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It is a national pity that it has now become, to use Sunday-suited language
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Mighty Ira

It is a national pitythat it has now become,to use Sunday-suited language, a bunch of...

It is a national pity
that it has now become,
to use Sunday-suited language, a bunch of baloney

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It is a national pity that it has now become, to use Sunday-suited language,
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a bunch of baloney.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:46
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Ira is one of America's unsung champions of civil rights and liberties. As his generation retires from the barricades, Ira reminisces on his life at the forefront of defending the rights of all Americans.
The captain of the opposing team also needs no introduction to regular Firing Lineviewers. - Mighty Ira 00:05
The captain of the opposing team also needs no introduction ...
He's the master baloney chef himself, Ira Glasser. - Mighty Ira 00:04
He's the master baloney chef himself, Ira Glasser.
[applause] - Mighty Ira 00:14
[applause]
The regularity and the constancy - Mighty Ira 00:17
The regularity and the constancy
I think it's a pity that an organization - Mighty Ira 00:18
I think it's a pity that an organization
The overwhelming bulk of the ACLU's work has been in the interest of most Americans - Mighty Ira 00:09
The overwhelming bulk of the ACLU's work has been in th...
You have to remember that there were many fewer stations at the time. - Mighty Ira 00:06
You have to remember that there were many fewer stations at ...
We had the three big broadcast networks. We had PBS. - Mighty Ira 00:04
We had the three big broadcast networks. We had PBS.
♪ Something special On your public TV station ♪ - Mighty Ira 00:10
♪ Something special On your public TV station ♪
-You think of yourself as irresponsible and slothful. -Well, - Mighty Ira 00:15
-You think of yourself as irresponsible and slothful. -Well,
That's like saying that... that faster grass grows, the more people drown. - Mighty Ira 00:05
That's like saying that... that faster grass grows, the...
Both things happen when it gets hot in the summer, - Mighty Ira 00:07
Both things happen when it gets hot in the summer,
I would find people stopping me in the subways in New York, uh, which didn't happen before. - Mighty Ira 00:06
I would find people stopping me in the subways in New York, ...
Bill Buckley was the erudite conservative on race, on everything else. - Mighty Ira 00:07
Bill Buckley was the erudite conservative on race, on everyt...
Ira disagreed with Bill Buckley and took him on. - Mighty Ira 00:06
Ira disagreed with Bill Buckley and took him on.
-You know-- -But Bill... but Bill, people were being shot and lynched - Mighty Ira 00:09
-You know-- -But Bill... but Bill, people were being shot an...
This was the leading moral crisis of your lifetime and mine - Mighty Ira 00:10
This was the leading moral crisis of your lifetime and mine
-I really am. -I hope you don't suggest that - Mighty Ira 00:13
-I really am. -I hope you don't suggest that
[interviewer 2] Asking you what your impression of - Mighty Ira 00:07
[interviewer 2] Asking you what your impression of
[soft music playing] - Mighty Ira 00:16
[soft music playing]