The Three Most Hilarious Things About Watergate, According to David Mandel, the Man Behind ‘White House Plumbers’ (438 views, 0 replies)
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“A third-rate burglary attempt.”
That’s what Ron Zeigler, President Richard Nixon’s press secretary, first called the Watergate break-in during an official press conference. While he was obviously attempting to downplay the seriousness of the crime, it was also an entirely apt description. It took four tries for the Cuban burglars hired by the Republican “Committee to Reelect the President” to burglarize the DNC headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, and when they were caught, one of them had a check in his pocket from Howard Hunt — among the Watergate “masterminds” — to the Lakewood Country Club for $6.36. The man had forgotten to mail the check before the break-in.
And that’s just the tip of the Watergate stupidity iceberg, the subject of the new HBO miniseries White House Plumbers, a comedy/drama from Seinfeld and Veep writer/producer David Mandel. Given all the unintentional hilarity, it’s hard to pick just three of the most egregious — and tragically hilarious — comedy of errors surrounding Watergate, but Mandel gave it his best shot below.
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