Chevy Chase portrayed President Ford as a bumbling, accident-prone idiot in many a sketch that ended in an elaborate, painful pratfall (stunts that would cause injuries that led to Chase's painkiller addiction and eventual loss of his funnybone-- though it should be noted that his Vegas Vacation is among Tabloid Baby's Top 50 movies of all time).

Good sport Jerry Ford also holds the distinction of being the only US President to open the show with the deathless "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night" intro-- also in that first season, when his press secretary Ron Nessen hosted.

Ford's moviewatching habits and tastes were documented and recalled by his son Steve in the Bravo documentary series, All The Presidents' Movies, which was narrated by The West Wing president Martin Sheen, and will be out on DVD in early 2007.

--Tabloid Baby

Posted in Miscellaneous TV , Saturday Night Live by Tabloid Baby at 1:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Last Comment: nerrawllehctim on Dec 29, 2006 09:50 PM.

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nerrawllehctim :

Now Saddam Hussein is dead. So that's 4!

1 of 1 | Posted by nerrawllehctim | Posted on December 29, 2006 9:50 PM

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