Christopher Hitchens on Unemployment and Television - Viewer Call-In Part 9 (1990)

[badger5079]

That guy who talks about being able to see the entire U.K. and drop it into Oregon and that is why Britons are more articulate...well...he is a knob.

[Frutoses]

Does he look like he's 50 here?

[Frutoses]

@Frutoses 40*

[Blindastronomer]

Never "Chris".

[rocher0901]

I adore the look on Christopher's face when the caller compliments him, d'awwww...I miss you, you beautiful bastard.

[mistersmith6000]

On Hitchens : Interesting he doesn't mention the precipitous closure and decline of coal mining in the UK following the strike, instead jumping to prospectors and North Sea oil. This 6 years after the strike!

Other guy: On language in the US; English, Says geography is the culprit, the UK is homogeneous and compact thus, thus..Brits would disagree. Australia is big and wide, and yet far more homogenous than Britain. Most Brits feel 'the north' 'the midlands' (of England) are distinct and unique

[chinahands100]

hahah nice to see hitchens didnt live in the uk..but could make cash bitching at us.

[gwangjuboy1]

@chinahands100 I paid for his books, and I'm glad I did. The UK is becoming a moral and intellectual cesspit and I am going to miss Hitchens reminding us.

[HamIsDie]

Oh, and... ending is like wtf?

[HamIsDie]

He is soo sexy. If I was gay, I'd hope he'd be the one to penetrate my virgin asshole.

[moroney1]

The youngest looking 42 year old!

[timm9]

i just looked in every big city paper online and all had jobs ,but of course they did not offer half million a year so guess the lazy with excuses wont be taken them.

[MpowerdAPE]

he can't be that old here but he figits with his glasses the same way.

[janetpify]

most of the men over in Great Britain look hung over....and they still are good looking

[cbarrett34]

god, he looks wasted, hungover and tired here too. he really was a major drunk his whole life. i'm surprised he was able to stay so smart. usually it kills brain cells

[dibaterman]

@cbarrett34

It did, just not the ones that mattered.

[Jedothek]

i f stone

[bmxtra211]

Can anyone make out who the caller compares him to? Best thing to hit American journalism since...??

[SJGibbons1000]

@bmxtra211 I. F. Stone

[notbendable]

Brian Lamb is so hot

[basehead617]

the guy at the start of the video looks amazing

[JoshFaille]

@basehead617 Lmao, what

[dilwich123]

Is this guy presenting Frank Sinatra?

[StephenFryphile]

He looks extremely gorgeous here!

[xxxMarzikinnsxxx]

@StephenFryphile

YEP.

[OldSportish]

he's at his most vigorous and healthy here. looks like he just got back from a vacation

[93simonk]

The reason that Christopher HItchens speaks so eleoquently is becasue he has written at least a 1000 words a day for his entire adult career. It's inevitable that that mode of communication fiters into your speach patterns. . .

[TheTopBloke]

@93simonk Nah... it's the alcohol.

[nicodemos91]

this is the best hitchens has ever looked, he is so sexy here!

[bfoaliali]

Im straight- but gay for Hitchens

[whatsbeendone]

@bfoaliali

what are you talking about

straightgay shit

grow up

[bfoaliali]

@whatsbeendone I fail to understand how my words would give you the impression that I needed to grow up. Weird indeed.

[ExtravaganzaBullshit]

@bfoaliali And he's "queer for Obama", for his voice. Hitch said that on a panel, but the name of the show escapes me.

[Krifko]

@ExtravaganzaBullshit It was on Bill Maher's 'Real Time'.

[ColdCypher]

The chest pelt.

[blazereef]

sound exactly the same as today, pull through hitch

[pallab1234]

He was kind cute !

[WalnutCreekBagger]

"Available in fine book stores everywhere..." at 4:50 

[mpawlak10]

He looks more like his borther here =P

[marktrade88]

Wow, I didn't realize Rupert Murdoch was a household name even back in 1990.

[Relbl]

@marktrade88 Murdoch was a huge deal in Australia by the late 70s and was actively trying to move into other English-speaking markets. He made a splash in the UK and America in the late 80s. Before Fox News, there was the Fox of X-Files and Simpsons lore...

[setmedic]

I squirm every time i hear Hitchens cough now...

[waitwhatwasthat]

@setmedic I thought the same thing. Poor man

[thermos26]

@setmedic I used to watch videos of him and wonder about his constant cough. It's sad looking back at that. Well, I guess that's what they mean about hindsight being 20/20.

[probber66]

@setmedic  aww. so true

[TheMotherEagle]

@setmedic If I was forced to pin point an evil upon this planet then it would be tobacco. Lost my father to it, very shortly my mother, and it cut short the life of Hitchens, a man with whom I never met, and yet positively helped to improve my life. In a hundred years time perhaps no one will care but I understand that Hitchen's words will survive. The same is not assured of tobacco. Its time to vanquish this shit from our world and yesterday is not soon enough.

[Tonjevic]

Hah, Hitchens' hair is always so uncooperative.