Dick Ebersol on Saturday Night Live's role in the 1976 Presidential election

Executive Dick Ebersol discusses the role that Saturday Night Live played in the 1976 Presidential election, including Chevy Chase's depiction of a bumbling Gerald Ford and White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen's appearance on the show. He also touches on SNL's role in the 2008 election.

“[Gerald Ford] was probably the most physically fit man who ever was President of the United States. He was an all American football player and all that stuff, but he just was a klutz when it came to stuff like that. And Chevy turned that into a whole thing…his Gerald Ford was always falling over.”

Watch Dick Ebersol's full interview, which covers his work in both sports programming and as the co-creator of Saturday Night Live.

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