer/fight with the crook that does the most for the working class and the poor and it is not hard to see what side does that these days...just look at the trillion-dollar tax breaks for the top 1 percent and you can figure it out!!!
I was at a retired Teamster officials' house 2 nights ago. He's 96 and had Hoffa memorabilia. It was pretty cool holding a photo that Hoffa signed to him. The gentleman retied in 1985 and while a Teamster official they gave him a new Cadillac every year.
@@LoyalOpposition I will be going back again soon, I didn't get to talk to him much, most of the time it was with his son, I was there for about 5 hours and dad's naptime was near, but his son told me that if he heard how interested I was his dad would gab about everything from those days. He fell recently and had a head injury so he is not as quick as he used to be but never forgot the union days. His son did tell me that their home in Detroit was bugged by the FBI and every year Teamsters gave him a brand new Cadillac, there is a pic in the house of him standing next to his new Cadillac in 1971. I think the home in Detroit has since been demolished but they were nice homes. He started out as a truck driver in the 40s became a union steward and moved up into the local 299 office where Hoffa's office was, became a director and later retired as the president of the credit union. He had to take the witness stand in Tennesee in the early 60s and he must have made a good impression on Hoffa since after that his work life changed for the better though he loved driving a truck from what his son told me. When he was a truck driver in the early 60s he was bringing in $250 dollars a week which was almost double what an auto worker made. I hope he'll be around longer because I want to hear everything he has to say.
duh legalize weed, give lifeless unwashed idiots $30 an hour so they can buy drugs and do them on the job. Free rehab, free health care for the losers. Have goons beat any strike breakers oh my Allah what a wonderful world it would be
If you're talking about the mafia, then yes, he was removed by them (permanently) But not because of any reason you seem to be hinting at. Mafioso have been hinting at it for decades since
This was great, I was in HS when he disappeared. Although I lived only 20 miles from where he was taken, I never really knew much about the man before.
and believe it or not less than a month and a week later from this appearance: would become the massive strike after one trucker getting pissed off December 3rd 1973 sparking one of the biggest strikes and roadblocks and shutdowns ever seen.. you kids must remember this was at the time of the OPEC oil crisis when gas lines were longer than ever and a whole lot more..
The palpability of how scared everyone seemed when Cavett first brought up the magazine lie detector quotes... then he made that super simple joke and everyone cracks up and claps because they could all feel Hoffa getting mad... that’s pretty f’ing cool to me. One 55/60 year old man getting mildly frustrated, causes a room packed with people to squirm in their seats because of the reputation he earned. Hoffa was so cool.
Thanks for watching, and thanks for your comments. Take care and enjoy the new uploads! Sounds like you might love the new Mort Sahl documentary, newly uploaded, and only shown once in its premiere in 1989. He's not a politically correct truth-teller, either :)
Very true, and it's not even entertaining! Just gossip and trivia. When a movie comes out, 99% of the talk is what someone tweeted, because the movie can't stand on its own merit... If you want a more candid interview, check out his last one where he discussed the possibility of being murdered - ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
Loyal Opposition That seems to be what happens when a person gets involved with nefarious characters or organizations. Hoffa wasn't innocent by any stretch of the imagination.
He was anything but. He was in mobbed up and crooked as fuck. He went to prison for stealing and misusing union members money. He enriched himself on union money, and gave loans from union money to the mafia to build Las Vegas casinos.
Jimmy was a great Teamster. I was a Teamster once at a time when there were tiers, post Jimmy. First they made National negotiations illegitimate. And then they attacked each Local, other fellas made 17.50 an hour and i made 15.00 an hour. This went on until 2002 when our Local (who ascertained that there were more of the latter) gave in and allowed everybody to be paid the same.
I’m from the UK and only recently discovered Dick Cavett. We had Michael Parkinson who was a brilliant talk show host but have to say the UK really missed out not having Dick Cavett on our screen. He is outstanding. 👍
I've uploaded some interviews (and other stuff) recently on this channel if you're interested. Don't know why I'm JUST getting this notification today.
What An Important Account Of Modern History, I've Enjoyed This Upload Of Yours Many Times Now And Havnt Yet Seen The Irishman Movie, Yet I Do Commend The Effect Of Highlighting The Subject Into The 'MainStream', That The Timing Of Release Of The Movie May Be Attributed To, As Well As Relative - Ever More So With The Man Currently In; - "Commander In Chief" Official Position.... Well At Least It Would Seem That Way... Respect To This Man Jimmy Hoffa For What He Stood AND Died For. Such Strength Would Be Appreciated Even More So In Times Like These.
Thank you, and glad you enjoyed this. The only positive of that movie is that there are people like yourself who might want the truth and actually research the real Jimmy Hoffa. I think you'd even like the interview right before his murder, and he's even asked about "gettin whacked", much more candid interview - ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
@@REVENTONAtilla Thank you so much.. I've spent over 9 months (2 trips) in Australia.. Mostly Melbourne, but I spent time visiting friends and making new ones in Sydney (Glebe, Newtown, Fairview)
Back in the days when people were allowed to actually speak freely on TV and people were polite enough to listen...even if they took exception with a famous (or notorious) figure like Mr. Hoffa. I miss these days of television.
Not only well spoken, but a natural intelligence. He was a hard worker. 20 hours a day. I was reading a newspaper with the guys covering saying they couldn't keep up, that it was physically and mentally exhausting, and HE was the one working - they were just taking notes. I uploaded it on another video on my channel, along with an interview he did just before he was murdered, where he was asked by the interviewer about it, not having a bodyguard. I won't spoil it for you!
Without the commutation, he would have gotten out with full rights, and able to regain Presidency in 1975. The government are a bunch of fucking liars.
Wow, after listening to Jimmy on Dick's show, I can see why he went missing. People with great governmental power felt very intimidated with the knowledge Mr. Hoffa had.💯
In the first segment Cavett was a bit nervous and speechless dealing with a true tough guy. As for Hoffa -- he and his "jailer" (RFK) both met untimely deaths.
Excellent show. I watched Dick Cavett when I was younger and can say we certainly could use a show like his now. A show like this promotes intellectual thought and discussion. Unfortunately, today there is a lack of thought provoking programing. News programs have been destroyed due to corporate requirements for them to be profit center. This requirement of greed is the same basis for rags such as the National Enquirer and the Globe. People wonder why it is that the intellectual gene pool in this country has dried up? If it doesn't have a UFO, Bigfoot, giant fake breast, a big butt or leaves skid marks, Americans are not smart or interested enough to watch it. The History channel is a great example along with Faux News..... Keep posting Great TV Shows. 🥇🥇🥇
I agree, but I'll add also that there wouldn't be any guests (maybe a couple) who would be worth interviewing.. Add the internet and "social" media, and you get this degeneracy in our society - another reason I stick to the arts (music, movies, comedy, language, literature) before my time (pre-1980)
Thanks for watching, and thanks for your comments. Take care and enjoy the new uploads! Sounds like you might love the new Mort Sahl documentary, newly uploaded, and only shown once in its premiere in 1989. He's not a politically correct truth-teller, either :)
Moving my videos to www.patreon.com/LoyalOpposition
This interview could have been destroyed like so many interviews where the interviewer feels the need to dominate the conversation by asking a billion questions. Cavett said little and let Hoffa talk. Well done. Very interesting.
You could get the best interviewer today and it wouldn't make much difference -- there aren't interesting people out there anymore.
I agree with both quotes and I also would like to add that people were more refined and knew how to have conversations regardless if they were fantastic TV talk show interviewer... it's all taken for granted now. Dick Cavett was presenting somebody in a clear well-spoken manner.
@@LoyalOpposition Yeah - they are all puppets with a script.
Too many interviewers want to remind people that they are (so they think) the star of the show, or they are trained to control the elements of the conversation so that a guest cannot leak out unauthorized things...
That's the way he did every interview.
My father was a Teamster. That good life in America is over. I'm glad this is still on UA-cam so people can see the real man and judge for themselves.
Alt Left Mr. Hoffa deserves to be home it's been decades Lord please bring him home for closure something has to be out there to find his wallet , something!! I honestly believe no matter what Mr. Hoffa was a giver for the poor he knew what hunger was and for someone who was uneducated because he needed to help his mother feed his siblings that never left his heart ! Once President Nixon pardoned Mr. Hoffa with the stipulation that he could not go back to the team since presidency for nine years after he been released Hoffa wasn't having it! Welll, that help sign Mr. Hoffa's death certificate people can let the Mob take the fall but, so many enemies had been within Mr. Hoffa's path including our judicial system - those days were the beginnings of finally buying your way to the best of the best look how this Country of ours has fallen completely on deaf ears ! I'm hoping each day that when reach my day to leave this earth that it's before the Big Bang - it's coming Lord Bless you & yours Happy Holidays to you & yours as well ...
@@RisvoldTheGreat I'm glad you have a good union, you should tell your story more, because people are so misled. It's just unions are either non-existent now for the most part, or they aren't as good. Jimmy was the best. Just look at wages, benefits and compare them to the lack of improvement of today.
@C Hoc and you look to the liberal socialists to take care of you
@C Hoc They stole youre jobs ? google NAFTA And GATT ,hmm go look at detroit ,democrats turned Detroit into a wasteland .
@Guillermo Guzman who stole the United Airlines pensions after 9/11? My husband's retirement pension was cut by 2/3s.
Who would have thought watching this in 1973, that 46 years later Jimmy Hoffa would have the most normal looking haircut of anyone on the show?
I like the longer hair. Today's hairstyles are hideous compared to the 70s.
@@susanb2015 Come on, if you seen somebody walking down the street with Dick Cavett's exact hair cut from this year, you would definitely do a double take lol.
Yup!!. .decent hair ✂ shaved closely on da sides and trim slightly on top.
@@martytdd1606 Ten years ago maybe. I was born in the late 60s and I loved it when hair and clothes changed in the early 80s. I used to make fun of Everything 70s. But then at the end of the 90s men's cool hairstyles started to get short and music was almost totally dead. Then everything got worse the next decades until I can't stand men's and women's Ugly hairstyles and clothes. Now I love and miss the 70s and I only listen to old music and I watch mostly old TV shows especially 70s. I miss the 80s fashions but I'll take the 70s over today and I don't think his hair is ugly anymore. And I don't make fun of the 70s anymore. It was a wonderful time compared to now.
@@petecastanedo5961 You're kidding right?
Almost 50 yrs ago and people are still being sentenced to prison for minor offenses. Hoffa was on point!
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Jimmy Hoffa is one of the most fascinating figures in US history.
Rafael Pinefa not really.
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@@LoyalOpposition why are you so passionate about this subject?
@@chocolatefudge5263 I'm interested in truth, and I hate inaccuracies. But I also love Jimmy Hoffa.
@@LoyalOpposition when i see the movie from scorcese i retain that jimmy hoffa hired for murder and that he had it coming. What do you think about it?
This interview is a real historical document about a fascinating figure. Thank you so much for posting it.
You're welcome! I think it's the best way to learn about real everyday history. Lots of other guys like Hoffa on this channel. They all have one thing in common - I'll let you guess :)
Biographies, too, to a lesser extent. I highly recommend his autobiography available on archive.org
Thank you Jimmy for all you've done for labor and the middle class.
The best leader ever.
This is an awesome interview. 9 years for two marijuana cigarettes that's is absurd. Hoffa was talking prison reform in 1973!!
He was ahead of his time with labor, too. So popular, they opposition could only resort to calling him a Communist.
Yeah, and then he used California as an example. I’m not sure the exact #, but this interview took place in 73, and I’m sure California has opened multiple new prisons since. Not to mention the rest of the state is a shit-hole
@@LoyalOpposition and nowadays they call you a "racist"
@@LoyalOpposition his '0pposition' resorted to more than calling him names, they killed him. His body was NEVER found. Or is he buried under the 50 yrd line in Green Bay?Or Chicago?
@@kymberlynnethompson9306 They burnt him immediately so there was no body of evidence
Jimmy is sharp as a knife, very articulate smart man
@Justin Horn must have been people in the car to whom he felt safe with, so he would not suspect anything
He WAS smart. He's dead.
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@@captainobvious5993 yes like his "adopted son" Chucky O'Brien, that's always been the theory about how he was likely lured into a car, that probably had other more dubious characters in it.
Not smart at all. How did he think he could go against the mob and live?
Hoffa just commands a room. This interview is intoxicating. Wow. Hoffa & Cavett had more intelligence in their ring fingers than all of the talk show hosts on tv today do combined.
Right.. And I wasn't even born in the 70s, but I relate more.. There's a ton of Hoffa stuff - check out his last interview on this channel.
Yeah ok. But I choose not to live in the past.
Great interview. He's so much more intelligent than the way they portray him in Hollywood movies. Clear thinking, concise. No wonder they had to get rid of him.
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Now days people are terrified to speak their mind. Afraid to offend someone or be branded a racist, misogynist or whatever ist. Not happening here. This cancer of political correctness is nothing but new age Nazism.
@@3-ddjr460 ironically the low IQ Street waste products who call themselves antifa behave like the poster children for fascists.
Just Google night of the broken glass, what antifa and black lives matters are doing in Democrat control cities around America is exactly what the brown shirts did in Germany around 1938, as they were incrementally working their way up to committing mass genocide.
They didn't get rid of him because he was too intelligent. They got rid of him because he wanted back in and wouldn't take no for an answer.
He was warned what would happen if he pushed them. And he kept pushing.
And what did it get him? A legacy of "where was he buried?"
@@theophrastusbombastus1359 And they didn't want him back in because he was too smart. He knew what they were up to, always one step ahead of them. Shortly after he was gone, they deregulated everything, busted the Teamsters. He knew what the game was, they had to get rid of him.
Hoffa did what he had to do for the working man… We've lost that now. Companies dictate our rights and treatments, and governments are submissive to companies. Hoffa corrupt or not he was the people's champ in many ways. He understood men better than our politicians.
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Well said.
You have it wrong. The government isn't submissive to anything or anyone. They fought the Mafia so they could become it. Now they are and run most aspects of our lives - and they want more. Half of America in their mentally sleeping state are voting for them to do so.
@ Dan bullshit. corporatism has been running rampant since Reagan. Amazon, Facebook, wal-mart, Microsoft in the 90s. Those corporations can and have found cheap labor elsewhere. Rothschild was a banker he once said “Give me control of a nations money and I care not who makes the laws”
He did what he was told. Nothing more
Back in the 80's I worked in a furniture factory and was in teamsters union and our benefits were greats. It was the best job I ever had.
I bet!
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A political prisoner who was more honest than those the politicians who put him in jail.
Who are you talking about? Hoffa? Yeah, he was good for organized labor and the working man but he was extremely corrupt and in league with the mob. He was pretty far from honest.
It were ever thus.
He was a complicated figure. He took trucking from a dangerous and low-paying job and turned it into a high-paying and relatively safe profession. On the other hand, under him 80 percent of the Teamsters’ pension fund was tied up in mob-controlled property investment, which obviously wasn’t good for the average worker.
Honest? Political prisoner? Jury tampering, bribery, mob affiliations, pension meddling. Hardly.
Hoffa was a superstar to the working man back when I was a kid ..my dad was a teamster and Hoffa was big in our house . I believe he truly cared about his members and all working people . We need stronger unions these days .. Working men and women need to have representation because our government has failed in representing us .
That's great, and thank you for the story. Any specific stories you hear. It's the only way we get the truth, instead of Hollywood baloney.
It's odd. Reagan got rid of the air-traffic controllers, and they name an airport after him. Unfortunately, most people under 85 have no idea what labor is, the respect for work. The average person thinks he was a mobster. It's not just Hoffa. People will judge guys like JFK, Jim Morrison and many more based on a distorted movie by Oliver Stone, etc.. People say they want the truth, but as long as it's fed to them simply.
Unions are outdated. They had a purpose, but now are just as greedy as the companies. It’s because of them we lose jobs to Mexico and China. They chase out manufacturers with continuing demands for more money.
@@TKinfinity01 They go to China because they pay their workers 5 cents a day. NAFTA (and the rest) made it an incentive, along with "tax reform" etc.. Unions make up of 8% of private sector jobs - which is probably a reason why things suck. Automation is another problem for workers and consumers, so 99% of the people.
@@LoyalOpposition
I agree that automation is a glowing problem. But Unions have already achieved what they once stood up for. Workplace safety and security. Not there are Federal laws dictating that companies are safe and reasonable to work at. All Unions do now is try to suck up as much money as possible. They have nothing more to fight for.
@@TKinfinity01 Wages! They've been stagnant since the 70s. Coincidence? I don't think so.
My grandfather who ran away from home at age 13 in Russia or Ukraine, served in the Czar’s navy. When the revolution occurred he started traveling working on ships as a merchant marine. Wound up in USA. Was a truck driver in NYC.
He was a Teamster and loved J Hoffa
Thanks so much for sharing that story!
A strong, famous, powerful person, with more focus on helping than taking, never survives long in this world.
Very true. They always kill the good ones, especially those with influence.
Filthy Daggo mafia
Ghandi did
@@johnnyt3392 Kinda didn't go against power players making money did he??
@@ronald516 The Membership votes. Is it not so much the Union selling out its membership. Or is it decades of anti-union legislation slowly weakening collective bargaining and organized labor? Stagnant wages, regardless of representation or not has caused fear in the working class. The un-godly costs of health care which is always considered in wage packages in negotiations, the thought of going out on strike, especially on a master contract, which is understood that most members who are more then likely living paycheck to paycheck, in most cases cant sustain a prolonged strike, will cross lines to make ends meet.
When you negotiate contracts, no matter how big or small, the first thing you take into account is what the membership will vote on. people love to point fingers and say the "Union" fucked us. Unfortunately most don't understand that the membership is the Union and the Union is only as strong as the membership.
I was surprised to hear how well-spoken and intelligent he was. Illuminating interview.
If you check out the other interviews, you'll see how candid he could be. Especially the interview I pinned on here. Go to archives.org and read his first auto-biography.. Very intelligent with a sense of honor and virtue.
Dick Cavett, one of the best TV host. Hoffa wouldn't have gotten in two words before a host now day's would have jumped in and talked about himself for most of the show.
I don’t agree. It’s Jimmy Hoffa, after all. Not a vacuous celebrity.
@@fifthbusiness1678 More importantly, Hoffa was the type who held his own effectively enough (i.e.:spoke his CONVICTION, stood up for himself, etc.) that I think they would've had trouble getting a word in edgewise with HIM! Frankly, I'd treat them the SAME way! My point is, it doesn't matter what walk of life you're from, IF you stand by and AREN'T afraid to speak the COURAGE of your convictions, even those who might try bullying you will eventually RESPECT you (if begrudgingly) because they'll KNOW you won't take shit from ANYBODY! It's like what Mr. Hoffa (yes, I actually respect him enough to call him Mr.!; besides, he was old enough to be my grandfather) said about inmates in prison, the strong EARN respect while the weak are run roughshod all over!
total hogwash assumption. You don't have to shit on other people to build another up. Cavett was a great interviewer. See, I pumped up Cavett without having to shit on anyone else.
@@gatchrocks Assumption? No Gatch, it's what I see on talk shows, they want to talk over their guest and cut them off all the time so your ass-umption is your's and mine is mine. What you take from it is on you.
You must watch some s*** interviews
Wow this man was truly fearless
That is another reason people love him.
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A truly fascinating interview with Jimmy Hoffa.
There's another last interview of his where he's asked about being murdered. It's longer than this, and more candid (on this channel)
@@LoyalOpposition L.O.L
Do you get paid by each hit to that website? How many times have you posted that here, I keep running across it.
@@frankpaya690 I don't get paid a penny - I do this to get the word out.
I never thought that I could ever feel any sympathy for Jimmy Hoffa. These Cavett interviews are extremely informative...an invaluable education in so many ways...
It's good you have an open mind. His free autobiography is on archive.org/ -- it's always good to read the other side (but no one does, just the official FBI stuff or media)
Couldn’t agree more
Enjoyed the movie "The Irishman' but this interview with Hoffa is far more insightful
Then you'll love this interview, which has never been on UA-cam (I just bought the rights). It's even MORE candid. He's even asked about getting whacked. I won't spoil nothing -- ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
Once one does the RESEARCH life is ALWAYS more interesting than film. Hoffa would probably been placed in Alcatraz if it were still open at the time.
@@robertdore9592 I guess many people are too lazy, and rather give out derivative opinion and cliches.
Right. If the Irishman were a Hoffa biopic it would’ve probably been more and more nuanced. Fact is that it wasn’t an interview with the actual man
chester rockwell Lol this is the best review for any movie I’ve seen in years
So much praise for a man who defrauded the pension of hard working folks
He cared alot more for the hard working folk than the ones who succeeded him,if we are all honest governments and banks these days do the same.
Chocolate Fudge Not a true statement
Chocolate Fudge The teamster pension fund didn’t have any problems until the government got involved. You may or may not agree with some of the investments made with the fund during Hoffa years, but you can not argue the fact that they were much more profitable than they are now. Even though the overall stock market has done marvelously.
Once the Mafia comes and tells you either you give me a cut or im going to have you clipped, dont have much of a choice. Its called extortion and even Donald Trump was a victim of it.
I so appreciate this interview. For someone that has been keenly interested in Mr Hoffa there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of candid interviews like this one.
You want candid, look no further. I just bought the rights to the Playboy interview - ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
You’d never have a conversation like this on TV today. Were people just much more educated back then??
Yes. These phones have made everyone into zombies.
Smartphones and reality tv my friend.
@@DdotRay86 I don't have one (and never will)
@@LoyalOpposition without a smartphone I wouldn't be watching this vid🤔
@@Scareface80 In 5 years, we'll be reading everyone telling their children, "Without a smartphone, you kids wouldn't be born"
Smart, powerful, tough as a nail!! A REAL MAN!! Don’t see this type of man much today. this country is so screwed. God bless ur Soul Jimmy!
If you liked this, you'll probably love the interview I uploaded a few days ago, or my favorite and most-telling - JIMMY HOFFA TALKS ABOUT GETTING MURDERED IN FINAL INTERVIEW -- ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
JH would be a better president than what we have experienced since Reagan
he was a crook who worked with crooks, nothing less
@ Michael Hoffa was certainly was self righteous in his later years 1970s, but make no mistake never has anybody did more for the American worker than Hoffa. He was a significant factor in forming a middle class america in the mid 20th century.
I’ve been a Teamster for 23 years!! Best decision I ever made was to join this union!!
Very nice! What are the differences between Hoffa Sr. and Jr.?
Watching this interview nearly 50 years later was so fascinating because so much of it rings true even today probably more so than I did back at the time! In my opinion Hoffa was a great man who was targeted by the federal government and the mafia for standing up to principal and looking after his union workers.
I agree 100% and think the FBI killed him. I have a few other interesting interviews, but got a couple of copyright strikes, took them down... I have two right before his death, one which the interviewer asks, "Do you think you're gonna get whacked now that you want to be President again" and says some interesting stuff!
George Noory of coast to coast claims he was the last person to interview him.
Hoffa was speaking facts
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I used to hate unions as a new executive, they were a pain in the butt to negotiate with and slowed things down trust me they weren't perfect. Never was a fan of paying folks more just because of seniority vs meritocracy. But seeing the bottom line, we screwed our workers over in a lot of ways. I came to realize, Unions really need to balance corporate greed.
@E W - exactly how is union labor nazism?
@E W Unions equal communism? You're a moron. I'm not fan a of them but they have a place.
look at the insurance!! if you got union insurance it is good, you go to a company get insurance stay five years the new company new insurance pre existing conditions, the average job lasts five years by the time you are 20 years at work, you have no coverage for any chronic conditions.You can't really do anything to fix that as an employer.
‘You don’t have to take the job’. Haha yes they do, they have to eat. Stop acting like some other company will be more fair
@@RAsphalt you are quite optomistic that they will go to another company. How about the choice between slinging cocaine for 20,000$ a month, or working fast food for 20,000$ a decade.Choice one work your entire life and live in your car for the back end of your life or have it all now, maybe go to prison.?
This man was self educated, very intelligent and ahead of his time, He bravely stood by what he believed, I disagree with some of his politics, but I respect his rights to his views. He was a great leader and hero to the working man, sucks that he was pushed aside when he was at the point of achieving great labor reform. Great man so sad he became vilified.
Well said. Jimmy was "The Real McCoy"....
He really was a more honest man than our government.
Exactly, and that's the government's trick. Discredit and use the media to make others responsible. Of course, years later, the truth comes out, but they know how strong first impressions are, and the information usually comes out too late.
Loyal Opposition just like Budd Dwyer.
@@rocknroller77 I only know about the public suicide, but would like to see the documentary.
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Honest man knowingly diverting teamster pension funds to prop up Las Vegas for the mob??,not sure if he was just dense,,or just complacent about doing deals with the mob to help himself hold power and get rich,,either way talk shows and the mob are a BIG no-no..
I love how he said the whole story, noting even that it is a controversial subject even because of the guest. I get the feeling that talk shows wouldn't dare to do anything like that today
But I don't know, it's just a sort of preconcept that I have
Shows today are awful, but even if you had the same host today, there aren't enough interesting and talented celebrities today.
This man has balls.
That got him really far in life 😂 where is he now? 😂 i wonder ? 😂 huge hdifference between balls and sense . his so called balls got him killed
He had balls. Then he got wacked! #stayinyourlane
Alpha Male
Isn’t it funny that all the guys with balls and the so called “guys you don’t mess with” are all dead and the ones with brains are still alive.
Lex Luthor name one with brains
WOW!!! Thank you so much for posting this.
You are welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed this. I had to dig it up after hearing so much lies about Hoffa.
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Damn he is so candid.
You think THAT was candid, check this video out. He's even asked about possibly being murdered for trying to get back the Presidency -- ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
Fascinating interview thank you for posting
You're welcome. I have a few more on this channel. Thanks for commenting!
Every so-called "reporter" and so-called "interviewer" in today's media should be forced to watch what a real interview should be like. From Rachel Maddow to those idiots on Fox. Watch and learn.
Well said. The media is just another arm of the government.
@@lamper2 No, they are joined at the hip.
They're all idiots, and Rachel Maddow is the circus ringleader.
... Or the lefties democrats on Democracy Now or CNN.
None of these comments make any sense!! What do those shoes have to do with shows like this? Two totally different art forms. This is much more in the tradition of late night television, which are now all of the same sort of ilk. Dick Cavett, Tom Snyder, etc, etc, were like a much more laid back tonight show. No plugs or anything. Very cool
In 1924, Viola moved the family to Detroit in search of the same things Sylvia Pagano would seek sixteen years later: a steadier job and better wages. Viola worked long hours polishing radiator caps at the Fisher Body plant and washed laundry in her spare time. Hoffa worked odd jobs on weekends and evenings to help his mother. He also got in fights. When he first moved to Detroit, a group of Polish boys taunted him and his brother, Billy. “We learned that unless you were willing to fall into line and accept the pecking order of an existing clan, you had to establish your right to maintain your own private domain,” Hoffa later recalled. “This was accomplished by bloody noses and shiners, but finally we won acceptance into the neighborhood youth’s social order.” The same philosophy would later guide Hoffa in his confrontations with recalcitrant employers, rival unions, and the federal government.
The young Hoffa also absorbed his mother’s Protestant ethic. He loved to work from the time he was a child, and he would always live frugally, even in the years when his Teamsters office looked out on the nation’s capital and he was surrounded by suitcases full of cash. Hoffa never smoked or drank, and he looked down on others who did. He embraced what he described as his mother’s “remarkable independence, responsibility, resourcefulness, and steadfastness.”
It is little surprise that a young man with these values, in his family’s circumstances, would quit school after ninth grade and go to work full-time. In 1927, the fourteen-year-old Hoffa began work as a stock boy at Frank & Cedar’s Dry Goods and General Merchandise, earning $12 each week for sixty hours of work. He loved the job and his co-workers. His bosses told him he had great prospects there, and the future labor leader dreamed of running the store one day.
But then the stock market crashed in October 1929, hitting Detroit harder than any city in the country. The automobile industry collapsed, and with it the city’s jobs. One-third of the Detroit workforce was unemployed within a year, and Hoffa’s prospects at Frank & Cedar’s suddenly looked bleak. Taking the advice of a co-worker that the food business was a more secure place to work because people had to eat, Hoffa got a job through friends at a Kroger warehouse near his home.
If Hoffa’s happy days working at Frank & Cedar’s would later inform his sometimes-cozy relationship with employers, his job at Kroger at the height of the Depression would teach him the need for unions and make him a labor leader. He worked the night shift, unloading freight cars of fresh produce at thirty-two cents per hour. With Detroit’s economy still shrinking, with tent cities, public begging, and garbage-eating growing, and with no public welfare to cushion the blow, Hoffa was lucky to have a job. But conditions were gruesome. The workers lacked job security and were paid only for the hours they loaded and unloaded, which meant that they often hung around the warehouse all night for just a few hours’ pay.
Making matters much worse was the foreman, Al Hastings, a cruel, dictatorial screamer who took pleasure in taunting the workers and firing men on a whim-“the kind of guy who causes unions,” as Hoffa later said. Hoffa and the other workers tolerated Hastings’s “outrageous meanness” because the alternative-joining long lines of starving men and women begging for a few hours of paid work-seemed worse. But by the spring of 1931, after Hastings fired two workers for no apparent reason, the situation had become intolerable. Hoffa and four other workers decided to form a union.
The idea was risky to the point of irresponsible. Unions aim to establish a cartel among workers at a firm in order to extract from employers wage, benefit, and workplace protections above what the free labor market would provide. This was not a popular idea in 1931, especially in Detroit, which a contemporary observer described as “the open shop capital of America.” Nor was it easy to achieve, since unions at the time had no legal protections, and employers, backed by politicians, police, and hired strikebreakers, fiercely resisted nascent union movements. If Hoffa and his friends had simply presented their grievances, Hastings would have quickly fired and easily replaced them.
The men went forward in a different way. One hot May evening, on Hoffa’s cue, they stopped transferring crates of fresh strawberries from a refrigerated car into a trailer, and left them on the loading docks. Hastings barked orders and threatened to fire the men. But the strikers stood firm. As the strawberries began to wilt, Hastings folded and called his supervisor, who agreed to meet with Hoffa over the men’s grievances if they returned to work. Over the days that followed, the five “strawberry boys” negotiated a one-year contract that recognized their union, guaranteed a half-day’s pay, and established modest work rules.
Hoffa spent the next few years working at the warehouse and for the fledgling Kroger union until he and Hastings had a final confrontation that caused Hoffa to leave. The next day, Joint Council 43 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which had been trying for years to organize the Kroger warehouse, offered him a job as a business agent for Detroit Local 299. The union had emerged at the turn of the century to represent the rough-and-tumble teaming trade. By the early 1930s it had developed into a fragmented and poorly run affiliate of the American Federation of Labor with 40,000 members nationwide, most of whom were inner-city haulers of specialized products (like coal and ice) transitioning from horse-drawn to motor vehicles. Local 299 had only a few hundred members and was near bankruptcy. It offered Hoffa no salary, but rather a portion of the dues of each new member he signed up.
At age twenty-one, and still living with his mother, the squat, muscular Hoffa-by then a dense five feet six inches and 170 pounds-had found his calling. He had worked for a mean-spirited boss and experienced what he later described as the workingman’s “constant insecurity, his pointless frustrations, his perpetual submersion in a pool of hopelessness.” For the rest of his life Hoffa identified with struggling workers and possessed an angry intensity about righting power imbalances in the workplace.
Rafael Pinefa u would of never said that in jimmys prime 😂 he would of polished u right up.
No wonder he was So Powerful Such a Great Leader…. HES BRILLIANT he’s meticulous he’s another level
There's some even more candid interviews on here!
The man has an immense presence about him. He obviously believed his own bullshit which was in the end his demise but there's no mistaking that he is a natural born leader and converser and negotiator
Hoffa was a very intelligent and interesting man. He would not bite when Cavett attempted to provoke a sensational or controversial response. Objective and incisive.
He was indeed a highly intelligent and articulate self-educated man. I realize he was no saint, but he did a lot of good things for a lot of people and I can't help but feel sorry for him and the fate that would become him. I only hope it was quick and that he was mostly unaware. He would have had to be actually. He was WAY too intelligent to be trapped otherwise, real time smarts, an extraordinary combination of rhetorical AND street sensibilities almost unrivaled in this one man. Consummate Judas level betrayal was the only way you were likely to get a bullet in to the back of his head.
In a lot of ways he was railroaded. His work necessitated acquaintance and playing along with unsavory types, a difficult tight rope to walk and I do believe he kept his eye on the greater good, the overarching aims and welfare of the people he looked out for and lead with loyalty and integrity. Also, he did not live some outlandish, extravagant material life as he surely could have been far more corrupted by the power he attained. He did seem to be a sincere family man and champion of the little guy. But such fascinating discussions, we have nothing like this now. Most peoples eyes would glaze over with an equivocal guest roster today.
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@@michaelesgro9506 who is a saint and an early death is never warranted.
@@DaveSCameron LOL. Yes, so true. That is such a hackneyed expression, I can't believe I used it!!!
Yes!
Can u imagine how many people saw this episode back then!!!
All them old wise guys
Right, good point to consider!
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FASCINATING...this could never happen today!
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Podcasts?
@End Racism 2k17 Glad you loved it. It's my favorite! But for some reason, it has about 5% of this video (views)
@End Racism 2k17 Exactly.. Jimmy only talks about prison reform on this show, where he talks being murdered, union, Mafia, Kennedys, Jim Garrison... And it seemed like they've probably had previous interviews the way he first started with the cursing, saying "Bullshit", and did a pretty good job. It will be a while before I can decipher it all, connect the names, etc.
Why not?
Jimmy Hoffa this man was 1 in a billion
Thank God for that huh. Hahaha!!!
@@Revolver1981 what god
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@James Robert Because he was a corrupt sociopath.
@James Robert He should've never been involved with the mob.
If only we had a Jimmy Hoffa for todays labor rights advocacy.
Even just one man like Jimmy Hoffa made so much difference. We are going through a malnutrition of every industry.. And the few great people in the arts are over the age of 60, and they are dead, dying, or retiring.
His son is still active and is head of the Teamsters, but he's literally powerless as the unions have been stripped of their power.
Hoffa's son is nothing like his father. Jimmy did not want his son to follow the same path as he did. As parents, you would always push your child to do better than yourself. Which is what he did and Hoffa's son went to study to become an attorney. Using his knowledge, he was able to be voted in and became the President of the Teamsters. Being the son of Hoffa also helped, but because of his knowledge, he bent backwards for corporations instead of representing the working man. I am very curious to see whos going to grab the seat in 2022. Hopefully its someone who will back the working class.
I was in one of the top three unions in the country for five years up until March and they laid down to the company every year. Every year they gave away a few more of our rights.
Labor unions are the gatekeepers to enslavement...ask biden
Go Jimmy! You’ll always be remembered as a friend of the working man.
Probably the LAST true friend of the working-man, too.. Besides Ralph Nader.
Crazy how many experts there are on jimmy hoffa now that we watched the Irishman
fuck that movie.
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Good, bad or indifferent JH was a real MAN. He didn't whine. He just took his lumps and did it.
and a REAL criminal who setback unions for decades.
@@guywithcents he did more good for unions than bad.
Wow. What a great interview
Hoffa was exceptional. Called it what is was. The fact he was honest about Kennedy is amazing.
There's two (even) better interviews on this channel. This one is SO frank - ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
Hoffa was tough as nails
Maybe that's why so many people don't like him today... Society of wimps. The masses think strength is "tweeting"
Fascinating how relevant this episode is today especially when compared to current late night talk shows
Yeah, there hasn't been anything vital for many years.
This is wayyyy to Intellectual for today's Americans if the bachelor is any indication of Americas Intelligence we are doomed
crazy was thinking this is the best tv I've seen years lol
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Let Hoffa's comment at 12:55 sink... and this is 1973.
Quite relevant in 2021.
This has been relevant for decades... Unfortunately, you don't see shows like this, which is why I uploaded it and others that need to be seen (unless it's already on UA-cam).
@@dabearcub Trump is the anti-Hoffa...
I had a friend whose father was a Teamster. I remember when he would tell me stories about what it was like being the son of a Teamster. Unfortunately my friend passed away earlier this year from a heart attack due to an advanced stage of cancer. He was a veteran, a guitarist and friend. Rest in peace, Terry (Gumbo) Moccabee 66 years old. Job well done, Sir.🇺🇲🍻🕊️
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Hoffa was not a saint but he was the only man in the US that successfully and truthfully fought for labor and health care rights for the working class in America (good wages, regular hours, good healthcare, scholarships, etc). He was the only man that could say no to the mob wanting full access to the teamsters pension fund, to the same mob that he had to work with to stop mobsters from bracking the Union's strikes. He said: Be aware that it will be a tought fight to keep the rights we work so hard to achieve because the government and big corporations want to do anything it takes to take them away. Little did he know that his mob friends would betrayed him along with his VP and others and helped the government and the big corporations in getting him out of the way.
A natural leader and good man, he risked himself deffending prisioners rights and trying to help them.
He fought for non discrimination, civil rights and against segregation way before anyone.
He was soo right regarding probation.
He's the greatest man from Michigan.
Hoffa did more for the working man than anybody.. he’s a great great man
@@bradmeeds1226 And moved to Michigan quite soon after he was born.
@@TheSands83 Yes, greatest labor leader. I think it's because he believed in America, and believevd in workers. He was a fair man, and stood up for those who didn't have a voice, which is the ultimate threat in America.
Gestapo Brad Larry Bird!
Many, many government people should have been in jail way before any thoughts of him going.
Exactly. They harassed this man for years and years until enough people lied to save their own asses.
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Such as members of the Biden crime family
Cant' Stop Watching This..!!
I'm Starting To Believe That If This Man Had Been Allowed To Do His Job, Detroit Would Be Stronger Than Ever.
Any More Good Pieces Like This..?
Try watching this interview, weeks before his death. He's even asked if he's scared of possibly being murdered - ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
The ENTIRE COUNTRY would be better. He built the largest union in the world, which also caused other businesses to unionize. Even the anti-unions thought, "Well, let's pay our workers a living wage so they don't DEMAND a union"
He really does sound like one of the stars of The Godfather but it isn't Pacino. It's Duvall.
Totally
Pacino’s portrayal of Jimmy in the Irishman was a disgrace and laughable- Pacino couldn’t hold Jimmy’s jock.
He sound's like the senator looking for a pay off in godfather 2.
Actually he sounds a huge amount like Senator Pat Geary from GF2
Funny how when Hoffa started going in on oversaturated media so you dont get a fair trial, Dick changed the subject quick.
Cavett should not clown around so much when someone like Hoffa is speaking about prison where Cavett would be terrorized beyond description. Cavett saids prison is romantic well let's hear his thoughts after being raped there. He won't be making jokes then.
@@emmapeeljohnsteed3284 Dick cavett did say that and it's something many subscribe to, but it's rarely talked about, how a bad claim to fame is better than no claim to fame at all, and it gets in the way of rehabilitation when people feel like that's they're shining moment that defines them as a "tough guy", a strong individual that they did time in jail or prison rather than something positive . Or that being a criminal proves you're a tough, strong- individual, as if it's something positive like being a war hero.
thank you..... Loyal Opposition for the upload... A bold and brilliant man... Mr.Hoffa
You're very welcome.
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Brilliant show, just brilliant. We need shows like this today. Huge masters of their realms conversing while the interviewer sits back and lets it roll.
We need people with guts!
This man, as well as Jim Traficant, tried to do the right thing with the circumstances they were given. Jimmy Hoffa was a damn good man. A man's man.
I actually had the Jim Traficant documentary, but UA-cam took it down. I think its on vimeo or dailymotion.. "The Man From Youngstown" (or something like that)..Some good interviews of him on YT, though.
He was giving good advice for betterment of jail life. Yet they ignored it.
Yeah man they went in completely the opposite direction, it's crazy
Thanks for this post. DC shows are fascinating.
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He was the driving force of the most successful Labor Movement this country ever had. At the height of the Labor Movement in the 1950’s close to 1 out of 3 jobs in the the USA was a union job.
now, it's 8%
I totally enjoyed this interview!!
:) (there's another on this channel, right before he disappeared.. Talks about possibly getting murdered)
RIP Jimmy!!! He may not have been perfect, but like I always say, I'm gonna vote/cheer/fight with the crook that does the most for the working class and the poor and it is not hard to see what side does that these days...just look at the trillion-dollar tax breaks for the top 1 percent and you can figure it out!!!
Well said
Mr. Hoffa was a true hero to the blue collar worker and always will be...
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I was at a retired Teamster officials' house 2 nights ago. He's 96 and had Hoffa memorabilia. It was pretty cool holding a photo that Hoffa signed to him. The gentleman retied in 1985 and while a Teamster official they gave him a new Cadillac every year.
Wow, that's great.. Any stories? I actually love the many stories of Jimmy helping the random man off the street, union or not.
@@LoyalOpposition I will be going back again soon, I didn't get to talk to him much, most of the time it was with his son, I was there for about 5 hours and dad's naptime was near, but his son told me that if he heard how interested I was his dad would gab about everything from those days. He fell recently and had a head injury so he is not as quick as he used to be but never forgot the union days. His son did tell me that their home in Detroit was bugged by the FBI and every year Teamsters gave him a brand new Cadillac, there is a pic in the house of him standing next to his new Cadillac in 1971. I think the home in Detroit has since been demolished but they were nice homes. He started out as a truck driver in the 40s became a union steward and moved up into the local 299 office where Hoffa's office was, became a director and later retired as the president of the credit union. He had to take the witness stand in Tennesee in the early 60s and he must have made a good impression on Hoffa since after that his work life changed for the better though he loved driving a truck from what his son told me. When he was a truck driver in the early 60s he was bringing in $250 dollars a week which was almost double what an auto worker made. I hope he'll be around longer because I want to hear everything he has to say.
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James Hoffa was a very intelligent individual. He was sadly removed by evil individuals who did not approve of the truth and feared it when spoken.
duh legalize weed, give lifeless unwashed idiots $30 an hour so they can buy drugs and do them on the job. Free rehab, free health care for the losers. Have goons beat any strike breakers oh my Allah what a wonderful world it would be
If you're talking about the mafia, then yes, he was removed by them (permanently)
But not because of any reason you seem to be hinting at. Mafioso have been hinting at it for decades since
@@theophrastusbombastus1359 He got endorsed by the POTUS. That's more than most people get.
The Warden had a issue with Hoffa finding guys jobs on the outside? File that one under the you-gotta-be-kidding file.
Wow, now that's a talk show! Look at what we have today.
That's why I have to watch and listen to the stuff made before I was born.. Enjoy the channel. Daily uploads. Thanks for commenting!
Best talk show of all time without a doubt
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Cavett is the most elegant and cultured host in the history of TV. Just brilliant.
He had great guests.
This was great, I was in HS when he disappeared. Although I lived only 20 miles from where he was taken, I never really knew much about the man before.
Check out the interview on this channel (talks about getting whacked), it's the closest Jimmy got... Very free and easy with his words.
He seems more down to earth and subdued than how Pacino played him though that's not really surprisng lol.
Exactly. A man who has power doesn't need to shout.
That's the difference between being an actor and being the real deal.
I felt that Jack Nicholson looked & sounded much more like Hoffa than Pacino.
Everyone's subdued compared to Pacino!!!!
Spoiler alert: He doesn’t regain the presidency of the Teamsters.
What a stupid comment.
Loyal Opposition Am I wrong?
Loyal Opposition you must be fun at parties
and believe it or not less than a month and a week later from this appearance:
would become the massive strike after one trucker getting pissed off December 3rd 1973 sparking one of the biggest strikes and roadblocks and shutdowns ever seen.. you kids must remember this was at the time of the OPEC oil crisis when gas lines were longer than ever and a whole lot more..
orton741 😂😂😂😂
The palpability of how scared everyone seemed when Cavett first brought up the magazine lie detector quotes... then he made that super simple joke and everyone cracks up and claps because they could all feel Hoffa getting mad... that’s pretty f’ing cool to me. One 55/60 year old man getting mildly frustrated, causes a room packed with people to squirm in their seats because of the reputation he earned. Hoffa was so cool.
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This is absolutely fascinating. What a man. What a show this was.
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A real man and true leader who believed in the Teamsters which was better for America in the long term.
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Points for honesty if nothing else.
Hoffa seems an Articulate, honest chap.
America seems ruled by entertainment now or cheerleading or fragmentation.
Very true, and it's not even entertaining! Just gossip and trivia. When a movie comes out, 99% of the talk is what someone tweeted, because the movie can't stand on its own merit... If you want a more candid interview, check out his last one where he discussed the possibility of being murdered - ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
Loyal Opposition That seems to be what happens when a person gets involved with nefarious characters or organizations. Hoffa wasn't innocent by any stretch of the imagination.
He was anything but. He was in mobbed up and crooked as fuck. He went to prison for stealing and misusing union members money. He enriched himself on union money, and gave loans from union money to the mafia to build Las Vegas casinos.
Loyal Opposition aaaq
I was 9 when this episode was on TV... my dad had me watch the show with him and the only time I saw Jimmy Hoffa alive.
great video i was interested after being to the movie The irishman.
This is much better than the movie. It's real!
Best and most interviews I've seen in years and very pertinent even in 2020 .
“ It is. What it is.”
Unfortunately.
Jimmy was a great Teamster. I was a Teamster once at a time when there were tiers, post Jimmy. First they made National negotiations illegitimate. And then they attacked each Local, other fellas made 17.50 an hour and i made 15.00 an hour. This went on until 2002 when our Local (who ascertained that there were more of the latter) gave in and allowed everybody to be paid the same.
Thanks for that story. What do you think the future of the Teamsters is with Hoffa Jr.?
I always was a Hoffa guy.
@@takwira Same. I not only love the work he did, I like him as a man. Held himself together well. No nonsense. Tough.
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“They wouldn’t dare, they wouldn’t dare.”
Yeah...
I’m from the UK and only recently discovered Dick Cavett. We had Michael Parkinson who was a brilliant talk show host but have to say the UK really missed out not having Dick Cavett on our screen. He is outstanding. 👍
I've uploaded some interviews (and other stuff) recently on this channel if you're interested. Don't know why I'm JUST getting this notification today.
What An Important Account Of Modern History, I've Enjoyed This Upload Of Yours Many Times Now And Havnt Yet Seen The Irishman Movie, Yet I Do Commend The Effect Of Highlighting The Subject Into The 'MainStream', That The Timing Of Release Of The Movie May Be Attributed To, As Well As Relative - Ever More So With The Man Currently In; - "Commander In Chief" Official Position.... Well At Least It Would Seem That Way...
Respect To This Man Jimmy Hoffa For What He Stood AND Died For.
Such Strength Would Be Appreciated Even More So In Times Like These.
Thank you, and glad you enjoyed this. The only positive of that movie is that there are people like yourself who might want the truth and actually research the real Jimmy Hoffa. I think you'd even like the interview right before his murder, and he's even asked about "gettin whacked", much more candid interview - ua-cam.com/video/wssESZtgPLs/v-deo.html
Btw watching as we speak from Sydney Australia. Respect and big thanks for your upload.
@@REVENTONAtilla Thank you so much.. I've spent over 9 months (2 trips) in Australia.. Mostly Melbourne, but I spent time visiting friends and making new ones in Sydney (Glebe, Newtown, Fairview)
Loyal Opposition now onto your next upload. Very good work with capture of quality..Absolutely brilliant stuff.
Back in the days when people were allowed to actually speak freely on TV and people were polite enough to listen...even if they took exception with a famous (or notorious) figure like Mr. Hoffa.
I miss these days of television.
That's why I avoid TV of the last 40 years.
Very well spoken for a man who was not educated.
Not only well spoken, but a natural intelligence. He was a hard worker. 20 hours a day. I was reading a newspaper with the guys covering saying they couldn't keep up, that it was physically and mentally exhausting, and HE was the one working - they were just taking notes. I uploaded it on another video on my channel, along with an interview he did just before he was murdered, where he was asked by the interviewer about it, not having a bodyguard. I won't spoil it for you!
@Michael Gilmore True... And there's many with diplomas who don't know shit.
If he were serving a life sentence he'd live a longer life.
Without the commutation, he would have gotten out with full rights, and able to regain Presidency in 1975. The government are a bunch of fucking liars.
Wow, after listening to Jimmy on Dick's show, I can see why he went missing. People with great governmental power felt very intimidated with the knowledge Mr. Hoffa had.💯
Most definitely. Lots of other Hoffa interviews on here. And on archives.org you can read his autobiography for free and get his side.
There are no more men like the guests on this show.
Or in general? Seems like the men are becoming more like women, and the women becoming more like men. I'll let you all fight over each other!
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In the first segment Cavett was a bit nervous and speechless dealing with a true tough guy. As for Hoffa -- he and his "jailer" (RFK) both met untimely deaths.
No more tough guys left..
Yes, most fascinating figure, fearless and his expose of life in prison really truthful
I can't wait to read his autobiography!
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Excellent show. I watched Dick Cavett when I was younger and can say we certainly could use a show like his now. A show like this promotes intellectual thought and discussion. Unfortunately, today there is a lack of thought provoking programing. News programs have been destroyed due to corporate requirements for them to be profit center. This requirement of greed is the same basis for rags such as the National Enquirer and the Globe. People wonder why it is that the intellectual gene pool in this country has dried up? If it doesn't have a UFO, Bigfoot, giant fake breast, a big butt or leaves skid marks, Americans are not smart or interested enough to watch it. The History channel is a great example along with Faux News..... Keep posting Great TV Shows. 🥇🥇🥇
I agree, but I'll add also that there wouldn't be any guests (maybe a couple) who would be worth interviewing.. Add the internet and "social" media, and you get this degeneracy in our society - another reason I stick to the arts (music, movies, comedy, language, literature) before my time (pre-1980)
HOFFA STAYED GP NO PC !! this dude has my utmost respect. I love em
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When will americans rise up against their dictators?
When they get off their phones.
@@LoyalOpposition haha..watching this on my phone now
@@Stantheman848 I'm using a 13-year old (teenager) flip phone. And I hate it - always distracting robo calls.