14 things shorter than Chris Christie's epic press conference over Bridgegate

Coming in at nearly two hours, Christie's mea culpa was probably some kind of record

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Chris Christie on Thursday held a press conference in which he apologized for the bridge scandal that has engulfed his political career, and answered dozens (and dozens and dozens) of questions about it.

It was a long press conference. So long that, at 108 minutes, it was longer than:

  • Best Picture–winning films Annie Hall (93 minutes), The Artist (100 minutes), and Casablanca (102 minutes)
  • The time it takes to deep fry a 25-pound turkey (87.5 minutes)
  • Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, one of rock music's first ever double albums (73 minutes)
  • …and the Beatles' famous twofer, The White Album (93.5 minutes)
  • The quickest nine-inning major league baseball game ever (51 minutes)
  • Half an average NFL game, counting commercials (96 minutes)
  • The fastest half-marathon (58 minutes)
  • The record-breaking time it took this mom to eat a 72-ounce steak ( < 3 minutes)
  • This video of red pandas playing in the snow (< 2 minutes)
  • The projected length of Mitt, a documentary about the presidential candidate who passed over Christie as a potential running mate (94 minutes)
  • Chris Christie's 2011 press conference announcing he would not run for president (~60 minutes)
  • A drive from Trenton, N.J., to Fort Lee, N.J. (73 minutes)

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Jon Terbush
Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.