the american psyche about gerald ford had saturday night live not turned them into unforgettable comedic cold. and gerald ford may or may not have been mad about that in private. but in public, he was an absolutely good sport about it. he went to the white house correspondents dinner in 1976 hosted by chevy chase and opened up his remarks by saying, good evening, i m gerald ford and he pointed and said, and you re not. he congratulated chevy chase on his stand-up routine and looked at him and said, mr. chevy chase, you re a very, very funny suburb. come on, that s good. saturday night live has been sort of the premier ground for presidents and lasting caricatures of presidents. some part of the impression of george h.w. bush will always be part church lady, right, because of dana carvey doing george h.w. bush talking about what would be prudent at this juncture and then tina fey created sarah palin. there was a nationwide poll that found that the 86.9% of americans believe that sa
his keep and more in an opening year, opening sketch on saturday night live. the very first year that snl existed when gerald ford became a rich target for that new comedy show. whoever was president was going to be an incredibly rich target for that show. but for gerald ford, it stuck. before chevy chase started that gerald ford impression in the fall of 1975, it s true he had fallen down in public a couple of times. once in austria he fell down while he was coming down the stairs from air force one. once in michigan he fell up the stairs while he was climbing into air force one but neither of those little spills i think would have ever been burned into the american psyche about gerald ford had saturday night live not turned them into unforgettable comedic cold. and gerald ford may or may not have been mad about that in private. but in public, he was an
of times, wouldness in austria he fell down while he was coming down the stairs from air force one. once in michigan he fell up the stairs while he was climbing into air force one but neither of those little spills i think would have ever been burned into the american psyche about gerald ford had saturday night live not turned them into unforgettable comedic cold. and gerald ford may or may not have been mad about that in private. but in public, he was an absolutely good sport about it. he went to the white house correspondents dinner in 1976 hosted by chevy chase and opened up his remarks by saying, good evening, i m gerald ford and he pointed and said, and you re not. he congratulated chevy chase on his stand-up routine and looked at him and said, mr. chevy chase, you re a very, very funny suburb. come on, that s good. saturday night live has been sort of the premier ground for