WATCH: Jim On History Recap Season 1 – Preview Of F-16 Flight!
Jim on History's first season on YouTube is now history. The first three-month run was a big success, with one of the episodes attracting over 20,000 views. In total, the first season garnered nearly 5,000 new subscribers to the Jim Heath Channel, and tens of...
WATCH: Discussing Western Water Crisis With Obama A DOZEN Years Ago
Jim on History analyzes the ongoing water crisis out west. Jim Heath and Barack Obama briefly discussed western water concerns over a dozen years ago in South Carolina. The conversation happened before the start of a formal interview back in 2007. This week, water...
WATCH: Jim On History – Garth Brooks Hugs The Presidents!
At Joe Biden's inauguration, Garth Brooks performed a stirring rendition of the classic spiritual "Amazing Grace." Jim on History looks back to his performance, and more importantly, what happened afterwards. Brooks, in a sign of true bipartisanship, made sure to...
WATCH: Jim On YouTube – Domestic Worker For A Day!
What's it like to do another job for a day? That was the premise of Jim Heath's three-part series that aired on KYMA TV over 20 years ago. One of the jobs Jim selected was being a maid for a day. "It's an unappreciated job that deserves a lot more respect," said...
WATCH: Jim On History – Anchorman Taken Hostage!
Jim on History recalls the time that longtime Phoenix Bill Close was forced at gunpoint to read a statement - which included a prediction that Phoenix would be invaded by ants - on the air. In May, 1982, Joe Billie Gwin, 28, took four people hostage at the station....
WATCH: Jim On History – A ‘Neat Idea?’ The Iran-Contra Scandal
Jim on History recalls the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal. In a nutshell, it was a secret U.S. arms deal by the Reagan administration that traded missiles and other arms to free some Americans held hostage by terrorists in Lebanon, but also used funds from the arms deal...
WATCH: Jim On History – Lee Harvey Oswald ON TRIAL
Among the most heinous criminal acts ever committed on American soil is the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. When accused gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was himself shot to death two days later while in police custody, Americans were...
WATCH: Jim On History – Gary Hart & His Monkey Business
In early 1987, rumors began circulating about the supposed extramarital affairs of Sen. Gary Hart, the leading candidate for the 1988 Democratic nomination for President. In response, Hart challenged the media. He told The New York Times in an interview published...
WATCH: Jim On History – Changing Of The Guard At The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier
The military guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is changed in an elaborate ceremony which happens every day at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Twenty-four hours a day, soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as "The Old Guard,"...
WATCH: Jim On History – Rich Little, Becoming The Presidents
Rich Little made his career after entertaining at both of Ronald Reagan's presidential inaugurations. A master mimic, Little received widespread praise after his 1981 appearance at the first Reagan inaugural gala. As Reagan, he had the crowd roaring when he...
WATCH: Jim On History – Too Slow To React, AIDS In The 80s
In the 1980s, the outbreak of HIV and AIDS swept across the United States and rest of the world, though the disease originated decades earlier. Though the CDC discovered all major routes of the disease’s transmission—as well as that female partners of AIDS-positive...
WATCH: Jim On History, Featuring Doris Heath’s JFK Scrapbook
Doris Heath makes a special appearance on this edition of Jim on History. Back on November 22, 1963 Doris started collecting newspaper and magazine articles related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. For the first time in years, she shares the...
WATCH: Jim On History – Best Album: Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln
Jim Heath remembers his favorite album as a kid - Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. The Disney classic features a speech from Lincoln created for the 1964 Worlds Fair. Since then, the famous animatronic has been housed at Disneyland in California. WATCH: Jim...
WATCH: Jim On History – The Early Days Of Money-Grubbing Televangelism
Jim on History looks back to the early days of 1980's televangelism. In theory, it's a beautiful way to spread a message of faith to the masses. In reality, it seems to end disproportionately in hand-tailored suits that cost as much as a down payment on a mortgage...
WATCH: Jim On History – JFK Jr. Talks About Being ‘Son Of A Legend’
In the mid 1990's, George magazine was revolutionary; there had never been anything quite like it. Nor had there ever been a magazine editor quite like John F. Kennedy Jr., a lawyer by training. As the son of the thirty-fifth president and an elegant First...
WATCH: Jim On History – Jennings Interviews Dame Edna, New Years 2000
It was an interview on live TV viewed around the world that anchor Peter Jennings couldn't believe was happening. As part of ABC's 24 hour live coverage of New Years Eve/Day 2000, Jennings spent time with Australian comedian Barry Humphries, better known as Dame...
WATCH: Jim On History – The Interview That Saved The Clinton’s Careers
With red lips, blue eyes and big blond hair, a former newscaster and lounge singer named Gennifer Flowers had talked to a supermarket tabloid about how she had been presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s mistress for 12 years. It was up to his wife to fix it. So on...
WATCH: Al Gore & The Most Important Concession Speech Ever
Former Vice President Al Gore offered one of the most important concession speeches in American history following the extremely close 2000 election. Gore conceded defeat to George W. Bush following weeks of legal battles over the recounting of votes in Florida, on...