Frank Vaughn
Appearances
Hidden Brain
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition)
I was nine years old, and my fourth grade class was invited on a school field trip to the governor's office in Little Rock.
Hidden Brain
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition)
They arranged us all in a semi-circle in cross-legged style, and we waited for the man to show up. And typical of politicians, he was around 15 minutes late. He walks out, he sits down, and he immediately turns and he snaps his fingers and points at one of his female staffers and said, you, go get my Pepsi. And she took off on a dead run for his inner office to go grab that Pepsi.
Hidden Brain
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition)
There was this almost throne-like velvet chair sitting in the middle of the room. And he sits down in it and he crosses his legs and he, you know, just sort of gets himself arranged.
Hidden Brain
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition)
I don't know if I just have one of those faces or what, but for some reason he settled on me and he pointed at me and he said, you, what do you want to be when you grow up? And after witnessing everything I had just seen, the only answer I could come up with was, I want to be you.
Hidden Brain
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition)
And then the governor started laughing. And of course, when he starts laughing, his staff joins in and we all joined in. And it sort of released all the tension in the room.
Hidden Brain
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition)
It's obvious that you all have done a lot of work here in just a couple of days.
Hidden Brain
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition)
And honestly, when I saw the entourage coming up the street with the Secret Service agents and the governor was with him, I thought, well, he's going to walk down the middle of the street because there's no way they're going to let him have, you know, physical contact with people. He's the president. And I was wrong.
Hidden Brain
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition)
There was a limited about a three block area that we were allowed to stand on from street to street to street. But he literally went up one block shaking hands, turned, went back down the next block shaking hands, turned and went back up the third block. I mean, he spent a good four hours just walking these blocks and shaking hands with people.
Hidden Brain
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition)
He stopped, stuck his hand out, shook my hand, and he looked at me and he leaned in and he said, do you still want to be me?
Hidden Brain
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition)
The first thought in my mind was, I need to go to church and pray because this is like demonic. It was just so shocking. And listen, when I tell this story, I know it's hard to believe. I understand that it seems almost impossible. But if, as we say back home, if I'm lying, I'm dying.
Hidden Brain
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition)
Some people are just like that, I guess. It's little wonder that he was, you know, born in Hope, Arkansas to a very poor family and ended up being the most powerful man in the world. You don't get there without talent.
Revisionist History
Face Value
I was nine years old and my fourth grade class was invited on a school field trip to the governor's office in Little Rock.
Revisionist History
Face Value
They arranged us all in a semicircle in cross-legged style, and we waited for the man to show up. And typical of politicians, he was around 15 minutes late. He walks out, he sits down, and he immediately turns and he snaps his fingers and points at one of his female staffers and said, you, go get my Pepsi. And she took off on a dead run for his inner office to go grab that Pepsi.
Revisionist History
Face Value
There was this almost throne-like velvet chair sitting in the middle of the room. And he sits down in it and he crosses his legs and he, you know, just sort of gets himself arranged.
Revisionist History
Face Value
I don't know if I just have one of those faces or what, but for some reason he settled on me and he pointed at me and he said, you, what do you want to be when you grow up? And after witnessing everything I had just seen, the only answer I could come up with was, I want to be you.
Revisionist History
Face Value
And then the governor started laughing. And of course, when he starts laughing, his staff joins in and we all joined in. And it sort of released all the tension in the room.
Revisionist History
Face Value
It's obvious that you all have done a lot of work here in just a couple of days.
Revisionist History
Face Value
And honestly, when I saw the entourage coming up the street with the Secret Service agents and the governor was with him, I thought, well, he's going to walk down the middle of the street because there's no way they're going to let him have, you know, physical contact with people. He's the president. And I was wrong.
Revisionist History
Face Value
There was a limited about a three block area that we were allowed to stand on from street to street to street. But he literally went up one block shaking hands, turned, went back down the next block shaking hands, turned and went back up the third block. I mean, he spent a good four hours just walking these blocks and shaking hands with people.
Revisionist History
Face Value
He stopped, stuck his hand out, shook my hand, and he looked at me and he leaned in and he said, do you still want to be me?
Revisionist History
Face Value
The first thought in my mind was, I need to go to church and pray because this is like demonic. It was just so shocking. And listen, when I tell this story, I know it's hard to believe. I understand that it seems almost impossible. But if, as we say back home, if I'm lying, I'm dying.
Revisionist History
Face Value
Some people are just like that, I guess. It's little wonder that he was, you know, born in Hope, Arkansas to a very poor family and ended up being the most powerful man in the world. You don't get there without talent.