Extreme Mortman: Dana Carvey and George Bush: A Comedian and a President Make Each Other Laugh

December 7th, 1992 ... The East Room of the White House.... The President and White House staff gather for a Christmas Ceremony.... The mood is gloomy, sad, glum. A month earlier, President George Bush lost his reelection campaign. The president is introduced, the staff applauds — but then a surprise - and the mood changes entirely:

"Not gonna do it. Wouldn't be prudent. At this juncture. That was the other one. Wouldn't be prudent at this juncture. That thing, doing that thing. Now, I always did this thing. I always said that the President goes, "It's bad, it's bad," but you only did it once. I did it for four years. He did it once. So. I don't know. do you want to come on up."

That was comedian Dana Carvey.

And, with his urging, President Bush did come on up..

Now, 33 years later, we're still talking about politicians and their relationships with comedians who make fun of them.

In this week's episode of C-SPAN's "Extreme Mortman" — we remember when a comedian did an impression of a president — and the president did an impression of the comedian doing an impresion of the president.

What did that sound like?

How did Dana Carvey get to play the White House?

And perhaps most important — What did President Bush think of Dana Carvey's impression?

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