Gerald Ford

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

02:26

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“Up to the time he was President of United States, he was probably the most physically fit man who ever was President of the United States. American football player and all that stuff. But he just was a klutz when it came to stuff like that. And Chevy [Chase] turned that into a whole thing. Because remember, his Gerald Ford was always falling over." - Dick Ebersol, Executive

Interviewees discuss the presidency of Gerald Ford (1974-1977).

Highlights

Dick Ebersol on "I'm Gerald Ford and you're not"

01:18

Howard K. Smith on his thoughts on Gerald Ford

00:34

Betty Cole Dukert on various Presidents and Meet the Press: Gerald Ford

10:43

Nick Clooney on interviewing Gerald Ford in the White House

00:52

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Nick Clooney

Nick Clooney on interviewing Gerald Ford in the White House

00:52

Betty Cole Dukert

Betty Cole Dukert on various Presidents and Meet the Press: Gerald Ford

10:43

Dick Ebersol

Dick Ebersol on "I'm Gerald Ford and you're not"

01:18

Bob Schieffer

Bob Schieffer on covering Presidents Ford and Nixon as the White House correspondent for CBS News

02:02

Bob Schieffer on Gerald Ford being his favorite president to cover as CBS News White House correspondent

06:08

Daniel Schorr

Daniel Schorr on the Pike Report, and on leaving CBS News for the final time

07:03

Robert Smigel

Robert Smigel on one of the funniest sketches he was involved in on The Dana Carvey Show about President Gerald Ford that never aired until Smigel and Dana Carvey revived it later for Saturday Night Live; on the inspiration for the sketch which was hearing news anchor Dan Rather pre-recording an obituary for Ronald Reagan (who was then still alive) which they overheard; on this experience inspiring them to do a bit with Dana Carvey portraying news anchor Tom Brokaw announcing that President Gerald Ford had died; on having to fight to get the sketch aired on SNL; on why he had trouble getting his sketches on SNL; on finally being able to get the Gerald Ford sketch on the air only when Dana Carvey came back to host Saturday Night Live in 1996

08:06

Sanford Socolow

Sanford Socolow on overseeing CBS' Washington Bureau in the 1970s during the Ford Administration

01:28

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