- HELLO!
[laughs]
HELLO.
TODAY, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE KKK,
AND THE GUY WHO TOOK THEM DOWN, SUPERMAN.
STETSON KENNEDY, HE'S JUST A REGULAR SOUTHERN GUY
WHO'S WORKING AS A DOOR-TO-DOOR SALESMAN
IN GEORGIA, AND HE THINKS TO HIMSELF,
HOW CAN ONE GUY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
STETSON KENNEDY MADE THE DECISION,
I AM GOING TO INFILTRATE THE KU KLUX KLAN,
LEARN THEIR SECRETS, AND EXPOSE THEM.
SO HE GOES TO A BAR THAT HE KNEW WAS POPULATED WITH KLANSMEN,
AND THIS GUY WALKS UP TO HIM, AND HE SAYS,
HEY, HOW YOU DOING? I'M SLIM.
AND STETSON KENNEDY-- HE'S PLAYING COY AT THIS TIME--
HE'S LIKE, OH, HI.
YOU KNOW, THEY CHAT AT THE BAR, AND THEN EVENTUALLY,
IT COMES AROUND TO TALK OF THE KKK,
AND SLIM SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW,
I'M A MEMBER OF THE KU KLUX KLAN.
AND STETSON SAID, OH, REALLY?
AND THE GUY SAYS, YEAH.
IF YOU'RE LIKE-MINDED,
THEN WE MIGHT HAVE A PLACE FOR YOU IN OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND SO STETSON KENNEDY'S LIKE, ALL RIGHT,
I'M GONNA GO DO THIS.
THEY PICK HIM UP ONE NIGHT,
THE DRAG HIM OUT TO THIS FINAL SWEARING-IN CEREMONY.
SO THE KLAN WAS ALL LIKE-- THE KLAN'S ALL LIKE,
OOH, THIS IS ALL SUPER SECRET, AND IF YOU DO THIS,
THEN YOU HOLD YOUR HAND UP LIKE THIS,
AND THEN YOU PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART,
AND THEN YOU HOLD YOUR HAND OUT LIKE THIS,
AND THEN YOU WAVE TWICE, AND THEN YOU SAY,
"I BELIEVE IN THE TENETS OF THE KLAN."
HE BECOMES A FULL-FLEDGED MEMBER OF THE KLAN.
STETSON KENNEDY DISCOVERED THE CHILDISH, DUMB [bleep]
THAT THESE GUYS WOULD DO.
THEY WERE DUMB SECRETS,
LIKE, WE'RE MEETING AT THE KLAVERN AT MIDNIGHT.
IT WAS SECRETS THAT LITTLE KIDS WOULD HAVE IF THEY HAD A FORT
THAT WAS LIKE, NO GIRLS ALLOWED IN THE "KLAN-KLAVE."
LIKE, THE "KLAN-KLAVE"?
THIS IS THE "KLAN-KLAVE," AND--
CAN WE DO THE HANDSHAKE? DO YOU WANT TO DO THE HANDSHAKE?
- YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. - OKAY.
THIS IS--THIS IS THE HANDSHAKE OF THE KU KLUX KLAN.
IT'S A LEFT-HANDED, LIMP-WRISTED--
- LIMP, OKAY. - LIMP-WRISTED, LIKE THIS.
- THEN WE BOTH KNOW WE HATE--
- WE BOTH KNOW WE HATE BLACK PEOPLE.
SO...
I'M GONNA LAY ON THE FLOOR,
BUT I'M GONNA BE FOCUSED, I PROMISE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? - MM-HMM.
- DO YOU MIND IF I LAY RIGHT HERE?
STETSON KENNEDY'S WALKING DOWN THE STREET ONE DAY
AND SEES A COUPLE OF KIDS PLAYING SPY, AND HE THINKS,
OH, MY GOD, THESE SPY GAMES
THAT THESE LITTLE KIDS ARE PLAYING
LOOK REMARKABLY SIMILAR TO THE WAY THAT THE KU KLUX KLAN
ACTUALLY DEALS WITH LIFE AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
STETSON KENNEDY FOUND
THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN CHARGE OF THE
AND HE SAID, I KNOW THE SECRETS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT A SERIES OF EPISODES
WHERE SUPERMAN TAKES DOWN THE KLAN?
I'M YOUR GUY.
AND THE PEOPLE AT
SURE.
- HEY, THIS IS-- THIS IS CANTALOUPE.
YOU WANT TO PUT THAT IN YOUR MOUTH?
- MM-HMM.
- WHAT DID I JUST PUT IN MY MOUTH?
- THAT WAS CANTALOUPE. - I LIKE CANTALOUPE.
- OKAY. THIS IS PINEAPPLE.
DO YOU LIKE PINEAPPLE? - I LIKE PINEAPPLE.
FOR TEN EPISODES OF THE
SUPERMAN FOUGHT THE KKK.
UP IN THE SKY, IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE.
NO, IT'S SUPERMAN!
SUPERMAN, BATTLING VALIANTLY
AGAINST THE CLAN OF THE FIERY CROSS.
JIMMY OLSEN, PROTECTED BY THE POWER OF SUPERMAN
AND HIS MIGHTY MIGHT.
I DON'T [bleep]ING KNOW. - [laughs]
- CAREFUL, JIMMY, DON'T TOUCH THAT FIERY CROSS.
AH, SHUCKS, MR. KENT, WHATEVER YOU SAY.
THERE WAS NO YOUTUBE, THERE WAS NO PODCASTS.
EVERYBODY LISTENED TO THE RADIO.
AS THIS WAS HAPPENING,
STETSON KENNEDY WOULD CALL THEM AND SAY,
HERE ARE THE NEW PASSWORDS THAT THE KKK ARE USING THIS WEEK.
THE CODEWORD WAS "ANGLO."
THE PASSWORD WAS "AMERICAN."
THE NEXT WEEK, ON THE
SUPERMAN WOULD SHOW UP AND SAY, "ANGLO."
AND ONE OF THE BAD GUYS WOULD RESPOND WITH, "AMERICAN."
THE KIDS OF THE KLANSMEN WERE PLAYING SUPERMAN
AGAINST THE KKK.
FOLLOWING THE BROADCAST OF THE
ONE OF THE HEADS OF THE KLAVERN SAID TO THE LEADER,
SIR, I CANNOT, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE,
CONTINUE AS A MEMBER OF THIS KLAVERN
WHEN MY OWN CHILDREN ARE POKING FUN
AT THE CLAN OF THE FIERY CROSS.
[sneezes]
[coughs]
[sneezes]
- BLESS YOU. - THANK YOU.
[sneezes]
WHEN STETSON KENNEDY HAD TAKEN THE SECRETS OF THE KKK
AND MADE THEM PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE...
[sneezes]
- BLESS YOU. - THANK YOU.
[begins to sneeze]
[blows air]
[sneezes]
- BLESS YOU. - THANK YOU.
- [laughs]
- THANKS TO STETSON KENNEDY, THE KLAN WAS DEFEATED.
AND, IN SO MANY WORDS,
[bleep]ING STUPID.