I’ve been slowly getting caught up with my blog reading over the last few days. One item that caught my attention is this clip of Woody Allen interviewing Billy Graham way back in 1969. Any readers want to admit having seen this when it originally aired?
Be sure to watch the second part of the interview as well. Killing the Buddha has some good commentary on the exchange.
Watching Allan and Graham exchange friendly banter, a few things stand out. First, it’s really pleasant to see a conversation like this that’s relatively non-confrontational. It’s polite and friendly, even.
Secondly, Graham is just amazing to watch. It’s hard to imagine either Allen or Graham ever being at a loss for words. But Graham’s sincerity and earnestness are quite something. At times in the interview, he’s practically preaching to the audience, but it comes across as natural and interesting. I don’t think Christianity has many other spokespeople out there right now with that level of charisma.
At any rate, a fun little item from the not-so-distant past. I’ll take this type of dialogue over the usual “angry pundits debating” format any day of the week.
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September 27, 2007 at 18:30
That was great. They were both quick on their feet with hilarious (Allen) and enlightening (Graham) responses. Gosh, I never knew that Woody Allen ever had a television show.
September 28, 2007 at 10:14
Oh yeah, I saw that a few months ago. Hillarious! And Billy seems to be in on the joke, so that’s good.
October 6, 2007 at 12:36
The thing I admire most about this interview is the wise way Mr. Graham handled the question about his personal sins. I think that confession is good within the body of Christ, but we ought to be very careful about being too transparent outside of the church. He was also very gracious, taking his role as a minister of reconciliation very seriously.