Noam Chomsky on Firing Line with W.F. Buckley, 1969. (4/7)

Noam Chomsky's 1969 apearence on Firing Line with William F. Buckley. The show was titled "Vietnam and the Intellectuals."

Courtesy of the Hoover Institution.

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[DraconianKindness]

I really like both these guys :) I like Chomsky for his ideas and I like Buckley because he's entertaining to watch ;)

[gulshabbo]

@CorrbriasReloaded Hear, hear. Buckley was bright, but Chomsky is brilliant.

[JeremysVideos2]

@DraconianKindness Yeah,mee too! Even though I lean pretty far left I do respect Buckley as a host, debater and political thinker. And he is pretty entertaining to watch. Last time I checked there was no full episode but watch the opening of Michael Harrington on W.F.Buckley's Firing Line... at one point Buckley says: "If your point is that people need to eat I'll concede it." that cracked me up, it really did.

[PatrickHumphreys]

I'm not smart enough for this shit

[msingletary1984]

I almost feel sorry for Buckley on this one...almost. Bravo!

[StraussBR]

I like how they are politely cinical

specially this man who gets pissed of by chomsky's calm stance

[cmarcallen]

That thing Buckley does with his hand at 2:48 followed by the wink looks so snobby, but like someone else said, entertaining to watch. You just don't see debate like this anymore.

[towneslives]

does anyone else think buckley has massive hands? i know it's not exactly relevant, but still, fucking huge.

[xtrmsprts]

chomsky got mad new york left-wing jewish pussy after this night, he was fucking brandeis university sororities for 5 years after this appearance. no wonder chomsky alive and bill buckley's dead in a box.

[DeePhlat]

Buckley sounds like Jim Varney's old woman character