Watch Reagan's political DNA form in real-time before he was The Gipper.
The wish was father to the thought: instead of asking Mr. Reagan conventionally worded questions about his candidacy, as he had done Messrs. A discussion full of substance-on topics ranging from Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, to the way government bonds should be issued, to the still-ongoing energy crisis, to the still-high unemployment-but also a delicious dress rehearsal.
Acting
Reagan's pre-presidential polish is fascinating to clock.
Direction
Steibel lets two massive egos breathe.
Director
Warren Steibel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1975 interview predates Reagan's actual presidency by four years—he's still Governor of California, not yet the conservative saint he'd become.
Firing Line invented the modern political talk show format; this is basically podcasting before podcasts, minus the ads for mattresses.
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