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* Former Cuban leader UsefulNotes/FidelCastro was infamous for doing this, his longest speech on record in Cuba clocking up seven hours and 10 minutes at the 1986 Communist Party Congress. Four hours and 29 minutes is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly (it was said that the assemblymen spent most of that time discussing at what times each person can go to lunch and maintain the required quorum).
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* Former Cuban leader UsefulNotes/FidelCastro was infamous for doing this, his longest speech on record in Cuba clocking up seven hours and 10 minutes at the 1986 Communist Party Congress. Four hours and 29 minutes
* V. K. Krishna Menon's 1957 speech defending India's actions in Kashmir is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest speechin front of delivered at the United Nations General Assembly (it Nations, Menon almost made it to the eight hour mark when he collapsed on the podium. The longest speech at the general assembly was given by Fidel Castro (who else) in 1960, clocking in at 4 hours and 29 minutes. It was said that the assemblymen delegates spent most of that the speeches' run time discussing at what times each person can go to carefully planning out everyone's lunch schedule so that too many people don't accidentally leave at once and maintain the required quorum).break quorum.
* V. K. Krishna Menon's 1957 speech defending India's actions in Kashmir is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest speech
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** That began to change with AbrahamLincoln making such an impression with his Gettysburg Address taking just two minutes that the featured speaker of the occasion, Edward Everett, praised him in writing for an eloquently concise speech.
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* DaveBarry once mentioned the real reason Cuban troops were found all over the world in the seventies and eighties was because it was preferable to staying in Cuba, where they have to listen to extremely long speeches.
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* The "Young Tory of the Year" sketch from ''Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie'' plays on the same idea, with competitors simply rattling off Conservative buzzwords of the Thatcher era for as long as the competition will let them. They're time-limited, because it's a Serious Competition, but the clear expectation is that the Young Tory of the Year will be fully expected to be able to hold forth in that manner indefinitely.
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* Former Cuban leader FidelCastro was infamous for doing this, his longest speech on record in Cuba clocking up seven hours and 10 minutes at the 1986 Communist Party Congress. Four hours and 29 minutes is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly (it was said that the assemblymen spent most of that time discussing at what times each person can go to lunch and maintain the required quorum).
** The runner-up is MuammarGaddafi's incomprehensible 2009 address to the UN General Assembly, it consisted of 100 minutes of pure gobbledygook. One of the interpreters passed out from exhaustion. The Assembly generally adheres to a strict 15 minutes time limit for its speakers, but in the case of Castro and Gaddafi, trying to enforce that was judged to be more trouble than it was worth.
** The runner-up is MuammarGaddafi's incomprehensible 2009 address to the UN General Assembly, it consisted of 100 minutes of pure gobbledygook. One of the interpreters passed out from exhaustion. The Assembly generally adheres to a strict 15 minutes time limit for its speakers, but in the case of Castro and Gaddafi, trying to enforce that was judged to be more trouble than it was worth.
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* Former Cuban leader FidelCastro UsefulNotes/FidelCastro was infamous for doing this, his longest speech on record in Cuba clocking up seven hours and 10 minutes at the 1986 Communist Party Congress. Four hours and 29 minutes is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly (it was said that the assemblymen spent most of that time discussing at what times each person can go to lunch and maintain the required quorum).
** The runner-up isMuammarGaddafi's UsefulNotes/MuammarGaddafi's incomprehensible 2009 address to the UN General Assembly, it consisted of 100 minutes of pure gobbledygook. One of the interpreters passed out from exhaustion. The Assembly generally adheres to a strict 15 minutes time limit for its speakers, but in the case of Castro and Gaddafi, trying to enforce that was judged to be more trouble than it was worth.
** The runner-up is
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** The runners-up runner-up is Muammar Gaddafi's MuammarGaddafi's incomprehensible 2009 address to the UN General Assembly, it consisted of 100 minutes of pure-gobbledygook.pure gobbledygook. One of the interpreters passed out from exhaustion. The Assembly generally adheres to a strict 15 minutes time limit for its speakersspeakers, but in the case of Castro and Gaddafi, trying to enforce that was judged to be more trouble than it was worth.
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* This was how much of the nation was first introduced to UsefulNotes/BillClinton.
** Clinton was first brought in to deliver the keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention; where he was supposed to officially place Democratic Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis' name in nomination. Instead, Clinton went on a 32 minute speech; well past the 20 minute time limit; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvTRvTII40o resulting in many of the delegates showing their boredom as Clinton droned on]]. In the end, the only applause Clinton would get was when he said "In closing".
** The 1992 Democratic convention saw then-nominee Clinton's speech run for just over an hour.
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in his first inaugural address; which Clinton later joked about its brevity at just under 15 minutes.
** Clinton was first brought in to deliver the keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention; where he was supposed to officially place Democratic Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis' name in nomination. Instead, Clinton went on a 32 minute speech; well past the 20 minute time limit; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvTRvTII40o resulting in many of the delegates showing their boredom as Clinton droned on]]. In the end, the only applause Clinton would get was when he said "In closing".
** The 1992 Democratic convention saw then-nominee Clinton's speech run for just over an hour.
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in his first inaugural address; which Clinton later joked about its brevity at just under 15 minutes.
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* ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'': Polonius, King Claudius' counselor, is prone to being long winded. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when he says "Brevity is the soul of wit," at the end of one of his rambling speeches.
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* ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'': Polonius, King Claudius' counselor, is prone to being long winded. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when he says "Brevity "[[HypocriticalHumor Brevity is the soul of wit," wit]]," at the end of one of his rambling speeches.
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* ''TheWitchesOfEastwick''. A newspaper editor is giving a long (multipage) speech which is interrupted when the title witches inadvertently cause a rainstorm.
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* Boston Mayor Big Jim Curley famously said that his rhetorical technique was to first tell the audience what he was going to tell them, then tell it to them, then tell them what he had told them.
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* One ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch has an interviewed man claim that "as a Conservative, he likes to drone on and on" until he keels over backwards, foaming at the mouth.
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* Former Cuban leader FidelCastro was infamous for doing this, his longest speech on record in Cuba clocking up seven hours and 10 minutes at the 1986 Communist Party Congress. Four hours and 29 minutes is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly. Assembly.
* Third-world dictators during the Cold War in general were noted to be fond of this trope. One of the most {{egregious}} abusers has to be Kenneth Kaunda, first president of UsefulNotes/{{Zambia}}, who would not only make several speeches running up to five hours long every year, but would also broadcast them on the country's lone television channel. Suffice it to say, those Zambians who did have access to televisions were not pleased.
* Third-world dictators during the Cold War in general were noted to be fond of this trope. One of the most {{egregious}} abusers has to be Kenneth Kaunda, first president of UsefulNotes/{{Zambia}}, who would not only make several speeches running up to five hours long every year, but would also broadcast them on the country's lone television channel. Suffice it to say, those Zambians who did have access to televisions were not pleased.
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* Not a politician per se, but when ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' was chosen hall monitor, he gave a long, boring acceptance speech (which includes a quote from an equally long speech from a famous hall monitor). By the time he's finished, class is over without him actually performing his actual duties.
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* Not a politician per se, but when ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E7HallMonitorJellyfishJam was chosen hall monitor, monitor]], he gave a long, boring acceptance speech (which includes a quote from an equally long speech from a famous hall monitor). By the time he's finished, class is over without him actually performing his actual duties.
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* Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro FidelCastro was infamous for doing this, his longest speech on record in Cuba clocking up seven hours and 10 minutes at the 1986 Communist Party Congress. Four hours and 29 minutes is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly.
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* Not a politician per se, but when WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants was chosen hall monitor, he gave a long, boring acceptance speech (which includes a quote from an equally long speech from a famous hall monitor). By the time he's finished, class is over without him actually performing his actual duties.
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-> ''"Somebody once said that a politician is a person who can talk for hours and never actually say anything. If that's true, Creator/HideoKojima could run for government and be emperor of the universe by mid-afternoon."''
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--> -- '''[[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee]]''', ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''
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A kid-friendlier version of the SleazyPolitician, where the main purpose of elected officials is to bore the audience half to death with rhetoric. Frequently involves {{malaproper}}s, [[UnaccustomedAsIAmToPublicSpeaking apologies for their lack of expertise in speaking]], and (broken) promises of being short and to the point.
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** At the end of "Fingers", the mayor wishes to say a few words. Cut to several hours later, where he's ''still'' talking.
** Another has Luke help build a bridge across the Mississippi which isn't completed by the time the opening ceremony comes around. Luke tells the governor to stall for time, which he does by announcing that on this day praise must be given to the Lord, and starts reading from the Bible, page 1. The bridge is finished by the time he gets to Job.
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''. The Helvetian assembly consists of one chieftain making a speech and every other one sleeping deeply. When they switch out, the new one even says "I will be brief..."
* ''SpirouAndFantasio''. The mayor of Champignac is widely feared for his entirely improvised and metaphor-breaking digressions.
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* ''{{Film/Lincoln}}''. On the day of the vote, the speaker tells the audience they will now ''briefly'' recap the proposed amendment. Everyone bursts out laughing on "briefly".
* ''TheWitchesOfEastwick''. A newspaper editor is giving a long (multipage) speech which is interrupted when the title witches inadvertently cause a rainstorm.
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* DaveBarry once mentioned the real reason Cuban troops were found all over the world in the seventies and eighties was because it was preferable to staying in Cuba, where they have to listen to extremely long speeches.
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* One MontyPythonsFlyingCircus sketch has an interviewed man claim that "as a Conservative, he likes to drone on and on" until he keels over backwards.
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* ''{{Hamlet}}'': Polonius, King Claudius' counselor, is prone to being long winded. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when he says "Brevity is the soul of wit," at the end of one of his rambling speeches.
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* Senator Beauregard Claghorn from ''The Fred Allen Show''.
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* Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro was infamous for doing this, his longest on record in Cuba clocking up seven hours and 10 minutes at the 1986 Communist Party Congress. Four hours and 29 minutes is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly.
* In OlderThanRadio days, live speeches and debates were a form of public entertainment. In the Lincoln/Douglas debates each candidate spoke for 90 minutes. Also, the now stereotypically [[LargeHam bombastic oration]] was necessary before the invention of loudspeakers.
Compare CharacterFilibuster.
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* ''LuckyLuke''
** At the end of "Fingers", the mayor wishes to say a few words. Cut to several hours later, where he's ''still'' talking.
** Another has Luke help build a bridge across the Mississippi which isn't completed by the time the opening ceremony comes around. Luke tells the governor to stall for time, which he does by announcing that on this day praise must be given to the Lord, and starts reading from the Bible, page 1. The bridge is finished by the time he gets to Job.
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''. The Helvetian assembly consists of one chieftain making a speech and every other one sleeping deeply. When they switch out, the new one even says "I will be brief..."
* ''SpirouAndFantasio''. The mayor of Champignac is widely feared for his entirely improvised and metaphor-breaking digressions.
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* ''{{Film/Lincoln}}''. On the day of the vote, the speaker tells the audience they will now ''briefly'' recap the proposed amendment. Everyone bursts out laughing on "briefly".
* ''TheWitchesOfEastwick''. A newspaper editor is giving a long (multipage) speech which is interrupted when the title witches inadvertently cause a rainstorm.
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* RussianHumor: "Is it possible to wrap an elephant in one single Pravda newspaper?" - "Yes, if there's the full text of one of Brezhnev's speeches in it."
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* DaveBarry once mentioned the real reason Cuban troops were found all over the world in the seventies and eighties was because it was preferable to staying in Cuba, where they have to listen to extremely long speeches.
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* One MontyPythonsFlyingCircus sketch has an interviewed man claim that "as a Conservative, he likes to drone on and on" until he keels over backwards.
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* Senator Snort from George Lichty's ''Grin And Bear It'' comics has a reputation for filibusters. One gag had a colleague remark that Senator Snort still has the floor, even though there's a new President in office.
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' adventure [=OA6=] ''Ronin Challenge''. During the opening ceremonies of the Kumite tournament the contestants march onto a field and take martial arts stances. A series of long-winded dignitaries then begin to give lengthy welcoming speeches. This is actually a SecretTest: the authorities are trying to weed out unqualified participants. Any of the contestants who moves even slightly during the speeches is immediately disqualified.
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* ''{{Hamlet}}'': Polonius, King Claudius' counselor, is prone to being long winded. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when he says "Brevity is the soul of wit," at the end of one of his rambling speeches.
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* Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro was infamous for doing this, his longest on record in Cuba clocking up seven hours and 10 minutes at the 1986 Communist Party Congress. Four hours and 29 minutes is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly.
* In OlderThanRadio days, live speeches and debates were a form of public entertainment. In the Lincoln/Douglas debates each candidate spoke for 90 minutes. Also, the now stereotypically [[LargeHam bombastic oration]] was necessary before the invention of loudspeakers.
