Richard Nixon's had a number of jokes made at his expense over the years, but is there comedic genius laying in his own words as well? Harry Shearer, comedian, author, host of Le Show and star of the series "Nixon's The One," discusses his send-up of Nixon's "darkly-comedic" side, which is based on verbatim recreations of the tapes Nixon recorded inside the White House.

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