iq -- life has been 1 -- thank you. >> jack valenti felt strongly he needed additional times for remarkse failed to make. jack: brian asked me about political figures in texas. the two most influential in that state whose arena is the national arena would be james baker, the secretary of state and the senior senator from texas, lloyd bentsen. these men are singularly powerful. the future is cheerful for both of them. who i mentioned was the vice presidential candidate of 1988. both democrats and republicans buried -- believed he found himself with great skill, knowledge, and grace. i think you will be finding -- hearing more from him in the future. >> what does that say about jack valenti? joshua: going into this project i knew jack valenti. he was the archetype of a lobbyist. he was the washington, d.c. insider. the chiefd he was lobbyist for a major industry and he just potentially passed off people of importance. baker was secretary of state at the time or chief of staff. it's funny, that is not the jack valenti who comes across in resources from the mid-60's. he was very new to washi

then he would see jack valenti in the morning. he would go through the memos, which he had curated. if you wanted something in the night reading, you gave it to valenti. valenti read it and decided whether he got in there. the next morning he would pick up the memos and dispersed the instructions. valenti later estimated johnson was reading 300,000 words a week in policy papers which meant the lengths he was reading more. he was incredibly important. he was also a speech writer. he was a utility player like all of them. that was a critical role. he was really broad and open minded for a texan who had never really worked. he went to harvard and whatnot for his mba. he was a man of the world but he did not know washington. this was the mid-1960's when a lot of ideas were fomenting. he was seen as an oddball. he would let staff members and folks in the cabin agencies put -- in the cabinet agencies put stuff in the night reading. ryan: correct me if i was wrong -- brian: correct me if i was wrong but i believe he left the white house and went to work for the motion pictures association o

i ask you this to see how much it describes what jack valenti was like. here is the end of the interview and then what happened after that. [video clip] >> i thank the good lord every day for letting me do this. lot ofbeen one hell of a fun. >> thank you. >> jack fomenting contacted c-span right after this interview. he felt very strongly he needed additional time or remarks you feel to make. here are his comments. >> would brian asked me about eminent political figures in texas, of course the two most influential in that state whose whole arena though is the national arena would be james baker of houston, the secretary of state, of course the scene to their senator from texas, lloyd bentsen of houston. both of these men are singularly powerful. i think the future is cheerful for both of them. as you know, lloyd bentsen was the vice presidential candidate in 1988. all observers, both democrats and republicans believed he found himself with great skill, knowledge, and grace. i think you will be hearing more about him in the future. clip]ideo what does that

. >> here's a photo that includes moyers, jack valenti and marvin watson. who are those people standing with lynn condition johnson? he was a very sincere and earnest theologian , he ended up working for johnson in johnson's media business in texas, at the station lay by dirt -- lady bird owned. and on the senate staff. >> what about jack paleti? >> he was just a friend a young advertising and p.r. guy from texas who johnson knew. he ended up marrying one of johnson's secretaries and he's a fascinating character. the fact that he's there is happenstance. he was advancing a leg of the texas trip in november of 1963 l.b.j. invited him on from houston to dallas, he happened to be five cars back in the motorcade or 10 cars back when the president was assassinated. johnson put him on air force one immediately and brought him back o d.c. >> of all the people you wrote about who intrigued you most? >> mcfeverson. he was one of the few that didn't go to university of texas in austin. he wrote a letter to l.b.j. and that spun into him coming to washington on the sta

. >> from the vantage point jack valenti november 1963 in advertising pr gay mom -- pr guy and from the young businessman became friendly with the senate secretary and he was tasked as a volunteer with the leg of the trip that president kennedy was taking in houston and johnson said get on air force two and fly to dallas and come with me afterwards so he did. he was ten cars back in the motorcade through a whirlwind of circumstances that he wanted on air force one but he wasn't sure why but on the four left corner you can see a very confused looking valenti had no idea why he was there. he went on staff having no experience that johnson really respected his opinion became the appointment secretary and a great gatekeeper not on who got to see him but the information that he would look through the memorandum of staff and would decide what should go before the president and he wears a champion of the oddball idea with those proposals and concepts are little different from moyers who was on appointment that day 29 years old he was a staff member with johnson since the 1960 presidential camp

office on the far left corner against the wall of the plane you will see a very confused looking jack valenti, no idea why i was there. he went on staff, having no political experience but johnson really respected his intellect and his dedication. he became the appointment secretary, proved a very deft gatekeeper for johnson not just in terms of who could see them but what information he consumed. he called through 5000 words for miranda from staff and different departments every week and decided -- he was credited by quite a few staff members for having been a champion of the oddball idea. he put in front of johnson a wide variety of proposals and concepts. he was a little different from bill moyer who was also on the plane that day, and ordained baptist minister. he had been a staff member on johnson ave. senate staff and his 1960 presidential campaign. he later jumped ship and worked at the peace corps in the kennedy administration advancing the austin portion of the trip and valencia was an accidental passenger on air force one, moyer was an elder statesman of pbs and always came across a