REFORM! Part 1 | Pretty Good

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You know, some people might tell you that in order to run for president, you have to be taller than five-foot-five. And that you need things called “political positions.” And that you’re not allowed to go on a two-month vacation during peak campaign season. And that you should actually prepare for debates. And that you should actually want to be President. Well, Ross Perot proved them all right. But not before almost proving them kind of wrong first!

REFORM! is written and directed by Jon Bois.

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Ross Perot walked so Jon Bois could run - so glad to see the "guy explains charts for 30 mins" origin story

roguesample
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"In more ways than one, he desperately needs a W"

*man writing on book engulfed in flames*

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We have reached levels of back that were previously thought to be impossible

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The fact that Jesse Ventura gets the same music as when they introduced Ken Griffey Jr in the Mariners series is hilarious

joeellison
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I'M HERE FOR THE RESURRECTION OF PRETTY GOOD

bigcas
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26:38 Who watched Perot, my theory is that Perot represented the last bastion of FDR. By that, I mean Perot brought fireside chats into the 1990s with audio and visual content. The 1990s was the last time people 65 years and older voted Democratic. Why? Because they were children during the FDR administration. They did not forget what the Democratic party did to improve their family's living standards. They liked Perot because he talked like FDR. He was FDR's fireside chat with graphs and charts. It does not surprise me that older people ate up Perot's content religiously.

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When the Florida Man who spent $45, 000 on a newspaper advertisement and oversaw a new political movement was shown to be low on the fascination index, I knew this was going to be a wild one

packersfan
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26:47 "So, let me get this straight, a half-hour long video where some dork sits there and talks about charts all the time? Would anyone watch that?"

We love you, Jon and Secret Base!

Veishan
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I don’t think my work is gonna love me taking a 46 minute break

Bojangus-
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This is a strange meta-commentary of the fact that Americans follow politics the same way we follow sports.

I just want to thank whoever it was at SB who allowed this to happen. And I haven't even watched the whole video yet, I just got through the intro.

Phriedah
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3 hour long episodes on the history of politics in a country I don't live in and have never been too, narrated by Jon Bois. This is going to be fantastic.

Drakoth
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my great aunt still has a PEROT ‘92 magnet prominently displayed on her fridge

cactopodes
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If Ross Perot won the Presidency, the Falcons would’ve won Super Bowl XXXIII.

CrazyU
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I remember being a grade-schooler when Perot was running and something about his message made sense to me in a way that had nothing to do with my age. My parents - Bush voters - thought he was a lunatic, but the simple message of "we should perhaps have more choices" could resonate with everyone.

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6:03 "he desperately needs a w" had me roll eyes, say "ugh dear god" out loud, and then click the like button

octopirate
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When we need him most Jon Bois returns

chrischecketts
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Part 3 is just gonna be Jon Bois announcing his campaign for president...





And I would love every second of it

dcf
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"I'm sick of dark money running our politics. Lets support a billionaire running for president as a political outsider!"

Thankfully, the American public would never ever make the same mistake again.

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7:15 "Ross Perot is a man so disciplined and straightlaced he probably doesn't need a haircut..."

I can't tell if this is a joke with multiple layers or not, but Perot was famous for going to the same barber for the same $10 haircut every week for many years. It was part of his "everyman" folksiness.

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25:21 What's funny about this is that after the debate, now-President Biden said if someone had been in a coma after the 1988 election and then woke up in time for the debate, they would've thought it was a two-person race between Clinton and Perot

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