99 - Sorry/Not Sorry: Apology Videos and the Toxic Gossip Train
The Worst of All Possible Worlds
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Show Notes
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hi. There have been a lot of allegations going around and the lads would like to take this opportunity to set the record straight: this is an episode about apology videos. I know you’ve heard the ugly accusations that, in this episode, they talk about the origins of the American apology video, Shane Dawson’s seeming addiction to making them, and the impossibility of true repentance when you’ve turned your life into a brand. Well, let me assure you, it’s all true. Suck it h8ers.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Richard Nixon - "Checkers" Speech
- Jackie Gleason “You’re in the Picture” Apology Episode Part One
- Jackie Gleason “You’re in the Picture” Apology Episode Part Two
- Bill Clinton Admits to Having Inappropriate Relationship with Monica Lewinsky
- Shane Dawson: “My Apology (Blackface & Offensive Videos)”
- Logan Paul: “So Sorry.”
- Kevin Spacey: “Let Me Be Frank”
- Colleen Ballinger: “addressing everything”
- Jenna Marbles: “Jenna Marbles Apology”
- Shane Dawson: “Taking Accountability”
- Try Guys: “what happened.”
- Colleen Ballinger: “hi.”
- “Image repair discourse and crisis communication” by William L. Benoit
- “The Youtube Apology” by Gabriella Karlsson
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Commercial: “An Apology Song” by Richard Milhous Nixon