The Logistics of White House State Dinners
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The idea of being the secret service guy who needs to go grocery shopping around town must be an interesting experience
Talk about a secret shopper
Their jobs are a lot more boring than you might imagine. They do a lot of babysitting and waiting in the living room, and not a lot of secret agenty stuff. They probably do laundry sometimes. They also watch them at parties, too. Imagine watching a spoiled rich kid party as your job (not common but I'm sure it happens), and basically being a nanny while the kid tries to ruin the guest house. Vin Diesel the nanny
@timmccarthy9917
"The secret service are in again..."
"How can you tell?"
Both look over to the guy looking at tinned chicken peas, who is built like a brick shithouse
I assume you're right about it being Secret Service assigned to the job, but the video just said they were "undercover White House staff" so I guess just anyone whose job doesn't involve press conferences. Either way, I'm picturing someone who eats normal people food, trying to find a local DC grocery store with weird ingredients for a super-fancy chef. "Who even _sells_ albatross eggs?!?"
Sounds like Half an Interesting experience Keepo
4:36 real foootage of a bishop moving diagonally
😂😂😂😂
Criminally underrated comment!😂
Well spotted, well played. Thank you for that, got a good laugh out of me!👏👏👏
It one minute after sawing this comment and I can’t stop laughing, for real, bro. Its fucking gold😂😂😂
Underrated comment!!!
Oh my gosh even the floor 😂
"Those two guys have better things to do then standingfour feet away from Rishi Sunak" burn of the century
I mean pretty much everybody comes under that category.
@@katashworth41including but not limited to rishi sunak aswell
I laughed too hard at that joke. I was in the USAF Honor Guard and performed dozens of Cordon of Honor details. The jobs were always a pain because fun fact, the Army is in charge and the Army sucks the fun out of everything...
I mean... All 21 do
As a Brit, I have better things to do than stand 4 feet away from that man.
2 HAI videos in one day? Amazing!
hello bill cipher
It’s almost… as interesting……
😅
I was about to comment the same thing. Sam really do be hitting that upload schedule, respect to him
I’m definitely saving the link to this one
It's funny that they didn't let the queen sleep in the Queen's Bedroom.
“It’s too obvious. We need to always keep any bad actors guessing” - US Diplomatic service probably
@@AbdegaThat’s funny, but also actually a good point! The intruders would be disappointed if they went to kidnap the queen and got Camilla instead. She won’t have as high of a ransom 😬
@@OpalLeigh kidnappers: We’ll pay you to take her back! Please!
It's called that because she did stay there, most likely when visiting Reagan.
As an Australian I can confirm that Qantas doesn't use planes and in fact just uses kangaroos with wings
Honor the winged kangaroo, the only reason Australia did not, and still has not, fallen to the emus.
Ah yes. The BOING 747.
Badum-tsss.
Common misconception, but the “winged” kangaroo actually doesn’t have wings, it can just jump VERY far 😉
@@ezzy525 Well done......is how I like my kangaroo
i love when the kangaroos sing "I Still Call Australia Home"
I can not express how much I want a HAI video on the differences between white and black tie attire
Yes please
I assume this is already in the works.
Gentlemen's Gazette has such a breakdown.
DO IT
Black tie is a simple black tuxedo, white tie is full on tails and vest and rather strict
For anyone wondering what the difference between black tie and white tie is:
With black tie, you'll wear a tuxedo. This is a short (normal length) jacket, with specific details such as jetted pockets, peaked or shawl collar, and a single button (unless it's double-breasted), and a matching pair of pants with a galon along the side seam (basically a stripe of fancier material). You can then wear either a cummerbund or a waistcoat (which should be part of the tuxedo set, and not a random black vest). Finally, the "black tie" itself is a bowtie, NOT a regular necktie. There are variations you can play with, such as color of the tuxedo/jacket, pocket square, and shoes, but thats the general idea.
White tie is even more formal than black tie. You'll wear a tailcoat (what Obama was wearing next to the queen), which usually isn't fastened at all, but will have buttons on both sides. Your pants will have a double galon, and for shoes, opera pumps usually work, but wholecut oxfords are also acceptable (or tap shoes if you're Fred Astaire). You'll also have a waistcoat, which is almost always white (or like a creamy off-white), but I've also seen black waistcoats on rare occasion. Finally, your tie is, you guessed it, a white bowtie.
For both, you'll want a special shirt, usually with a stiff front held together with shirt studs, and french cuffs. A normal white dress shirt won't work.
Black tie has a lot more room to play around than white tie, and it's also far more common than white tie is today. White tie is pretty much only for when royalty is visiting, in America anyway.
Sam, can you get amy to research and figure out what was said during some of the most awkward toasts?
The most awkward music performance was the Muskrat Love incident with Eizabeth II.
This would be so much better if they had a gaming night with each other after the dinner
They can't do that anymore after the great monopoly fight of 1918. Ever wondered why the USSR existed?
@@Ceruleansquid-lo3iv This checks out.
@@Ceruleansquid-lo3iv biggest bruh moment of the 20th century
Don't be so sure they don't. After all, there are a select group of leaders who do get asked to stay in the White House. That means everyone else goes home, but they are the first couple stay.
the amount of trash talks would be insane
A fun fact. When the White House hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the menu was exclusively vegetarian with only Sea Bass offered on request. This was to accomodate Modi being a vegetarian
Video: “You have just received an invitation to a White House state dinner…”
Me, who never goes outside: “oh that’s cool, anyway…”
Sounds neat, but they lost me at "tie".
And I'm far to... caucasian... to get away with a dashiki, or a robe and turban, or whatever Modhi is sporting.
lol
@@MonkeyJedi99 Have you considered... the K I L T?
@@bearlytamedmodelsAh yes, the kilt 🙌🏻 the pale people’s solution to not wanting to wear pants. And so, we honour it.
I’m most of the way through the video, and I’m already thinking about the implications of declining an invitation to the White House. Thank goodness that there is no way that the president of the United States would want me to visit him at home.
The "logistics" of White House state dinners? I think lawyers from Wendover Productions will be in touch soon.
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Hi Sam!
You should have sent HAI Correspondent Amy to be the guest of honor at one of these state dinners. Where's your due diligence???
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@@EEEEEEEE You're goddamn right.
I just can't imagine the stress involved in setting all that up and making sure everything goes exactly right within very specific time restraints. Wow.
AND the looming threat of death.
Dammit, the Albo's Kanga-pegasus was top secret Australian Government knowledge, how do you do it???
2:39 i am disappointed that the house wasnt tastefully arranged by the Secretary of Interior.
“I offer you the best American burger you will ever have in your life, in exchange for BFF status”
Honestly that would be better than how governments work know
Basically, black tie = fancy formal (prom-level), white tie = super fancy formal (haute couture ball gowns, hair up, dickie + cummerbund), e.g. royalty level.
That sounds like something that would have taken less time to include in the video, rather than the comment about how complicated it would be to explain.
@@CharlesGregory There’s different etiquette rules surrounding whether something should be a black tie or white tie affair and different OCP protocol regarding dress code. I just gave an oversimplification. But GENERALLY, royalty gets white tie while everyone else gets black tie. Again, it depends. Vast majority of people will never get invited to a white tie affair.
@@ferretyluvI’ve been to 3 white tie occasions and zero black tie. So it really depends on where in the world you are
This was almost certainly a publishing error - but I’m all here for the 2 HAI’s in 1 day
Probably just a sponsor end of month deadline
0:26 Why do you assume I'm not a foreign head of state or a member of a royal family? Don't underestimate your audience here!
Are you?
no way 2 HAI Videos in 8hours 😮 count me in 🔥🔥🔥
Lovely dig at Rishi Sunak there 😂😂😂😂
1:22 Former NZ PM John Key called it Wombat One, which Turnbull ran with for a while.
At Windsor Castle they have a long table.. as in it has to be set up to cross through wide doors into several rooms and needs a lot of chairs. (A docent was kind enough to let us actually sit on one!) I’m guessing if you’re seated at the far end of the table several rooms away from the King you’re not very important, but if you are at least in the same room as the King, you’re somebody important after all.
No dancing if you're elderly or the Pope? But I wanna see Pope Francis' dope dances!!
We all do. Regrettably the Catholics might not want to see their person closest to God dancing around to Beyonce.
@@Ging-Freecs Can't have any fun with them
I have better things to do than standing 100 miles away from Rishi Bloody Sunak. Great video!
Wow, two HAI vids in one day?
1:49 the pink triangle just dies
2 videos in the span of one day?! this is just amazing!
0:30 Kevin Ball
Now I need to become president and envite all of Sam's friends and employees to a state dinner so he'll ban all of his contacts on twitter. Maybe I'll envite his sponsors.
Is nobody else freaking out about the security breach at the greeting at the airport with that pink triangle disappearing suddenly? Someone notify secret service about the interloper shape pretending to be a US service member.
I won’t trust this video until Amy has a White House state dinner in her honor and reports back.
1:22 As someone who is not from Australia, that's probably how they get around in Australia
2 videos in 1 day. Thats intresting
Wow ben 2 vids in a day? you're really churning out the vids nice!
Aye looks like somebody got hella sponsor deals 😜 I'm happy to see it and if we get more videos all the better
How exclusive can these parties be if Kevin from the south side made it in 0:30
yess, im not alone
We need that video on the black tie white tie debacle.
we just skimmed over the gifts at no more than 390 dollars
I've always wondered why high government positions come with so much high-class luxury. Like the whole idea is that people like the President are supposed to be "like the rest of us". I get e.g. the president flying a personal plane for security reasons, but I don't understand why every interior has to be lavish and like billionaire-status level stuff. POTUS can sometimes eat off a paper plate like the rest of us, he's just human, not some divine mythical figure.
The main key is that the President (and really all high-level executives and heads of state) is representative of the country as a whole, and to break out the best and most expensive stuff for your visit is an indication of how much respect they're giving you for taking the time and energy to come visit.
Its the equivalent of your parents (or grandparents) getting out "the good plates". Theyre for special occasions.
Yep. Ironic how it's supposed to be the people's house but people are never invited and all the appointments - furnishings, art et al are kept in a secure warehouse that the people have no access to. Those pieces aren't even occasionally displayed in museums; they're reserved exclusively for use by the presidential class.
IOW: tell us you're royalty without saying you're royalty.
It's not for the president, as a guy. It's not even for the other national leader as a guy. All countries do this, to send an implied message of "OUR country is rich and powerful and can have all of this; is YOUR country rich and powerful enough for this? Be nice to us because we're rich and powerful."
@@krejados1what? The White House is visited by citizens everyday. And unlike royalty, presidents get voted out
Love any and all logistics videos you make
0:30 - isn't that Steve Howey (who played Kevin Ball in Shameless)?
Double HAI videos in a day? Whopee
4:15 Under "Order Onions", does the menu read "2 kittens, everything in 2" on the right, above a list of groceries?
0:33 Is that Michael Avenatti pre-prison?
Dancing was honestly the most surprising part. The White House turns into a private club after 9pm.
I thought my eyes deceived me when i saw 2 HAI uploads in a single day. Gotta love it!
6:02 makes me proud to see Tagesschau as High Factuality :)
4:33 he may be the pope but he’s walking like a bishop
The pope is also the bishop of Rome
Christmas must be early this year for 2 HAI videos in a day
I LOVE the idea of the video with the sponsor at the end.
Most times these videos seem like he is planning a heist and we're partners in crime
Used footage of the old Air India One. It has since been replaced by newer Boeing 777-ERs which are operated by the military and not Air India. They are still maintained by Air India though.
We need a video on the difference between black tie and white tie events
The sarcasm in these videos just gets better and better. 😂😂😂
Two in one day? Sam has truly blessed us
How is this not a Wendover Productions video? Does HAI have to pay a licensing fee for any video with 'logistics' in the title?
Could you make these longer because I actually think they are more than just half as interesting.
1:49 RIP magenta triangle. o7
Two videos in one day! I guess you’re Whole As Interesting now
Was that Kevin from shameless??? 0:26
Yes
Don't you dare drop your cocaine at the party either, as they won't have any idea who's it is 🤔
The funny thing is at some point in the future, many government leaders and other influential people will have heard of HAI and some will even be fans.
2 in a day. This isn’t real. Sam ARE YOU OKAY???
2 HAI videos in just one day! Lets go!!!
Those thumbnails are so better than videos themselves 😂
Now we need a video on the difference between black tie and white tie.
black tie vs white tie video needed
This vid reminds me of the opening [before credits] of a West Wing episode. It's a few of the staff setting up flags on a blueprint of a table for the President's something breakfast. They're going on and on about no that person can't sit next to that person because of this or that reason, they have to go here, but that other person doesn't like the one that was moved and so on. At the end, they sit back proud of themselves for finally putting the seating arrangement puzzle together where there won't be any international incidents. It takes a couple ticks, then someone says it won't work. WHAT?!?! WHY NOT?!? Then they notice there's still one flag sitting on a side table and not on the diagram. Which flag? The US.
This is actually very super interesting.
as an Australian, I can confirm that contraption you created is a close match to what we use
I'm really interested in seeing some examples of those sub-$390 gifts
The fact theres 2 hai videos in one day, this is headline news for sure
2 VIDEOS IN ONE DAY???? No way!
Love your videos
The image shown was just an old air India commercial craft, the new India one has a different livery its a Boeing 777-300 ER with the words Bharat in Hindi and India written. They are flown by Indian Air Force pilots .A tiny detail I noticed that was off but all in all love your videos Sam interesting as always
Okay, but at what point in the proceedings do you wander, drunkenly into the streets, looking for a pizza?
I had to laugh when the question of Australian transport was raised. New Zealand PMs travel commercial (with a police officer). Likely business class, but still commercial. Our leaders don't have their own planes, though the air force do provide some rides.
Last day of the year huh… those sponsors really got you on the time crunch!
Double HAI video!?! THANK YOU
Two videos in one day WHAT!
Omg 2 videos in one day?!
this video would be so much better if they did a crossover with the guy from wendover productions
You know, if Pekka Haavisto wins the Finnish presidential election, there can be someone invited to the state dinner who has heard of Half As Interesting.
That's because he's a chill dude and I have met him and will most likely meet him again. Technically speaking he's meeting my mom, but since I too am part of their party, I'll be there too.
2 HAI videos in one day?
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Anyone in the middle of a Half as interesting marathon today?
Banger after banger today. Thank God I Subscribe
He snuck in that be rest assured thinking we wouldn't notice, the gall.
2 videos in one day? Am i dreaming?
You know it's going to be a good day when there's a new video from RealLifeLore...😌😌
are you lost buddy?
I bought the Ground News, it was 10$/year at the lowest level and it looks pretty good. First ad I've bought in a while!
I love ground news and would have loved the 40% discount you talked about, but the link only gives you 30%.
wow double uploads, eating good tonight
“You’ve been invited to a White House dinner.”
What’s the point? I can get McDonalds outside of the White House, too. Seems like a waste of time.
Bro, what?! How did they make another video that fast!!!
17:36 fr if ur BEING FRUGAL U AINT STEPPPING NO FOOT UP IN THERE
2 Video in a day
Man how much are you torturing your staff 😂😂