Ron Kovic

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Born on the Fourth of July (1989).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Sands of Iwo Jima: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Sands of Iwo Jima ⇒ Ron Kovic (the host's read). John Wayne WWII films shaped Kovic's love of the military and country, the belief the book and film later unwind.
    “War movies like Sans of Iwo Jima would inspire Kovic's love for the military and for his country.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:01:50 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Vietnam-vet cliche films (The Exterminator, The Park Is Mine): 1 line

  1. contrast (contrast) · through Born on the Fourth of July (1989), which they were tied to as subject/author of the memoir; co-writer: Vietnam-vet cliche films (The Exterminator, The Park Is Mine) ⇒ Born on the Fourth of July (the host's read). Born was meant as a rebuttal to the ticking-time-bomb vet movies of the 80s.
    “The film would almost be a rebuttal to all those Vietnam vet cliches.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:20:05 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Lieutenant Dan (Forrest Gump): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Born on the Fourth of July (1989), which they were tied to as subject/author of the memoir; co-writer: Born on the Fourth of July ⇒ Lieutenant Dan (Forrest Gump) (the host's read). Dan's angry wheelchair stretch evokes Kovic.
    “Behavior that no doubt reminded many of COVID and born in the 4th of July.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:46:36 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Sands of Iwo Jima → Ron Kovic. John Wayne WWII films shaped Kovic's love of the military and country, the belief the book and film later unwind.
    “War movies like Sans of Iwo Jima would inspire Kovic's love for the military and for his country.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:01:50 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Ron Kovic: Cried at the Marine hymn from John Wayne's death scene in Sands of Iwo Jima.
    “For years afterward, every time Kovic heard that music, he tear up, thinking about Wayne's death scene.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:01:43 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Ron Kovic: Typed the memoir on a $42 Sears typewriter.
    “Using a typewriter, he bought for 42 bucks at a local Sears.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:07:27 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Ron Kovic: Ate room-service hamburgers while hanging with Pacino.
    “I ate $45 hamburgers from room service. It was the opposite of the rat infested VA hospital.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:08:33 · Ron Kovic (0.70 sure it was them)