Stephen Colbert - Guests Ken Burns and Mandy Patinkin

[Rhiannon12866]

Ken Burns Was Watching "Homeland" When He Realized Mandy Patinkin Should Be His Ben Franklin

Ken Burns and Mandy Patinkin join Stephen for a two-part conversation about the flawed genius of the man who is the subject of Ken's new PBS documentary series, "Ben Franklin." Stick around for more from Mandy and Ken!




Benjamin Franklin's Idea Of Commonwealth Has Abandoned Us - Ken Burns & Mandy Patinkin

Stephen's interview with Mandy Patinkin and Ken Burns continues with a discussion of Benjamin Franklin's later years, and the parallels between Revolution-era America and modern-day Ukraine. Watch Ken's documentary series, "Benjamin Franklin," when it premieres next Monday on PBS.

[Easterncedar]

1. Beautiful humanists

Powerful speakers. Seeing that was a good way to start the day. Thanks for posting.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Thank you! And I certainly agree, glad you enjoyed them!

You might also be interested in this:

Ken Burns Talks New Benjamin Franklin Documentary

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[Rhiannon12866]

3. Duplicate post. n/t

[Sedona]

4. Watch to the end of part 2

Patinkin absolutely nails it

[ms liberty]

5. Love Ken Burns. LOVE Mandy Patinkin. K&R n/t

[LessAspin]

6. Mandy Patinkin returns to the Ed Sullivan Theater

Thanks for posting, Rhiannon

Mandy and the late great Tony Randall had sort of a running bit there with Letterman..

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Awww! Thanks so much! This was great!

I was a big fan of Letterman's show, was actually in the studio audience in 2008, though the guests weren't nearly so memorable (Dr. Phil). I also worked with CBS, wrote up the TV listings for the newspapers, so I used to speak with their publicists after Letterman moved to CBS.

[mitch96]

7. I loved the soliloquy given by Potinkin..A great piece...Bravo!!

The part where he says:

When they signed the Declaration of Independence there were 130 ships waiting to come into New York to attack our revolutionary army to end the dream of Franklin and his compatriots of America, to stop it.
There were 300 ships in total and all the kings men waiting for us and where else have we just seen that image but in Ukraine! The entire Russian army was circling this country to destroy it and I went, where I seen that picture before?
I saw it in this documentary I saw the history of our country and of us and it continually repeats itself. We have to remember that we are all refugees and he was a refugee, he came here because
he wanted no taxation with out representation
I wanna voice in my government
I wanna be a part of the people
I want to have a business
I wanna have a life I wanna say,
I don't want to be a subject
and all of us all of our ancestors came to this country for that dream. We have to remember refugees who are suffering from conflict, climate change COVID-19 all over the world every day, this is a problem that will never go away and we have to fight for not losing the ability to listen
Uff, good stuff
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[Wild blueberry]

8. Thank you!