R. I. P. - President Gerald Ford

[Steve]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061227/ap_on_re_us/obit_ford


(and... Provided SNL with many funny skits.)

[Nipples the Clown]

R.I.P Gerald

[Donna]

R.I.P. President Ford. I admired him, but have never been able to think of him without those hysterical SNL skits Steve mentioned. It made him all the more human.

[Steve]

R.I.P. President Ford. I admired him, but have never been able to think of him without those hysterical SNL skits Steve mentioned. It made him all the more human.

... even funnier in real life !!! The ones that come to mind are him falling down the stairs of Airforce One, and hitting a woman in the head with a ball when he was playing golf. :D

[Donna]

I remember him falling down the stairs of Air Force I. I have fallen down stairs several times myself (or has Tubby pushed me???), so I thought it was funny.

I'm thinking of one skit on SNL where they were decorating the Christmas tree and he fell on it.

[Steve]

I was just thinking of an album I used to have. On it Rich Little was doing all the (at that time) living presidents voices. They were all sitting around playing poker, and Richard Nixon was got cheating by Gerald Ford. When Ford called him on it Nixon replied "Well pardon me", to which Ford replied "I already did". :D