“Life is hard. Life is harder when you’re stupid”- John Wayne

From England I see John Wayne and Clint Eastwood as America

John Wayne was a hero to my dads generation. They all had an appreciation for the price those that went before them paid so they could have this great country. My father fought in WWII and experienced the depression as a child. His patriotism grew out of his gratitude and John Wayne exemplified that America.

I have never met a person without at least one character flaw, that doesn't meen I delete them from my life.

Love this bit about John Wayne. Does a character flaw mean society should delete someone from history, or can you still appreciate their works? Cancel culture is cancerous and detrimental.

At least John Wayne has balls unlike most leftists men. #gofindabidet

John Wayne was the best ever. I miss him.

When they were making The Cowboys in 1972, The producers of that movie we’re left-leaning and despised Wayne as per the dictates of the culture. Then the Duke knocked on their door, and very politely, respectfully and with great humility asked if they would consider putting him in their movie. He earned their respect. They were so awed and humbled by him all their prejudices vanished. This is on the dvd special features. The Cowboys is one of my favorite John Wayne movies.

"Conservatism is now where liberalism resides." Beautiful.

Back in our youth, I didn't go to John Wayne movies due to his politics. Now, when I see his movies on television I regret not going to the movie theater to see them. It takes a long time to gain wisdom.

I watch John Wayne movies regularly still to this day. John Wayne is plain MANLY

“This so called new liberal group...they never listen to your point of view and they make a decision as to what you think. And they’re articulate enough and in control of enough of the press to force that image out for the average person.” - John Wayne

When anyone asks me what my now deceased parents were like, I would always say, "My dad was like John Wayne, and my mom like Betty Crocker." Every time I think of my dad, I think of John Wayne, and vice versa.

John Wayne is an absolute legend & one of the realest/genuine actors from what I’ve heard. It’s sad how the Left would trash a dead person like John Wayne.

The Searchers and Fort Apache are both in my top 10 westerns of all time, but my favourite John Wayne western is Stagecoach.

John Wayne is the best. True American patriot and bad ass

You gotta love The Duke !

Oh Klavan of the shiny pate, you’ve hot this out of the park. They wish to marginalize the impact of these men on our culture, but you captured it. They taught us as men, “ courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” We long for men like that today!

I will happily defend John Wayne - I absolutely love the guy! Thank you for this, Andrew! 👍 PS: OK, I'm going to be controversial here - John's best movie - The Legend of the Lost from 1957 with Sophia Loren. It's great fun and has the best dialogue: "I always forgive a lady one murder".

JOHN WAYNE DEDICATED DAD OF 7. MAN OF MEN AND A GREAT ROLE MODEL. CLINT, THATS MY NAME AND I DO THE SAME.

Good show today Andrew! Love ya Buddy and thanks so much for all you do!!!🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

In college, Leftists were bashing that "racist" John Wayne and I decided to get around to watching one of his films. I chose "Fort Apache" and was much confused to find John Wayne's character defending the Native Americans against Henry Fonda's character...

John Wayne represents a generation that fought and died for freedoms that this generation, who have not fought and died, are simply throwing away.

How could anyone trash John Wayne?😳

Ok. Now they have gone too far.

For me one of the most powerful John Wayne films was The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. In it Wayne plays a man who sacrificed his chance of love and happiness because of the love he had for Hallie. Here was total self sacrifice which would only bring him sorrow but he did it anyway. A beautiful film and a great message of what it means to be a man.

If you don't like John Wayne you are not a real man!!

I love to watch the John Wayne films that were made in Monument Valley. We lived near there in Kayenta. It’s really interesting to watch the movies with the Navajo.

These rotten hypocrites should pick themselves apart. No one had made them judge. ❤️🇺🇸💯🙏

Thanks for your tribute of John Wayne. He personified the spirit of America. Ready, willing and able. His non apologetic love for America led him to stand up and against the Leftist radicals at Harvard. Tell you a true story about John Wayne. An employee from Range resources was fracking on my friend's property. In my friend's barn was a life size cardboard cut of the Duke. The man from Range resources said he wanted to tell us a story about Wayne and his brother. He said his brother was in the Navy and was swimming in the ocean when a rip tide carried him far out un the ocean. He was screaming for help. when out of nowhere a motor boat pulls up beside him. A large hand sweeps thru the water grabbing his brother and pulling him aboard. The large hand belonged to none other than John Wayne. He took the navy man in and they enjoyed some strong drink that afternoon.

Thank your for this, I cannot believe how people feel the need to tear down great Americans.

Your thoughts are cherished Andrew no matter the tally for or against. Perspective is important and imagination is freedom.

I’d add Jimmy Stewart to the list of American actors who symbolize America. A WW2 bomber pilot who continued to serve through Vietnam and wonderful actor.

Marion Robert Morrison (aka. "John Wayne") and Clint Eastwood ... YES 👍 And add Charlton Heston and Ronald Reagan to that list!

I love John Wayne. Most of the movies I saw, John Wayne showed respect for respectable people no matter their ethnicity or race and called out rights and wrongs no matter their ethnicity or race. History is complicated. There are many sides to each situation. Anyone is stupid to brand or judge someone based on one conversation or one incident, or one sound bite.

John Wayne was a far better actor than given credit for. There's a flashback scene from the Quiet Man where he's in the boxing ring and realizes the man he's just knocked down is dead. The look on Wayne's face said it all, without a word of dialogue you knew exactly what was going on inside the character's head.

I grew up watching John Wayne movies and western movies and tv shows. I felt that the Indians were honorable and brave and truthful, to be admired. The activists now are intent on changing my ideas on that.

Who takes Playboy as gospel when they made their money by exploiting women?

It was not a once-in-a-century storm. There was a more severe cold front in December, 1989. It caused no power outages other than downed power lines and broken pipes in attics. The difference was that our electric power came from coal and nuclear. Gas heated the homes. The gas lines could be kept warm by reliable electricity.

I read William Cody's autobiography, and was enthralled by the respect that he had formindians as an Indian fighter. Do humans hate, are they emotional? Yes. But the reality is that they respected each other when as warriors.

I'm not sure, why I didn't see this when you first posted this, BUT I saw it today and had to respond. My father taught me the love of God and Country, and I make no apologizes for that. He was a black truck driver who loved country music and westerns. I got my love for John Wayne from him. I've often said when I post something about him on my FB page that if you can't be respectful then keep it movin. So, I appreciate this clip and your take on him, because I think that too. Thank you so much #Respect from Missouri ;0

Flashman is my favorite series of books! Fantastic!

My grandfather's hero and I am carrying the torch and I love Clint Eastwood as well.

"That'll be the day!"

You are so right AK; an icon for all and a national treasure for the US. Thank God we've still got Clint.

My grandfather got me into liking John Wayne.

Thank you for this...An absolutely fantastic piece.

I don't know how the daily wire scored Klavan, but I am so glad!

The Duke is still my all time favorite.

I thought I was the only one who knew about the Flashman novels. LOL!

Very insightful. Well done.

Love your videos 💕💕💕

Geraldine Page's appeal to John Wayne re: her deceased husband reminded me of Dorothy McGuire's plea to the coroner upon her husband's death in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" - one of my favorite books and movies. Enjoyed this show as I do all your shows! 🙏❤✝️✡🇺🇸⚖🇮🇱🎺📢

Suprised i haven't seen a comment about the green screened room behind him haha

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"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."

Fantastic, I just recently started the Flashman novels. The first one was great, can't wait to get going on the next one.

John Wayne was a good man.

fun fact about John Wayne's Ethan in The Searchers that most people oversee: When the family raid happens and his niece goes out to hide by the family gravesite; you can see on her grandmothers tombstone/the dukes mom was killed by Comanches....thats why he has that true disdain for them as a character.

Wow, I haven't thought about Flashman in years! I read the Flashman books in my late teens and early twenties (I'm 67 now). It was one of my guilty pleasure's. I enjoyed how he would fall in the crapper and always come out smelling like a rose

Andrew, Thank you again for shedding light on basic truths. (for my family at least) John Wayne will always be the greatest example of manhood ever set forth on screen, and just like all great men it would be foolish to allow the fallibility of his humanity to obfuscate the great message he was chosen to share. While it's a fact that "..all men fall short of the glory of God"... it does not mean that God doesn't use these flawed people to bring light into the world. Thanks again Andrew, and may John Wayne's message of manliness continue to be a shining example that inspires families for generations to come.

Had a new kid at work talking about how much he hates this country and that it so racist...I told him I'd write him a 10,000$ check to renounce citizenship and leave immediately, he doesn't talk about it anymore. Call their bluff and they typically can't respond. I will gladly stand with 5 men who love their home then with a 1,000 men who would rather burn it down for some simplistic utopia they will never reach.

I am a fan of John Wayne movies. I have all Wayne movies that are available on DVD. He basically played the same ''heroic character'' in all his movies. I don't care about his true self or what he personally thought about anything, it is none of my business. His performances are entertaining and watchable.

Americana's biggest icon besides Elvis and Marylin Monroe

Kind of chokes me up in different ways; We live in a time that everything offends certain people and must be erased, cut out historical events because they were wrong (instead of remembering and learning from mistakes). John Wayne spoke his mind and that has no place in the current time, so that means so does my Father; He was a "Vaquero" at 15 on _his_ Fathers ranch in Honduras, he was the "Blacksheep" of the family, and we butted heads from my Teens on, because I too became the blacksheep. But he had the typical story, he wanted to come to the nation of "Rock 'n Roll, Elvis and John Wayne", his father wouldn't help, so with a few dollars in his hand came to California around the age of 20 (his girlfriend soon followed, who became my Mother). He tried to become a Marine twice (1959 and 1961) to become an auotomatic citizen, but he had "flat feet". I was born in 1963, and my parents became PROUD U.S. citizens in 65. I was the 1st in my entire family to be born in the U.S., that means a lot to me. My father had said to me a few times; "Son, you are _privaleged_ to live in a country that, you can be anything you want to be, with hard work". My Papa' was a HARD man, we were so different, but in many ways so alike, but he had these moments of compassion, humilty, and empathy. He was polite to everyone, but he had strong opinions as well, but he knew when and where to speak his mind. He died in 2006, but he and Wayne live-on, everytime I watch various Wayne movies and Westerns (and my Papa's taste for Rock & guitars, that led me to "distorted"/overdriven guitars and a love of music). Fave John Wayne movies (*seen in the cinema): Chisum True Grit* The Comancheros Hatari The Man that shot Liberty Vallance Rio Lobo* Big Jake* El Dorado The Searchers The Cowboys* The Quiet Man Will have to watch again; Fort Apache, Rio Grande and She wore a Yellow Ribbon.

❤ John Wayne

They spoke bad about John? ok now its time for a can of whopass

💜💚♥️ Thank you for keeping the descustion going ♥️💛🧡

OR you can dismiss his remarks about race and sex, seeing as he was born 190 freakin 7, and respect and admire other aspects to his character...

I will always will have a soft spot for John Wayne. He is a great actor and nothing that anybody can say will get me to change my mind.

Atrocities in war. Who knew.

Despite the facts that I did not care for any John Wayne movie except The Searchers (because I loved the book better) and I thought he was a terrible actor, I still agree that we don't toss out people for something they said way back when.

Poor John. He must be laughing right now

Where can I find Klavan’s old John Wayne article?

I believe ugly truth is always better then the noble lie

Loved John Wayne!!

Oh great, now I have to add several more books to my library.

I am so pleased, Andrew, you spoke about George MacDonald Fraser and his marvellous books about that scoundrel Flashman. I love Ian Fleming and his James Bond books but have to agree with what a critic once said: George MacDonald Fraser is 20 times better than Ian Fleming.

You're a genius!!!

Just before he died, he converted to Roman Catholicism. So when I talk about him to my sister Betty (his biggest fan) I call him "Saint John Wayne!"

John Wayne was the cowboy. The Searchers was one of the greatest of films

I'm so glad someone else said they're conservative-liberal because I would say that people would look at me like I had two heads love John Wayne I grew up watching John Wayne I call my dog John Wayne because he walks like him

He was very decent to the native people

"Have we forgotten the lessons of the ancient wars?" - Jim Morrison (The Native Americans were an honest & dignified people who, in good faith, ceded battleline after battleline hoping to appease their enemy oppressors - only to be bo be boxd into a near extinction & a cultural obsolescence, perhaps, more horrifying than mere death.) "'Indian, Indian, what did you die for?' Indian says, 'Nothing at all...'" 'Newborn Awakening' 🎶

Three of my favorite "golden screen" actors (older, not newer) of all time are John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, and Gregory Peck. Stalwart All-Americans and great actors I can identify with. Some 'more modern' actors that I have also liked a lot, who personify toughness and masculinity and are capable of high body counts and doing a lot of people in are Chuck Norris, Charles Bronson...and even Steven Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme... Not that the aforementioned 4 actors are great actors per se, but I love seeing them 'kick arse' and beating the hell out of many bad guys....

The Flashman novels are hilarious and profound in their own way - highly recommended!

I remember vterans talking about John Wayneing it .This was reckless stupidity in combat .Thinking you were invincible after seeing too many of his movies

Couldn’t agree with you more on the deeper truth. Better watch out though, there are loads of people out there who will pretend they will never lie... even if it meant saving a loved one. Of course they’re lying to themselves and everyone around them but for some reason they can’t see it... guess they’re just too busy virtue signalling 🤔

The Flashman books are amazing. My favourite series of novels going. Also, Black Ajax is superb.

I don’t think Wayne’s thinking is flawed. He’s basically saying he does not believe in affirmative action: handing out positions of authority to people who aren’t trained or educated to take on those responsibilities. Perhaps he could have worded it more delicately, but that’s simply not Wayne’s way.

Own every one of his films, on tape and disk. Purchase, not pirate. Watch them regularly. Stagecoach, Rio Lobo, Rio Bravo and War Wagon are in the most viewed. The Cowboys is an Incredible Film, class of its own. So Many others. Talk about the other crapola if you want, The Duke made great films.

lessons from John Wayne about work ethic and earning what you work hard for. and taking pride in your ability to do a job the best you can. and that getting paid for doing a good job is nothing more than a trade between two people. "Gave? Boy, you've got it all wrong. I don't give jobs I hire men... And for that I'll pay you a fair day's wage. You won't give me anything and I won't give you anything. We both hold up our heads."

Amazing, dead on accurate video

17:45 - rape isn't adultery 🙄

God establishes our boundaries

All things must die. All lives will be tinged with challenges. The organism that does not endure the whetstone of strife will soften and cease to be.

To be honest though, there's no way John Wayne could have held his own against Victor McLaglan in a fistfight.

The Duke🇺🇸

Don't forget Chuck Norris!

MLK Jr and Malcolm X never supported trans rights. The Squad members don't support the rights of Otherkin.