Tom Hanks On The Moon Landings & What He Learned Working With Astronauts | PODCAST

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024

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  • @wubwubwoosh
    @wubwubwoosh 5 месяцев назад +99

    Looking forward to the Franco Prussian War with Zendaya next week!

    • @GorgeDawes
      @GorgeDawes 5 месяцев назад +2

      I’d watch that! I reckon she could bluff it if you gave her a couple of days to read up.

  • @matslindeberg
    @matslindeberg 5 месяцев назад +17

    This was an absolute treat. Love Tom Hanks and he clearly knows his space stuff. Great episode!

  • @MohamedGendeel
    @MohamedGendeel 3 месяца назад +1

    Brilliantly done,from both sides,Tom is a highly intellectual guy,with rich knowledge about that era,l really enjoyed the whole interview, many thanks .

  • @Muddipaws1308
    @Muddipaws1308 29 дней назад +2

    This is great

  • @R08Tam
    @R08Tam 5 месяцев назад +1

    I was 17 and have a vague memory of Apollo 11. I have a much stronger memory of the anxious weekend when we thought Apollo 13 was going to end in tragedy.

  • @JKribbit
    @JKribbit 5 месяцев назад +4

    Tom Hanks seems like he didnt want the episode to end! I know I never wanted it to end! 😂

  • @dempseysdad
    @dempseysdad 5 месяцев назад

    Two of my two favorite entities. ROH and Tom Hanks

  • @jeremybaumeister215
    @jeremybaumeister215 5 месяцев назад +1

    The term national treasure is thrown at way too many people. But it's completely applicable to Mr. Hanks

  • @d.c.8828
    @d.c.8828 5 месяцев назад +1

    I thought Holland's Nixon impression was pretty solid! 👌 Not enough exaggeration on JFK's higher-pitched and somewhat nasally distinct Massachusetts accent.

    • @jimb9063
      @jimb9063 5 месяцев назад

      I've always wondered what "and do the other things" meant in his speech about going to do the moon.

  • @tedsmith3407
    @tedsmith3407 5 месяцев назад

    The show ended to quick like live itself bang and it's all over god bless

  • @Wallyworld30
    @Wallyworld30 5 месяцев назад +55

    I have no idea how you 2 were able to get the great Tom Hanks on your show but that was a real treat! Thank you!

  • @theartfuldodger8609
    @theartfuldodger8609 5 месяцев назад +18

    Cant believe you invited Woody on to discuss Buzz Lightyear stuff...

  • @symingtonm
    @symingtonm 5 месяцев назад +23

    Tom (Holland) throwing Dominic under the bus at 43:50 has had me laughing all day.

    • @jasonmoore7223
      @jasonmoore7223 16 дней назад +1

      5 months later and it's still funny! Hahaha

  • @realspacemusicvideos
    @realspacemusicvideos 5 месяцев назад +28

    I was lucky enough to meet, chat and interview two Apollo astronauts in person before they passed away. They were always kind and sharp, representing the very best of what America was, is, can, will and should be.

  • @PFWoody488
    @PFWoody488 5 месяцев назад +28

    Any movie involving history and Hanks is a must watch for me because he cares about history and does his best to get it right. Great conversation. Thanks.

  • @ted356
    @ted356 5 месяцев назад +14

    Tom Hanks is uniquely able to tell these stories. He is from the same generation that I’m from and his description of how we were steeped in “the space race” as kids in the US during the 60s is right on target. Great episode! P.S. I also love “ From the Earth to the Moon”, his series that was on HBO. It’s worth a watch on DVD or streaming.

  • @TheDominionOfElites
    @TheDominionOfElites 5 месяцев назад +65

    Tom Hanks is the ultimate dad, I love it, he’s just so pure and genuine in his interest in history, for someone with a very fortunate and successful career elsewhere.

  • @DoktorLorenz
    @DoktorLorenz 5 месяцев назад +16

    This is a nice surprise before I go to work

  • @Ukedc259
    @Ukedc259 5 месяцев назад +14

    Hanks premium value added

  • @d.c.8828
    @d.c.8828 5 месяцев назад +6

    I was hoping to hear "Charles Lindbergh-- **not** a friend of The Rest Is History Podcast!"

  • @tyrellarson
    @tyrellarson 5 месяцев назад +7

    What a fantastic episode. I love the Rest is History podcast. I'm a long time listener. Having Tom Hanks on is a really testament to the quality of the podcast and he gave some really fanstastic insight. Amazing. Cheers to that.

  • @allenwelsch2839
    @allenwelsch2839 5 месяцев назад +7

    I could listen to the three of you for hours.

  • @davidevans3227
    @davidevans3227 5 месяцев назад +9

    greetings from south wales.. 🙂
    thankyou for sharing this

  • @kevindonahue86
    @kevindonahue86 5 месяцев назад +4

    Brilliant episode! Pleasantly surprised not only did Hanks know his stuff, his answers to those final questions about President Coolidge and AA were intriguing. History can be interesting even about the less than popular or front page news. A wonderful episode.

  • @sallybarlow6796
    @sallybarlow6796 5 месяцев назад +7

    Incredible acting talent ... and also Tom Hanks.

  • @lawrie118
    @lawrie118 5 месяцев назад +6

    I’ve wondered what makes this podcast so bloody good. There’s much to consider but Dominic’s laugh is the glue that holds it together ❤

    • @realBrianCars
      @realBrianCars 3 месяца назад +1

      The love between these two makes this show great

  • @BrysonCole-rl2rj
    @BrysonCole-rl2rj 26 дней назад +1

    Sorry, TH, but apparently Buzz Aldrin was an elder at Webster Presbyterian Church in Houston. I doubt if he were RC that he’d be allowed to self administer communion.

  • @johngameson9768
    @johngameson9768 5 месяцев назад +4

    Tom Hanks
    Villa Fan and Actor
    Fantastic Listen
    Thanks

  • @petehiggins3582
    @petehiggins3582 Месяц назад +1

    I wish you had asked if the “Forrest Gump 2” rumors were legit…but I know you mght strike a nerve… never know

  • @jcr_jcr
    @jcr_jcr 5 месяцев назад +6

    That podcast was magnificient. What a great guy Tom Hanks is. Thank you.

  • @elainem.375
    @elainem.375 5 месяцев назад +2

    Friend of the show, symbologist Robert Langdon.

  • @hughbarr8408
    @hughbarr8408 Месяц назад +1

    Did Tom Hanks land on the moon? Are you 100% sure?

  • @theomen826
    @theomen826 5 месяцев назад +3

    This was an amazing episode! Tom was such a great guest. Both entertaining and knowledgeable, I learned some new facts about the Apollo program along the way. Keep up the great work guys! Best podcast out there by a long shot

  • @RANDALLBRIGGS
    @RANDALLBRIGGS 2 месяца назад +2

    Dear Tom: Calvin Coolidge served a term-and-a-half, inheriting the presidency after Warren G. Harding's death. And the stock-market crash happened on Herbert Hoover's watch, not Coolidge's. And Hoover's attempts to micro-manage the economy back to health didn't help. And neither did FDR's attempts to do more of the same. The real culprit was the Federal Reserve Board, which kept interest rates too low for most of the 1920s and then raised them too high and too quickly to protect its own deposits. The Federal Reserve admits this, by the way. Calvin Coolidge died less than four years out after leaving office. Post-presidency, he lived and died in Northampton, MA. I don't think that he spent those four years apologizing. The closest thing to it was that he confided to an old friend, "I feel I no longer fit in with these times." I loved your entire take on the astronauts and mankind's future, but you just don't have the facts on Coolidge. BTW, if you want to read about Independence Day means, read Coolidge's speech on the 150th anniversary of the Declaration.

  • @ScottHand22
    @ScottHand22 5 месяцев назад +3

    Tom Hanks mentioned Antarctica. The race to the South Pole would make a good series or something about Shackelton's voyages.

  • @cillianmccarthy7570
    @cillianmccarthy7570 5 месяцев назад +1

    Tom, Dominic and Mr Hanks. I was telling two friends of mine tonight over drinks about the thrilling story of the Apollo missions and the Space race as a whole, But I was met with condomnation, disregard of the scientific and historical facts of the matter and was given, conspiracies,. politically driven narratives and misled views on the topic. I have to ask as people whom strive to give a truthful, historically accurate and erudite points of view. How does one keep their cool when being bombarded with drunken criticism and internet conspiracy and a wide spread bullshit*t ? Please help me out. 😅 great fan of the show from Cobh, Ireland! Keep up the good work baiis !!

  • @thew8belt169
    @thew8belt169 5 месяцев назад +3

    I enjoyed this podcast from the very dead center of the eclipse totality. Kinda fun.

  • @louiseoliver3453
    @louiseoliver3453 5 месяцев назад +4

    What a fantastic guest! Tom Hanks has such a real enthusiasm, I loved this edition!

  • @therealuncleowen2588
    @therealuncleowen2588 5 месяцев назад +2

    Brilliant stuff! Thanks for that.
    One small thing that Mr. Hanks mis-spoke about. He made it sound like Neil Armstrong was a civilian who had not been in the military. Neil Armstrong did, in fact, serve in the US Navy as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952 and flew combat missions over Korea during the Korean War. He then left the active duty military and became a civilian test pilot for military contractors.
    It is true that he was not in the military at the time that he was chosen by NASA to become an astronaut. Most of the men who flew in Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo were active duty military at the time they were selected by NASA. Also, most of the others had more time in the military than Neil, off the top of my head, I'd say the average was 15 years.

  • @andymacfaul2852
    @andymacfaul2852 5 месяцев назад +2

    What a tremendous coup to get Tom Hanks on The Rest is History! He knew his stuff and was great company for an hour. Just the job after five episodes about Martin Luther 😂

  • @kevin-ra447
    @kevin-ra447 5 месяцев назад +4

    Wow, what a tour de force by Tom! Love this podcast, absolute lads

  • @beaky29
    @beaky29 5 месяцев назад +3

    He is just a 100% top guy. Great show, enthusiastically presented. More from Tom, Tom and Dom please

  • @nicknewman7848
    @nicknewman7848 5 месяцев назад +1

    Let's get Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson on to talk about the Suez canal crisis!

  • @mackenshaw8169
    @mackenshaw8169 5 месяцев назад +1

    Armstrong wasn't a career Navy man but he was a commissioned officer.

  • @shivabreathes
    @shivabreathes 4 дня назад

    Whenever Tom Hanks is speaking, in the background just above his left shoulder we can see what appears to be an Orthodox Christian icon. It’s a reminder that Tom Hanks is an Orthodox Christian, having converted when he married his wife Rita Wilson (born Margarita Ibrahimoff). I believe they are part of the Greek Orthodox Church.

  • @d.c.8828
    @d.c.8828 5 месяцев назад +2

    I would actually be quite interested in a film about Calvin Coolidge!

  • @kenjukes2845
    @kenjukes2845 5 месяцев назад +2

    Fantastic episode, Tom Hanks' knowledge and enthusiasm is infectious - I know he is deep into the detail of WWII so perhaps Tom can put a word in for his brother's podcast

  • @petehiggins3582
    @petehiggins3582 Месяц назад

    Tom - if you’re slim-chance watching this and reading this , I wanted to tell you that if you were not an actor, you would make a great either high school history, teacher or college professor. Obviously I’m not telling you to stop acting not for the money you guys make lol. But seriously, I love how passionate you are about this moon landing film project. I can’t wait for it to come to the states. I have only seen other video tonight. I’m just learning that you did this and I guess it premiered over in London.? I don’t know if theaters here can do what you need them to do for this film-is it supposed to be in a theater IMAX? I know there’s one in Atlantic City closest one to my house as far as I can tell.. back in the 70s and 80s they used to show laser Floyd in perfect place. I would guess for your film Hayden planetarium I don’t even think that exists anymore. but I’ll keep checking RUclips. I don’t know if this thing has come over to the US if anybody else knows please let me know. I love space films, specifically documentaries, like this more than things like total recall, which is great in its own documentaries, fab, and very fascinating thanks again, Tom.

  • @SophyaAgain
    @SophyaAgain 5 месяцев назад +1

    Dear Tom Hanks is such a great story teller. If you put him at ease he'll talk for hours and you'd enjoy every second of it.

  • @jaredfry
    @jaredfry 5 месяцев назад +1

    You'd have to be performing open heart surgery to be skipping this one -- and I'm not quite sure you'd get a pass if you were the one under the knife. Tremendous topic and a most wonderful guest.

  • @jimb9063
    @jimb9063 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks chaps, superb stuff.
    I think the early astronauts were almost exclusively test pilots, and were put through an incredible array of OTT testing because it wasn't really known what they were testing for.
    Where confidence becomes arrogance is a grey area. Certain roles requite it in spades. Surgeons, middle order batsmen, and pilots especially.
    Sitting on top of a Saturn 5 though???!! Madlads.

  • @MusesWellspring
    @MusesWellspring 17 дней назад

    Thank you so much for this. I had this chance to watched it at lightroom and it was absolutely amazing.

  • @rekunta
    @rekunta Месяц назад

    40:45 What is Hanks talking about here?
    Neil Armstrong wasn't a civilian, he had a past as a naval aviator.....he flew and saw action in the Korean War, flying fighters off of a carrier. He had to be an officer to do that.

  • @johnculler8312
    @johnculler8312 5 месяцев назад +1

    William Safire, a Nixon speechwriter wrote the speech that Nixon never needed to give.

  • @petehiggins3582
    @petehiggins3582 Месяц назад

    I think Neil Armstrong got out first because his name is the coolest to be associated. As opposed to the other guys.. it’s just one of those powerful names that goes down in history. I think it was meant to be. I don’t know if that was thought about in the space capsule that day but hope I make sense.

  • @d.c.8828
    @d.c.8828 5 месяцев назад +2

    I am from Houston (pronounced "Hyoo-sten") and find Mr. Hanks' characterization of our swampland metropolis to be quite accurate! 👌 🌟

  • @Wickedacorn
    @Wickedacorn 5 месяцев назад +1

    I really enjoyed that. I subscribed a few days ago after watching your Titanic vids. I'm working on a video of my own (shameless plug) about a little-known Titanic story with a Manchester connection. I never thought I would see Hollywood on here. Good for you.

  • @dansv1
    @dansv1 5 месяцев назад +1

    43:47 “The atmospheric entry interface velocity upon return from the Moon is approximately 36,500 ft/s (11.1 km/s; 40,100 km/h; 24,900 mph)”

  • @nickwoolmer5037
    @nickwoolmer5037 5 месяцев назад +2

    Tom Hanks is a great bloke, his depth of knowledge about anything he is involved in is inspiring.

  • @LordOfElderon
    @LordOfElderon 5 месяцев назад +1

    now there needs to be a the rest is history episode on alcoholics anonymous.
    edit: i like the zendaya reference at the end. wonder if dominic winds tom up with that.

  • @Sweaty_Ken
    @Sweaty_Ken 5 месяцев назад +1

    Dominic appears to live in a branch of Waterstones.

  • @sherlockgnomes8971
    @sherlockgnomes8971 4 месяца назад

    What an awesome guest to have on 👍 However, I think Holland will not be winning any academy awards in the near future 😂

  • @JonathanRossRogers
    @JonathanRossRogers 7 дней назад

    46:01 Game over, man. Game over. RIP Bill Paxton.

  • @jackiechan8840
    @jackiechan8840 5 месяцев назад +1

    Does Dominic have any books that aren't written by himself???
    I think Tom should have a quiet word with him regarding his ruthless self promotion perhaps...
    Excellent work as always boys.

  • @christianagill4447
    @christianagill4447 5 месяцев назад +2

    Saw the moonwalkers on Easter Sunday. My 2 year old granddaughter is excited to know a woman will walk on the moon next year. The moon is something she loves to see in the sky and I am often asked If I can hear it.

    • @Ulyssestnt
      @Ulyssestnt 5 месяцев назад

      That sounds heartwarming Chrissie,you have to be incredibly proud:)

  • @unbabunga229
    @unbabunga229 5 месяцев назад +1

    Why does Tom Hanks seem so normal, celebrities are usually so weird

  • @Batman111-q3r
    @Batman111-q3r 5 месяцев назад

    So why did they look like they was attending a funeral at the press conference.

  • @gamegnome
    @gamegnome 5 месяцев назад +1

    Next, Tom Holland interviews Tom Holland on his experience playing the fictional treasure hunter Nathan Drake in the Uncharted movie

  • @tonyduncan9852
    @tonyduncan9852 5 месяцев назад +2

    Tom Hanks. Thanks.

  • @Ulyssestnt
    @Ulyssestnt 5 месяцев назад +1

    American treasure..really a world/western treasure..he has inspired me with his art and brought me much joy.
    He might be partly responsible for me joining the military,a genuine force of good.
    L'Chaim Mr.Hanks:)

  • @d.c.8828
    @d.c.8828 5 месяцев назад +1

    Y'all should have released this on April 1st and done a diatribe about how Martin Luther was so reviled by the Church after publishing his famous 95 Theses that he was condemned to exile and banished to perish on the moon for all eternity! 🌑🤸🏼‍♂️

    • @chriscorben-green2640
      @chriscorben-green2640 5 месяцев назад +1

      They also could have released it on April 1st, & open it with Tom Hanks claiming Kubrick told him, which Hollywood studio he filmed the Moon landing at!

  • @alexhubble
    @alexhubble 5 месяцев назад +2

    Woot woot! Saved to 'watch later' and 'watch repeatedly'!

  • @lagarvikmedia
    @lagarvikmedia 5 месяцев назад +3

    Can't wait for the Franco Prussian war with Zendaya

  • @arthurfarrow
    @arthurfarrow 5 месяцев назад +2

    Imagine Neil Armstrong had been an Ulsterman. "It's one small step for (a) Man, so it is!

    • @thejoin4687
      @thejoin4687 5 месяцев назад

      An Orange parade on the Moon would be quite something

    • @thelonerizla1
      @thelonerizla1 5 месяцев назад

      ​@thejoin4687 you s heads just won't leave it go will you . BB .

    • @BrysonCole-rl2rj
      @BrysonCole-rl2rj 26 дней назад

      To be sure, to be sure . . .

  • @oswin565656
    @oswin565656 5 месяцев назад +1

    tom holland's JFK moon speech impression is one of the best podcast moments I've ever heard

  • @suxcawks
    @suxcawks 5 месяцев назад +1

    Wow, I always thought they were real but Tom Hanks is pretty clearly saying here they filmed the whole thing themselves.

  • @martinarcher1503
    @martinarcher1503 4 месяца назад

    Hanks obviously loves the sound of his own voice

  • @jhofster31
    @jhofster31 5 месяцев назад +1

    What a coup getting Tom Hanks...

  • @CharlieBoardman1
    @CharlieBoardman1 4 месяца назад

    Why does no atmosphere mean no depth perception?

  • @jamie_ar
    @jamie_ar 5 месяцев назад +2

    That final anecdote about the cabbie was absolute gold!

  • @tanksherman8292
    @tanksherman8292 5 месяцев назад

    If tom hanks says its real it must be! 👁️ 👌

  • @SophyaAgain
    @SophyaAgain 5 месяцев назад

    27:40 Surely those men are and wrere very special peoples. "The Right Stuff" is one of my favourite movies. The titule of that movie here in Brazil was "The chosen ones". In Portuguese, of course. "We" usually chose crappy movie titles in Portuguese, but that time "we" got it right.

  • @adrianholmes9519
    @adrianholmes9519 5 месяцев назад

    Great video. If Tom Hanks wants to know how AA works, I suggest he reads "Not-God" by Ernest Kurtz. 🙂

    • @ChadTheAlcoholic
      @ChadTheAlcoholic 3 месяца назад +1

      Writing The Big Book is a far better book in my opinion. But the movie that needs to be made is the Jack Alexander Saturday Evening Post AA story. That would be the coolest aa movie.

    • @adrianholmes9519
      @adrianholmes9519 3 месяца назад

      @@ChadTheAlcoholic I can only go with your expertise on that point. I was thinking of "Not-God" becasue it's a serious in-depth piece and from an outsider's point of view

  • @allancarey2604
    @allancarey2604 5 месяцев назад +2

    This has been great!!! :)

    • @allancarey2604
      @allancarey2604 5 месяцев назад

      Loved the end…what a treat!!!

  • @williampatton7476
    @williampatton7476 5 месяцев назад +1

    I hate the new privatised space companies.

  • @edbaker9176
    @edbaker9176 5 месяцев назад +2

    Yo!

  • @catmando7262
    @catmando7262 5 месяцев назад +1

    Absolutely brilliant. Love Apollo. Love Tom Hanks. What better way to spend time.

  • @paulbendall1238
    @paulbendall1238 5 месяцев назад

    Further and further away we go in need for comforts we seek, to comfort ourselves with needing to seek is the weaker we become, the further the comfort seeps in. The strength is in its origin, gin or jinni or spinning yarn that adorns the blind mind in tales of fancy spun into gold terds are the stories are the realities each spin ans so live in...tom knows.

    • @paulbendall1238
      @paulbendall1238 5 месяцев назад

      Rising flying dust there is not where gravity is, the gravitas of speech or of the the booted foot well healed and trod in moon sand, kicking up dust that drops back down to its ground on the loonatic rock is very queer when there is no gravity to its sphere?

    • @paulbendall1238
      @paulbendall1238 5 месяцев назад

      Fold up stars always come back to fold up on themselves to open out on the opposite side.

  • @schmeed0000
    @schmeed0000 5 месяцев назад +1

    Holland's JFK speech sounded more like Churchill lmao

  • @shakkattack
    @shakkattack 2 месяца назад

    Shill is hanks ❗️

  • @bobberdaddy
    @bobberdaddy 5 месяцев назад

    Science fiction. Yawn!

  • @trytofindareasonwhy
    @trytofindareasonwhy 5 месяцев назад +1

    now way! tom hanks is a legend

  • @ohheyitskevinc
    @ohheyitskevinc 5 месяцев назад

    Great interview! We can’t discount the impact of the Cold War on the early space program. JFK may have been the voice of Apollo, but it all began with Eisenhower after Sputnik and then became a space race. Administrations tend not to have long term goals with terms being 4 or 8 years max. Kennedy’s goal of the end of the decade - he knew he likely wouldn’t be in office by then. As soon as we landed on the moon (and since), NASA had to fight for every other program: Skylab, ISS, Hubble etc. Even the Shuttle would be unlikely without Air Force support. Public support was also low after Apollo 11. As highlighted in Apollo 13s live TV broadcast that never went out live.

  • @hwangfongmain7326
    @hwangfongmain7326 4 месяца назад

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedy science fiction franchise created by Douglas Adams. Originally a 1978 radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4

  • @milztempelrowski9281
    @milztempelrowski9281 5 месяцев назад +1

    Tom H²

  • @itistrue101
    @itistrue101 5 месяцев назад

    Hey Tom Holland you owe me some money... I just bought that "book" of yours Dominion on Audible. Absolutely the worst history book I've bought, f-ing waste.
    However love your show and have listened to almost every episode.

  • @plumbr13
    @plumbr13 5 месяцев назад

    A minor correction: Coolidge was from Vermont but moved to Massachusetts and became governor of Massachusetts. He retired to Northampton, Massachusetts. My grandmother knew his wife Grace there. He is worth studying as Tom Hanks recommends.

  • @Celtic2Realms
    @Celtic2Realms 4 месяца назад

    Lovely. One of the best Rest is History programmes. Tom Hanks is great. But going to the moon and coming back is one of the best Rest is History programmes because plenty of people have built empires or did a Lord Byron with their lives but nobody before 1969 left this planet and landed on another and came back. Hope we do go back to the moon someday because it is hard because we need to see and go beyond ourselves

  • @moosebrain
    @moosebrain 5 месяцев назад

    Please do a Rest is History on the history of Alcoholics Anonymous!
    You'd be sure to get another visit from Tom Hanks ;-)

  • @kay2kin92
    @kay2kin92 5 месяцев назад +1

    What a Treat ..........