![]() ![]() Gordon Liddy, played with extreme restraint by Justin Theroux. Howard Hunt, heartfully portrayed by Woody Harrelson, and G. The Committee to Re-Elect the President, normally shortened to the CRP, was really called CREEP, and the creepers were led by E. While this is supposed to signal the satiric nature of the show, it only reinforces its truth. The limited series begins with a disclaimer warning none of the names have been changed because most were found guilty. It appears predestined they would get clogged at a place called the Watergate. The White House Plumbers pulled out their tools to stop the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, and hit a water main. The story got the paper labeled as scions of “liberal media,” another term seemingly rendered spoof by the stringent journalistic standards of the periodical. ![]() Nixon’s White House begins with The New York Times, not necessarily renowned for its comedic prowess. ![]() The five-part HBO series telling the true story of the secret unit inside President Richard M. Having learned most of what I know about the Watergate scandal from MAD magazine, it took me a while to realize White House Plumbers is a satire. This article contains details from real life events that will likely spoil upcoming episodes of HBO’s White House Plumbers. ![]()
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