by Jim Heath | May 21, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
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:...
by Jim Heath | May 19, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
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...
by Jim Heath | May 17, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
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...
by Jim Heath | May 14, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
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...
by Jim Heath | May 12, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
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...
by Jim Heath | May 10, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
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...