Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down 30 Spy Scenes From Film & TV

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Jonna Mendez, former CIA Chief of Disguise, takes a look at spy scenes from a variety of television shows and movies and breaks down how accurate they really are.
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@heavycloud1382 4 жыл бұрын

"You have to be forgettable" I think I found my calling guys

@angelastephens8526 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, there are times when one should be forgotten easily. There are also other times when others refuse to allow that to happen and it caused multiple problems.

@oP-qq2ib 4 жыл бұрын

How is bright red hair forgettable??

@iamfeign8498 4 жыл бұрын

Ditto 😂😂😁😁

@daelaenor 4 жыл бұрын

@@oP-qq2ib That specific persona, she was talking about, is forgettable. The little grey man.

@SilencedButNotForgotten 4 жыл бұрын

@@daelaenor wdym?

@ThatJakeGuy99 4 жыл бұрын

"We can arrange....anything" That was terrifying. I love it.

@kanigutter5513 3 жыл бұрын

ikr

@cecejackson3100 3 жыл бұрын

And her little smile that went with it!

@MsZoedog66 3 жыл бұрын

I found it scary and a little thrilling too :o

@JerkyMcAsshole 3 жыл бұрын

You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me.

@rmcguire7033 3 жыл бұрын

She may well have been the Chief of Disguise If any viewer knows about 'body language' it is entirely obvious when she is Lying.....it just is

@loreshansmith3560 Жыл бұрын

She’s a total badass. With all the stuff she’s allowed to tell us, imagine what she isn’t allowed to talk about- it’s so fascinating.

@totalhuman6531 Жыл бұрын

Or maybe THEY want us to think what she is telling to be the whole truth

@bossnian5615 Жыл бұрын

Is she a badass? Or a criminal?

@crypticshadows Жыл бұрын

i mean i think she’s talking about older disguises because she worked a while ago with them so i think it’s outdated now

@WilliamWizer Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but, I'm not allowed to let you imagine that. some secrets, are better to remain secret.

@AlexGreeneHypnotist Жыл бұрын

Mystique. It's one of the most bankable tools of intelligence agents, everywhere. A half smile and "That's classified" can open so many doors.

@CoxDannyJ Жыл бұрын

"Nobody left our labs looking better, they left our labs looking different." Love that.

@luluharshie3929 5 жыл бұрын

I don't care about these movie scenes. Just let this lady tell spy stories for 16 hours! 😂😂

@sandrapatterson2916 5 жыл бұрын

Lulu Harshie I totally agree.

@pandagal9805 4 жыл бұрын

Ikr!

@hannahrose2862 4 жыл бұрын

There are a few interviews and things that she's done to that effect, like this one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNWpesyYyMmse5c.html

@TheLittleTamTam 4 жыл бұрын

@@hannahrose2862 Thank you so much for that video! I wouldn't have found it on my own but I'm so glad you pointed it out, it was very interesting.

@sadamiamani 4 жыл бұрын

Top secret

@bi_cycle 4 жыл бұрын

"Ben Affleck is playing my husband..." That is so casually badass

@synth_dahl4438 4 жыл бұрын

I definitely didn't see it coming, lol

@canal50tonsdepalidez 4 жыл бұрын

Her husband is so good that HE could play Ben Affleck in disguise hahahaha

@wordforger 4 жыл бұрын

Office romances happen everywhere apparently, lol.

@mynameandnumbers 4 жыл бұрын

this entire thing is so casually badass

@nickacelvn 4 жыл бұрын

Ha ha 16, oct and I just wrote pretty much the same thing .... scrolling through the comments lol

@caitlynmarie2677 Жыл бұрын

17:08 I just have to say, I always thought the Clark Kent glasses disguise was ridiculous until I realized how many people don’t recognize me without my glasses on. People that see me every day, and just taking my glasses off makes me a stranger to them. It really is kind of wild.

@MacNerfer Жыл бұрын

Just glasses seems a bit weak. But I remember one time I was eating lunch with some church friends when a young woman comes up and sits down with us. It seemed odd to me, but everybody else seemed to know her. After about 15 minutes of casual conversation I realized she was the daughter of a couple at the table, somebody I saw every Sunday, but here she didn't have any makeup on.

@uncletiggermclaren7592 Жыл бұрын

@@MacNerfer Probably has to do with religion. To be in a church, listening to all the things that are obviously false and don't describe ANYTHING about the real world, to a large degree shuts off the reasoning aspect of your mind.

@ericleal157 Жыл бұрын

@@uncletiggermclaren7592 calm down man, i'm not religious but it's ok to be, no one is going to die because they're going to church, let people do what they want with their lives.

@Vi0let_1 4 ай бұрын

Ur pfp scared me💀💀💀

@kerrin6633 Ай бұрын

Yes, true. Same here actually!!

@QYXP Жыл бұрын

It's always the most normal looking people who are the most terrifying.

@W4TSKY Жыл бұрын

Slow Horses taught me spies don't look like James Bond, they mostly look like your alcoholic neighbor

@InnocentC0 Жыл бұрын

@@W4TSKY Well, crap. I guess all of my neighbours are spies, then.

@brieannabernier399 4 жыл бұрын

"Ben Affleck played my husband" that is crazy, she said it so casually

@majrahabibija9742 4 жыл бұрын

Brie Bernier It took me a minute to get that she's talking about her actual husband and not her famous crush, as I would.

@sophii7906 4 жыл бұрын

@@majrahabibija9742 ooooohhhhh that makes sense. I was so confused!

@FriggSaga 4 жыл бұрын

I say it casually too. ;)

@user-fk1we3gs4d 4 жыл бұрын

@@sophii7906 Just try to use your brain next time.....

@TheBrittneycolburn 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaaha :D You beat me to it! Super casual mic drop... continues amazing stories equally as casually

@Splackavellie85 4 жыл бұрын

This woman perfectly illustrates that actual badasses don't need to brag about how badass they are. They just exude it.

@dusanrenat5567 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, the more badass you want to be, the less you need to look like one. Because nobody can even suspect.

@Splackavellie85 4 жыл бұрын

@@dusanrenat5567 Yeah.. Not the point.

@uuuultra 4 жыл бұрын

Everybody already knows this

@robishere7339 4 жыл бұрын

Don't fool yourself; she's bragging. She wouldn't be on KZfaq otherwise.

@alynbecker2876 4 жыл бұрын

Rob Ishere What's so bad about being proud of your skills?

@naturalone6529 Жыл бұрын

She seems like the type of grandma that seems unassuming at first until she overhears how you've been bullied and then tells you how to totally obliterate them.

@brianpait 5 ай бұрын

Mine. Love her dearly. Not bullying traditional, but those against or out to ruin my quality of life. Need to go visit her as soon as possible. ❤

@kerrin6633 Ай бұрын

I would feel so protected ❤. Would change my life a lot!

@GuyrillaBraun 10 ай бұрын

I love that you can tell she takes great pride in everything she has done and accomplished, but also you can tell having to watch some of these clips just kills her inside.

@AvaRosss 4 жыл бұрын

Too bad they didn't show her the most flawless and highly effective disguise - the Hannah Montana disguise

@mojojojo1428 4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@carlitosmoreau5209 4 жыл бұрын

Lmaoooo

@micahjohansson7573 4 жыл бұрын

Wait. Hannah Montana is fake?

@hollyperrin7353 4 жыл бұрын

Ikr? It's right up there with Clark Kent! Who knew?

@mynamehasnovowelsfr4890 3 жыл бұрын

😆😆

@amyleefan85 4 жыл бұрын

First I was like: "If I saw her walking down the street, I'd never think she was the CIA chief of Disguise." Then I recognized that I am dumb.

@angellandaverde8862 4 жыл бұрын

amyleefan85 😂makes sense

@Kissfan96dr 4 жыл бұрын

or perhaps she's just good at her job. :)

@afreen5058 4 жыл бұрын

Omg this made me laugh so hard haha

@UrBaNMCPaladinZ 4 жыл бұрын

@@Kissfan96dr orili

@ljt47exploring64 4 жыл бұрын

she's not going to be wearing a badge saying I'm cia

@VassalRavenKills Жыл бұрын

My grandpa told me he was a spy, not that I believe him, but the funny thing he said was that one of the most difficult things about being a spy is having 2 real jobs at the same time

@kick4243 Жыл бұрын

I can say as a nurse, we blend in. People often forget our names but will say "oh, the nurse yesterday" or "the dark-haired nurse". We blend in dramatically. In the last 8 years of my career, only about 5 patients have remembered me for an extended period of time, and it was because of either: a) having them as a patient for a deeply emotional experience, and b) if they were in the hospital for a long period of time and saw me frequently.

@skepticalfox27 4 жыл бұрын

Lady sounds like she could dispose of a whole family of annoying neighbors and frame their golden retriever

@geraldadorna5655 4 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha ha

@wetlettuce4768 4 жыл бұрын

shoot someone in the back of the head twice and have it be deemed a suicide.

@myceliumman7554 4 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@pinkandbright1234 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 poor Golden Retriever

@magnoliabranca5149 4 жыл бұрын

Moderate commentator I NEED TO HIRE HER

@usagithebunny 3 жыл бұрын

Ok so you can say 'My husband is playing Ben Affleck' but being able to say 'Ben Affleck is playing my husband'...that's a whole new level

@ashleytupper6049 3 жыл бұрын

And how casually she says it! Like no big deal, my husband and I are basically the real life "Mr & Mrs Smith"

@adios5072 3 жыл бұрын

Well I mean usagi you should know because your sailor moon

@leilanibarajas2557 3 жыл бұрын

that’s such a flex

@charliecoolwater97 3 жыл бұрын

Austin power also disguises to become guru pitka. 😜

@jaredwaters4633 3 жыл бұрын

Listen to the Podcast WIND OF CHANGE, She's in that. It's about the theory that the SCORPIONS hit Song WIND OF CHANGE was written by the CIA. It's pretty amazing.

@somerandomhumanbeingonthei1924 Жыл бұрын

She just told us that they had a professional seductress spy that did some “amazing things,” her words, during the Cold War- This is the best bit of information I think I’ve ever received

@user-mx5cy6fc4w Жыл бұрын

Yep. ...and tells about it being a "Russian thing". All in one interview. ''Very clever'

@mudman619 11 ай бұрын

"we can arrange . . . anything." she says then adds a quick little grin & glint in her eyes. . . haha

@kfcshots 4 жыл бұрын

sometimes i forget being a spy is an actual job that real life people have

@chelsey8737 4 жыл бұрын

Ikr. She is the real life Natasha Romanoff

@uraverageskeleton6480 4 жыл бұрын

Russian spy

@jaluv42 4 жыл бұрын

Right??

@Ashlitched 4 жыл бұрын

same

@NeonHigh2012 4 жыл бұрын

She's actually a 20 hear old blonde. Fantastic disguise madame!

@BE-ew2pt 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine if at the end of the video she had wiped away her makeup and taken off a wig and she was like 28 and Korean

@dwyco 4 жыл бұрын

especially if north korean :D

@ulrichkalber9039 4 жыл бұрын

that would be rather extreme. she is just your Father in law.

@RedGallardo 4 жыл бұрын

Miracles attract people. Being boring is the key to invisibility.

@Thenoobestgirl 4 жыл бұрын

LOL that would be awesome

@TomClarke1995 4 жыл бұрын

Mallory SF Wouldn’t you say though there’s a case to be made for adopting aspects of a persona that are more out there and unique? If you’re sussing out a spy, you might only expect to look at the most boring types who have high or convenient access to sensitive areas or material. The crazy red hair disguise is a good example of that.

@JasperAngelorom Жыл бұрын

Love how she just casually mentions her husband ran one of the most elaborate and amazing extrications ever attempted in the history of the US

@G1NZOU Жыл бұрын

I totally agree with the "distracting back and forth" bit at 2:14. Last few times people have tried committing banknote fraud with me they usually try asking me questions just as I'm counting the money or pulling out their change, luckily I notice what they're doing. But distraction is a big part of avoiding people noticing what you're doing or preventing them looking too closely at your documents.

@queenaguo9524 4 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know she could get anymore badass... until I learnt that she herself was an active field agent and served for 25 years before retiring to become *CHIEF* of Disguise. Talk about life goals

@ahhwe-any7434 4 жыл бұрын

Soooo... She must be in disguise in the video, as well. 🤔 Interesting.

@dapperhyena1301 4 жыл бұрын

@Deeky 123 What democratically elected governments?

@aisforanimate4703 4 жыл бұрын

@Deeky 123 Not even touching on Africa and the Middle East

@MOTHblank 4 жыл бұрын

@Deeky 123 The way you put it, it's even more badass.

@MOTHblank 4 жыл бұрын

@Deeky 123 Please, do tell us what motivates the "empire".

@VinaX2R 5 жыл бұрын

"Ben Affleck played my husband Tony Mendez" - that was quite unexpected

@emmaxiang7431 5 жыл бұрын

do u know why it says karen mendez was his wife online?

@tails512 5 жыл бұрын

Karen was his first wife. After she died he married Jonna Goeser, who appears in this video.

@Efreeti 5 жыл бұрын

Tony died in January. Rest in peace. :(

@moosedraw3731 5 жыл бұрын

Guten oath aye 😂😂😂

@tiadaid 5 жыл бұрын

@@emmaxiang7431 Karen was Mendez's first wife. She died of cancer early in the 1980s.

@michaelchesnut865 Жыл бұрын

Holy crap, she just casually said that they literally tried deforming people's palates to change their voices. She is frightening, to say the least.

@JonTanOsb Жыл бұрын

They probably used dental plates, like the kind they use with dentures, with attachments to change the shape of the palate. Jon in rural BC, Canada

@QueenofSilence101 11 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure they did that with wearable items similar to dentures and retainers. That would definitely be the easiest and safest way of going about it.

@Junebug09172 Жыл бұрын

Despite all those spy action films I always thought that actual spy activity took a lot of time, and that included the disguising process: always just imagined a lot of time taken to fake a person. It was actually really interesting to learn that spies often did put on quick disguises to evade surveillance like in the movies.

@Random-sk6hm Ай бұрын

Fr I always thought that part was made up

@DodaGarcia 4 жыл бұрын

"Ben Affleck has played my husband in the movie Argo" HOW BADASS IS JUST BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT???? I love this lady omg

@putriikrima5094 4 жыл бұрын

YASSSSSS

@malaysiamcbride578 4 жыл бұрын

Right!?

@SabineHolterman 4 жыл бұрын

Doda Garcia No wonder she smiled a little when Argo came on!

@annacrowder3229 4 жыл бұрын

Doda Garcia the smile on her face when the clip started

@thomassullivan2491 4 жыл бұрын

NapoEz3 Save a few thousand, more like

@jackwarren1687 4 жыл бұрын

I knew she was legit, but when it came to Argo and she said "affleck is playing my husband here" my jaw hit the floor

@harmonydavis40 4 жыл бұрын

The CIA runs the world basically just in everyday clothes. They're above Hollywood all day long.

@veronicasaitta9688 4 жыл бұрын

I was so sad to hear that because she lost her husband this January 😔😔

@jackthorton10 4 жыл бұрын

Protecting your national interests, one day at a time

@Kibashixx39 4 жыл бұрын

I knooooow like the biggest behind the scenes ever.

@Eliminator6363 4 жыл бұрын

As soon as she said that, outloud reactively I just said, "that's so f****** cool".

@derekhiemforth Жыл бұрын

The key to Superman's disguise isn't really the glasses. It's that Clark doesn't *_behave_* anything like Superman. Combine that with people seeing what they expect to see, and it works. Even if someone did momentarily realize Clark and Superman looked similar, they'd immediately dismiss it as an obviously ludicrous idea.

@caitlynmarie2677 Жыл бұрын

I’m glad she found Matthew Rhys’ performance(s) in “The Americans” as impressive as I did. When i first began watching it, he tricked me a few times, I did not realize it was him in a disguise for almost an entire episode once. Keri Russell is phenomenal , as well, but Matthew Rhys blew me away.

@marzipanmouse 3 ай бұрын

seriously. I was like, "wow, that guy looks like my therapist."

@AnubhavTalukdar Ай бұрын

One of the most underrated series of all time!

@ciaheadoffice5506 4 жыл бұрын

"Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young."

@kalen5853 4 жыл бұрын

time stamp?

@faithbaker4811 4 жыл бұрын

@@kalen5853 I think that's just a quote that applies to this woman

@rafinha7081 4 жыл бұрын

Crazy sentence. Can't think of anything. Military??? Gym? Olympics?

@samanthacampos849 4 жыл бұрын

@@rafinha7081 Hunger Games

@randensim3295 4 жыл бұрын

Rafinha It just means that if the person managed to survive in a profession people usually die early, they must really be good at their job.

@cometsun 4 жыл бұрын

“here you have ben affleck playing my husband” is an absolute power sentence and i want to be her

@alexia3552 4 жыл бұрын

MOOD

@ChristiKim 4 жыл бұрын

@9:30 !

@user-rz7hb1eh3x 4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad someone appreciated that comment as much as I did

@AberdeenECC1983 4 жыл бұрын

they met during an operation in Bangkok, epic.

@craftylesly7689 4 жыл бұрын

bro what a queen

@linmiller8147 2 ай бұрын

She was one of the three contestants on Anthony Anderson's version of To Tell the Truth, as they told her story. I don't remember how many of the panel chose her but later in the SAME show, she showed up in a disguise and NO ONE knew it was the same woman. She's GOOD.

@chickennoodlesoup6524 Жыл бұрын

I could probably watch 2 hours of this. She must have some really cool stories to share

@benclawson821 3 жыл бұрын

This woman is more interesting then the films and shows about spies.

@GenevieveC 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t legally like this because it’s at 222

@khatunamezvrishvili6211 3 жыл бұрын

@@GenevieveC well you can now

@j.elizabeth4621 3 жыл бұрын

First couple seasons of the Americans is good though!

@iwakuraSanta 3 жыл бұрын

no sheis acunt

@1flashlite1 3 жыл бұрын

than

@kermiggy 4 жыл бұрын

This woman's whole aura is like casually badass, I love it

@beberivera7011 4 жыл бұрын

hardcore

@DesertFernweh 4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. If this women start s KZfaq channel it would kill pewdiepie in a week.

@glucksmomente9585 4 жыл бұрын

Sums up perfectly what I lack words for...

@kermiggy 4 жыл бұрын

@@Ziyavalo Me too honestly

@Dylan-ni9my 4 жыл бұрын

Chloé Chartrand “aura” 💀💀💀💀💀

@Dimapravo Жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing job done by Ms. Mendez. She deconstruct all clips in so professional and calm manner that it is just amazing to watch.

@Miumiu0404 Жыл бұрын

I love how she just casually talked about the lethal pill 😂

@David-hx6hw 4 жыл бұрын

When you realize she's just telling us the declassified stuff......

@kaylaherrera4274 4 жыл бұрын

That’s good though right? So the “enemy” or other foreign powers can’t find actual government information?

@nnnnnn496 4 жыл бұрын

Don't think so. If it was we would never hear of it.

@azaka3720 4 жыл бұрын

its basic knowledge u can get on the internet

@ellsob 4 жыл бұрын

diana styles this is the internet

@azaka3720 4 жыл бұрын

@@ellsob exactly. my point is these stuff are everywhere and nothing "confidential"

@brotherbruti 4 жыл бұрын

Did she literally just casually say, with a smile, that one of her agents failed his mission, so he had to kill himself with a pill?

@maulanamusa8856 4 жыл бұрын

Just like she said. Nothing u can do if u get caught, ur just done. Deal with it yourself

@yaimavol 4 жыл бұрын

Man I would never get into the spook business. You have no idea who is really giving the orders, and just like in that Ryan Reynolds/Denzel movie they are agents chased through the whole film and at the end discover their enemies are also working for the CIA. They run three different levels of every operation. The low level ground crew that are "doing their duty" for country, their handlers that think they know what they are really involved in, then above them are the real handlers that know what the hidden agenda is for that mission.

@Naugur 4 жыл бұрын

I got the impression that she was talking about a source, not an agent. Could be wrong.

@Minsang1st 4 жыл бұрын

yaimavol lol hitmans bodyguard

@happynewfears1805 4 жыл бұрын

@@yaimavol "You have no idea who is really giving the orders" Isn't that the whole point of the CIA? Being secretive? So that whoever they're tracking down don't find out can't track them back?

@booperdooper9762 Жыл бұрын

This was such an intriguing video. I'm very content with her input.

@ultimatebishoujo29 Жыл бұрын

I know what you mean

@katealeksen4168 Жыл бұрын

Alias was a great series I was lucky enough to watch and of course Blacklist literally plagiarized it on Netflix but my point is Sidney really knew how to get by and it's awesome to see an authority of the field validating the techniques of that character, love it!

@mariamaldonado9268 3 ай бұрын

Yeees. I watched that series when I was a kid and I loved it.

@tattycakes2k2 Ай бұрын

I’m not sure if she addressed the fact that the reason she dyed her hair red was to match the passport that she borrowed, she was imitating her partners sister I think?

@francescaiannuzzi9577 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine being her grandchild, Just imagine all those badass stories

@wasilaify 4 жыл бұрын

Over freshly baked cookies by grandma

@xxwoah.its.kasandraxx2088 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine sneaking out😭

@therandomchicken6517 4 жыл бұрын

Xx woah.its.kasandra Xx bruh you wouldn’t even get out of your room before she knows

@GP-ci8qt 4 жыл бұрын

Non disclosure agreements bro. She's legally obligated not to share

@jbetfifty5904 4 жыл бұрын

@@xxwoah.its.kasandraxx2088 you go to your dealer. They rip off a mask and boom. Grandma

@dominicweber 3 жыл бұрын

The contrast between her looking like an adorable grandmother and then her telling a story of the suicide of an agent that was about to be tortured without even a flinch is just so shocking. She's probably more lethal than all the characters she reviewed in these clips.

@peezyy 3 жыл бұрын

yo timestamp?

@particularlytrue 3 жыл бұрын

@@peezyy starts at 15:10 . Wait for it...

@peezyy 3 жыл бұрын

@@particularlytrue wow, thanks fam

@particularlytrue 3 жыл бұрын

@@peezyy pleasure

@samuellourenco1050 3 жыл бұрын

She is a lizard. CIA is for cold psychopathic people.

@AzathothLives Жыл бұрын

I love the reasoning behind the banned covers. Its not because it wouldn't be effective, but because it would potentially endanger the civilians in those professions.

@AzathothLives Жыл бұрын

@@jnln552 Nothing about that seems obvious, and in fact it more likely seems like you are pulling that out of nowhere. Of course, on the other hand I also am not naive. Like any rule, I'm certain they've broken this one when the situation called for it. But you know the saying, at least there was an attempt.

@Azrael2812 Жыл бұрын

It's nice to hear that the CIA has a few institutions that they won't use as a cover for ethical reasons, assuming this is really true. While I could probably think of a different/longer list of institutions that could/should be protected, I do like that they have the integrity of at least some if them in mind.

@copyright8291 10 ай бұрын

Of course the CIA has spies in those professions as well, why would you believe what she says?

@tatianalyulkin410 4 ай бұрын

Too tired and love Aunt Jonna way to much to rain on your/her parade.

@tattycakes2k2 Ай бұрын

Doctors Without Borders (medicine sans frontiers) should also be on that list. Would be a very convenient disguise to sneak into a variety of countries, but they should be untouchable

@laurenjcoates 3 жыл бұрын

"in this clip ben affleck is playing my husband" what a flex

@britt1953 3 жыл бұрын

Yooo that’s exactly what I just commented lol

@lauramannoni9814 3 жыл бұрын

Ben afflex

@danf8172 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao ikr way to flex on all of us

@jtoatm5923 3 жыл бұрын

Lauren yeah it’s crazy. Really sad he died a few months before this video was uploaded 😦

@malakmohsin5603 3 жыл бұрын

Right

@burgerpowder8 4 жыл бұрын

"nobody left our labs looking better, they leave our labs looking different" me when i do my makeup

@PerfectAlibi1 4 жыл бұрын

Is that also your goal? Or are you trying to look better? XD

@KathyHoismygovtnm 4 жыл бұрын

Well, you can't get any better than perfect ;)

@carlosnajera65 4 жыл бұрын

lmao!!!

@JoseHernandez-sg5lv 4 жыл бұрын

😆😆

@austinmolitor7283 4 жыл бұрын

@@KathyHoismygovtnm SIMP (even though ur probably female)

@serendipity4346 Жыл бұрын

9:35 "He's playing my husband, Tony Mendez" My mind literally explode.

@TheMarionick Жыл бұрын

I never thought I'd hear an actual CIA person compliment Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of all things on a disguise.

@purell6969 4 жыл бұрын

Her and her husband might just be the most dangerous couple alive.

@LeslieLanagan 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, Tony died last January. I didn't even know him, but he was one of my favorite authors and it devastated me, anyway.

@Lawliet734 4 жыл бұрын

@Tarkle "Her [She] and her husband..."

@leobevan 4 жыл бұрын

@@Lawliet734 her husband was called Tony and died in January.

@treepeenbawlz1934 4 жыл бұрын

English died too

@para-yw9dn 4 жыл бұрын

@@LeslieLanagan :(

@jdropje8 5 жыл бұрын

She's so pleasantly nonjudgemental about the sillier clips.

@leovk5779 4 жыл бұрын

@ThatOneAsianBroChick : I'm a bit disappointed though that she did not dive deeper into superman/ Clark Kent. Cause althought it is obviously silly, there is also good points to it. Clark Kent has an entirely different personnality (or at least he plays it very well): not very sure of himself, difficulty to assert himself and be taken seriously, shy, etc. So in addition to the glasses (ans journalist suit of course), this change of personnality is interesting; at the very least, he would make a decent spy if he had a real disguise. But I do agree that it is not enough for a long terme disguise, and that no one ever recognises him (especially close friends) is very silly.

@bs13690 4 жыл бұрын

I found her to be plenty judgmental about all of them.

@someonedifferent198 4 жыл бұрын

@@bs13690 Did she judge then, yes absolutely, that was that objective off the video. But what I think the people above where getting at was that she was not mean spirited or belittling about it.

@zosmavideos4891 4 жыл бұрын

@@leovk5779 I'd understand if it was written in Lois' character to be facially blind (has difficulties recognizing people by their face) but all of his friends and family to be that or just plain stupid is a bit much

@UncleBurbon 4 жыл бұрын

They showed her my name is Jeff for the meme

@alexmcd378 10 ай бұрын

There's something to the glasses thing, but not an actual disguise. I changed my name to ditch the awful name I was given, and friends were struggling to emerge to use the new name. But when I started wearing glasses all the time instead of just to drive, their accuracy went way up. It flipped something over in the brain

@lauraguebert2122 Жыл бұрын

I gotta say how much I love how this video is cut. The way the editors made the movies clips respond to Jonna's commentary is hilarious and incredible.

@spidersanghvi 4 жыл бұрын

"we do not recommend stealing". We just don't recommend it. You can do it though.

@avamasquerade 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine the fool that gets caught and blows their cover *for shoplifting* though...

@Zveruidfly 4 жыл бұрын

Of course you can. So?

@RyTrapp0 4 жыл бұрын

@@avamasquerade Well one would hope that they could escape mall security if they're a damned undercover spy...

@anaeliseianna2069 4 жыл бұрын

Well I mean she's teaching you how to disguise yourself so you can get away with crime so it shouldn't be that surprising... Lol😂

@aoli8142 4 жыл бұрын

When you're doing things that are illegal in a foreign country, shoplifting is probably the least of your concerns.

@trude8073 4 жыл бұрын

I vote for having this lady do a 8 hour podcast just talking about "the funny stories". Please, pretty please!

@medeaworbs6970 4 жыл бұрын

I don't think she'd be allowed to talk about those in detail

@trude8073 4 жыл бұрын

@@medeaworbs6970 I´m late to my own thread. Sorry. But yes - probably. She could make them up, I'll still be happy!

@joshthefantasydude9254 4 жыл бұрын

727 likes... A palindrome.

@kaytitompkins1546 4 жыл бұрын

She actually did tell one of her stories on the podcast ISpy!

@trude8073 4 жыл бұрын

Ramzes Motoa oh my, you are a fluffy happy unicorn aren't you😂

@Flying_Scotsman101 Жыл бұрын

The key is to have a very plain, simple form, one of which can be easily forgotten and malleable to change into another form/disguise with minor effort/time

@she3po945 Жыл бұрын

This was legit so much fun to watch! Can’t wait to watch more of her videos!!

@RealStealthyNinja 4 жыл бұрын

She's what real spies look like. Ordinary every day forgettable people.

@justbreathe549 4 жыл бұрын

If they didn't look like that they wouldn't be effective I guess.

@alzarian3702 4 жыл бұрын

And a Trump lookalike.

@idkdude1118 4 жыл бұрын

@@alzarian3702 don't do her like that

@TheEmmakathryn 4 жыл бұрын

Are you telling me Archer is a lie

@moguldamongrel3054 3 жыл бұрын

Explains alot. Pretty sure i saw several in cali at the library casually strewn about reading newspapers but paying attention.

@katecoman521 4 жыл бұрын

She just casually mentions an agent killing themselves in order to prevent an interrogation. Just like it’s as interesting as the weather.

@tinaloye2014 4 жыл бұрын

Right?!? That was frightening

@Caffeinatedown 4 жыл бұрын

She’s seen a few things most of us couldn’t even imagine. I feel like this lady looks like a mom who makes the best lasagna and yet is a totally brutal master of spy design.

@MasumiSeike 4 жыл бұрын

@@tinaloye2014 was it really? I mean we see these things all the time in movies and read it in books. We see so much what happen in the world right now with torture and war.. does it really surprise you that someone can talk about htat without flinching?

@tinaloye2014 4 жыл бұрын

MasumiSeike yes. It does. Just because you see it and hear about it doesn't mean that violence and death is ever easier to find out about

@Avengedtenfold 4 жыл бұрын

I mean if you follow the subtext it's not that shocking to me. In some of the places a spy might be captured it's all but assured they will be tortured and thanks to the nature of the business still might not get out alive with a confession; Choosing death over that seems like a personal but logical decision, if an inhuman one.

@allisonday893 Жыл бұрын

One of the most interesting and compelling things I have stumbled across on KZfaq. What an amazing lady. Thank you for posting this

@stelladonaconfredobutler9459 Жыл бұрын

Again, Jonna Mendez is a star. She makes it all believable with wonderful dry, flat humor

@usdepartmentoftreasuryinte6052 3 жыл бұрын

They need to fire whoever keeps putting stupid clips after every sentence she says

@your_dad_on_vacation 3 жыл бұрын

I know right? They did that with the hacker guy too So f**king annoying

@ashtonmiller1186 3 жыл бұрын

@@your_dad_on_vacation ugh yea like cmon shes so amazingly sophisticated and they ruined it with their unfunny humour

@ik6non712 3 жыл бұрын

i read that as setting the guy on fire

@usdepartmentoftreasuryinte6052 3 жыл бұрын

@@ik6non712 that works too

@idkanameforthis 3 жыл бұрын

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@yannick9208 3 жыл бұрын

What about the most accurate spy movie of all time: *Spy Kids*

@cyroshard1909 3 жыл бұрын

Too accurate. She might spill something confidential.

@lillianpilon8003 3 жыл бұрын

Mmmmmhmmm

@udita920 3 жыл бұрын

Hahah... U guys r so funny

@nehanatarajan 3 жыл бұрын

That was a leaked mission

@glowinthedarkspider3118 3 жыл бұрын

Too confidential, if people find out about the truth behind it, the world of espionage will never recover

@huggledemon32 Жыл бұрын

I love that the more “serious” or supposedly “realistic” drama shows didn’t really get it “right” but the spookier ones DID! 🤷‍♀️🤣🥰

@ytfreak55 Жыл бұрын

The admiration that I feel for this woman is astounding.

@vinrave 3 жыл бұрын

She’s a perfect example of you don’t need to yell or point a weapon to threaten a person. She looks like a normal grandmother but I would definitely not mess with her.

@jmwangi24 3 жыл бұрын

So true. She reminds me of a Scandal episode where the super-spy character Huck had a reunion with such regular-looking people who were his former colleagues; including a grandmother, not unlike this one, who ran a B&B but was also an expert arsonist...lol!

@andreilyas1426 3 жыл бұрын

I would

@hayleebennett6596 3 жыл бұрын

@@andreilyas1426 alright edge lord that would require to come out of your parents house lol

@Luminousreign 3 жыл бұрын

I would be more afraid of the power she could weild against you when she was in her position of power, now she is just a grandma who knows spycraft. This lady was a powerhouse within the machine, she wasn't someone the CIA set loose on the world. She is Q not James Bond.

@Luminousreign 3 жыл бұрын

@Mostly Peaceful lol if she was face to face with someone she had reason to kill and a gun she wouldn't think twice. Don't get me wrong if she wanted to run around the hood she would be hard but she is just a sneaky granny at this point.

@SB-ky9rg 3 жыл бұрын

i love her flex right there. "ben afleck is playing my husband"

@fan-plastictoys5948 3 жыл бұрын

Good thing Ben didn't make Gigli or Daredevil immediately after Argo, or the "flex" might've been a little awkward.

@westaussie965 3 жыл бұрын

“Her flex?” 🤷🏼‍♀️

@SB-ky9rg 3 жыл бұрын

@@westaussie965 yes... her flex

@Idkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkee 3 жыл бұрын

Now there's a couple you'd love to have over for a dinner party or game night.... if those existed outside of movies...or Covid quarantine, lol

@underratedunity1528 3 жыл бұрын

OMG can you imagine having those two as grandparents??

@jaywalker. Жыл бұрын

I could watch her explain things for hours. Legend.

@tajtaj187 Жыл бұрын

Cool lady! Exciting life she must have had, and ofc it’s not like the movies. Takes experience, 100% commitment and confidence, few have it and they do not let people know they do have that. You can tell she is a true expert in her job, trained a bunch of people and maybe even was an amazing field agent. Very cool lady indeed. I also do the same, critical of movies like “that implausible, that’s not possible” 😂 not very fun for others but I also love a good spy movie and comedy’s, spy hard and fletch are soooo good

@jahnyxo 4 жыл бұрын

Jonna: "We would never let that peice of a disguise fly away, that's evidence." Criminals: Write that down, write that down!

@fatimaakamrann 3 жыл бұрын

CHARLES THE FRENCH REFERENCE

@Serena-ch8xl 3 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 😂

@phoebeclark4718 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a SpongeBob reference (“The Camping Episode”)

@faizahmad8738 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@potatopotatopotato1248 3 жыл бұрын

haha. you'd think that goes without saying. but then again most criminals aren't the brightest of people

@LP-xw7ix 5 жыл бұрын

sorry but "CIA Chief of disguise" is officially the coolest job description I've ever heard in my life

@jazzypari 5 жыл бұрын

I can't think of anything more interesting 😭

@TheStackeddeck77 5 жыл бұрын

My US history professor was a field agent for the CIA. I cant remember what he said they are called but they dont call themselves agents. He had a few interesting stories to tell. We didnt get many details but he did a lot of sitting alone listing to devices he and others planted.

@bobdole4916 5 жыл бұрын

@@Zelmel Like their name implies, intelligence gathering is central to their agency.

@ravenbird3357 5 жыл бұрын

absolutely

@TheNikohSan 5 жыл бұрын

@Bryan Smith explain

@KarenCurr Жыл бұрын

What an informative and entertaining video to watch! Thank you!

@stephenwest6738 4 ай бұрын

Theres another one of these with an FBI behaviorist that was able to identify a false persona because he carried flowers stems up, which is apparently a eastern European cultural thing. I loved that so much because it gave some real credence to something i would have pegged as just being Hollywood. The other part that was fascinating is that they told him thats how they knew and it helped bring down the front.

@mauroghen9157 4 жыл бұрын

its nice to notice how shes really trying to choose her words at times to avoid talking about probably still classified info

@DukeApples 4 жыл бұрын

She also does not speak in definitives, talking about things that may have happened.

@rimckd825 4 жыл бұрын

You would love Amaryllis Fox's book about the CIA.

@jsophiapriatna4194 4 жыл бұрын

The part about the "special school for women spies-trainee" tho

@ahhwe-any7434 4 жыл бұрын

Her face freezes remind me of my guinea pigs.

@jjzurcaled215 3 жыл бұрын

When you’re chief of disguise at CIA and your Husband is the best Exfil at CIA. what a total flex.

@lovehumanityearthlove280 3 жыл бұрын

How does she ever know who her husband is or looks like?! She looks so chilly, probably PTSD?

@cyanedavis 3 жыл бұрын

That's what im saying

@xinyichen8144 3 жыл бұрын

This woman is super dope. “They said he was dead before he even hit the floor” ZERO flinch.

@marilyncookgyfd5332 3 жыл бұрын

she's so unthreatening at first but by the end of this i feel like she could definitely have me killed and frame my cat for the murder.

@jeant6502 3 жыл бұрын

What's more flex is saying they're your parents. cool af.

@kellistorie7917 Жыл бұрын

I heard you on the Ted Talk Radio Hour earlier this evening. Very interesting interview. Glad to have you pop up in my YT feed. I'm not a big spy-movie fan, but, I appreciate the art of costuming and disguise.

@lynnielie8312 Жыл бұрын

She’s the coolest literally. I love her she seems so sweet and fun to talk to

@asafupps 2 жыл бұрын

“Ben Aflek is playing my husband Tony Mendez-“ is the most metal thing I have ever heard

@judithofficial982 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n7FjlK5_sLDLm40.html

@isabelhoch3713 2 жыл бұрын

you mean meta?

@user-rn3yr7lc8l 2 жыл бұрын

@@judithofficial982 excuse me but what does that have to do with anything going on here?

@MicheleDelGiudice-mykys 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-rn3yr7lc8l it's a bot, don't interact with it.

@user-en7dx1qp3k 2 жыл бұрын

@@isabelhoch3713 I think they're saying "metal" as a synonym for "badass"

@LikeATvSou 4 жыл бұрын

CAN this lady have a netflix original for 6 seasons already!

@spooperdoopaboop9818 4 жыл бұрын

No, Hulu

@LikeATvSou 4 жыл бұрын

@@spooperdoopaboop9818 I wish!

@StraightFireVR 4 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! Someone give this lady a series

@memguillen2323 4 жыл бұрын

Soumojit Paul Ive watched the video 3x already, I must say I’d definitely would watch it

@LikeATvSou 4 жыл бұрын

@@StraightFireVR OMG yass! So true! #fact !!

@GrannySweets 5 ай бұрын

These are my Most Favorite to watch online, thank you!

@BoyProdigyX 11 ай бұрын

She's my favorite guest by far. Such interesting subject matter, such a rockstar job title, yet such an unassuming lady. She reminds me of my mom quite a bit haha

@Molly-nd5rp 3 жыл бұрын

I love how she talks about doing super illegal stuff but in a super vague way

@SenseiRaisen 3 жыл бұрын

Like a true agent.

@destryedbyhippiepwrs 3 жыл бұрын

It's not illegal if your working for the CIA/government

@user-ov2fc5sd1e 3 жыл бұрын

@@destryedbyhippiepwrs he meant unethical

@idkanameforthis 3 жыл бұрын

SEND ME HATE ON MY VIDEOSSS..

@HiddenOcelot 3 жыл бұрын

@@destryedbyhippiepwrs not really illegal, depending on what it is they're doing, just frowned upon if you're caught.

@jimmybabababababa3536 3 жыл бұрын

They should have shown her agent P and Perry the platypus, if that ain’t CIA level I don’t know what is

@Firepuma_142 3 жыл бұрын

lmao 😂

@couragew6260 3 жыл бұрын

In that case, Perry takes his job very seriously. He’s suppose to be a mindless platypus that doesn’t do much when in reality he has an entire planned schedule of things to do

@MultiNutterbutter 3 жыл бұрын

lmao bro real talk, when Perry puts on his disguise I never notice until Doofenshmirt figures it out.

@erzherzogalbrecht8504 3 жыл бұрын

That ain't CIA level, thats OWCA level

@user-bo7ob1ek2x 3 жыл бұрын

The only bad thing is that they always notice that he's gone though

@voyaristika5673 Жыл бұрын

How interesting. I knew nothing of how disguises are used or that there was a person in charge of it. Very enlightening video. Thanks!

@pamallen2498 7 ай бұрын

You are great! I truly enjoyed everything you talked about.

@erodoehT1013 4 жыл бұрын

This old lady is so good she’s fooling everyone to thinking she’s an old lady but in actuality it’s Tupac Shakur.

@christopherandreasandreas961 4 жыл бұрын

Im dead bruhh

@nottinghill7314 4 жыл бұрын

no he’s right there in the video wearing a mask

@GGAky 4 жыл бұрын

Hail Mary - Tupac

@pureheartbadass 4 жыл бұрын

There's a whole other world out there we can't even imagine

@asnidacali5593 4 жыл бұрын

@ahhwe-any7434 4 жыл бұрын

I don't think I want to know

@D-Z321 4 жыл бұрын

Or can we? 🤯

@ninjabreadgirl 4 жыл бұрын

I want to be a part of it so badly.

@frostyrose2548 4 жыл бұрын

🎶"All we can do is Imagine... In your mind, anything can happen."🎶 -Cody Ko, Imagine

@dsmith3687 Жыл бұрын

I would love to hear her thoughts on Burn Notice. One of my favorite shows, and always wondered how much of it is actually plausible.

@infoSchoof Жыл бұрын

Very entertaining and informative. Love your tongue in cheek analysis. Thank you for your service to our country.

@ppoppoiop6336 4 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: she's actually a 25 y/o black man.

@Zainab-wb4zi 4 жыл бұрын

White chickss whooo

@Un1234l 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, it's 2019.

@TheeLuLuGirl 4 жыл бұрын

Yooo she can actually be wearing a disguise while doing these videos to conceal her idenity

@plot6520 4 жыл бұрын

I want to see that... It would be super funny

@AmeraRecords 4 жыл бұрын

ppoppoiop 🤣🤣🤣

@gs_thewhpmkr520 2 жыл бұрын

She's like a badass grandma that no one expects to be a badass

@johncarter40101 2 жыл бұрын

@Iron Ostrich keep crying. As if, people around the globe are well wishers of the US.

@kathryncainmadsen5850 2 жыл бұрын

You think older people were always old, lol

@judithofficial982 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n7FjlK5_sLDLm40.html

@marialuciaiermano9581 2 жыл бұрын

@@johncarter40101 wonder why john

@asideofaioli4630 2 жыл бұрын

@@kathryncainmadsen5850 I have a 68 yr old uncle that looks the same as he did the day he was shot out the womb, so for some, yeah. Time is a suggestion my friend, not a rule. Source: back to the future 1 & 2

@blingmybizonfacebook9173 Жыл бұрын

This is brilliant! Loved it!

@belhougoldenwind Жыл бұрын

I love how the three best disguises according to a literal former CIA agent are in The Americans, Alias and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

@crhu319 Жыл бұрын

And the quick changes are best carried out by knockout gorgeous starlets (Jennifer Garner, Meagan Fox). Which makes sense as outfit quick change is an advanced girl technology. Well beyond male comprehension.

@mythical_pizza 3 жыл бұрын

Stating that a movie scene could have been used "as a training film" for the CIA is probably the highest compliment a director could get for accuracy. Sure, anyone can say that, but granted that Jonna makes it well known how much of an expert she is, even jokingly, that's high praise.

@calderonjd30 3 жыл бұрын

Yes...but didn't she also say never to draw that much attention to your self in a disguise 🤔... The disguise in that movie was way to flashy

@yasumitodaka1013 3 жыл бұрын

@@calderonjd30 Sometimes it's about reverse psychology. Sometimes it's about the indifference of people towards such outfits.

@pokaay3163 3 жыл бұрын

@@calderonjd30 ever heard of the phrase “hidden in plain sight?” When someone is being searched, people might remember the flashy redhead, but they won’t suspect her on account of how *different* she seemed. she was no longer some regular joe, which is what people would have asked for when referencing her original profile. A disguise like hers wouldn’t have even entered most people’s radars for someone to suspect, simply because she was so believably irrelevant to the case.

@uwish5356 3 жыл бұрын

@@pokaay3163 nice take

@TynamM 3 жыл бұрын

@@pokaay3163 Yeah. In some circumstances 'flashy redhead' is great - as long as that's the ONLY thing people are going to remember about you.

@ilove2929 4 жыл бұрын

Lady: "in Argo Ben Affleck played my husband.." Me: REWIND

@overworkedcna412 4 жыл бұрын

ilove2929 Right?! She’s a badass and her husband is a badass too!

@8Ditsjustmebri 4 жыл бұрын

ME TOO I WAS SHOCKED omg

@HipnosXpress 4 жыл бұрын

yeah, i was like: hmm excuse me wtf?

@Fikile_Mokwena 4 жыл бұрын

I had to pause

@hellen3056 4 жыл бұрын

ME TOO HAHAHAHAHAHHA

@jdk2535 6 күн бұрын

Small detail I haven't seen anyone point out: her husband died January 2019. This video came out May 2019. I'm not sure when this video was filmed or what Wired's production timeline looks like, but there is every chance she was casually mentioning her either recently-departed or quite ill husband with a totally straight face. Adds another layer to her demeanor.