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Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974. As the first person appointed to the vice-presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment (after Spiro Agnew had resigned), when he became President upon Richard Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, he became the only President of the United States who was never elected President nor Vice-President by the Electoral College. Before ascending to the vice-presidency, Ford served nearly 25 years as the Representative from Michigan's 5th congressional district, eight of them as the Republican Minority Leader.
As President, Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, marking a move toward détente in the Cold War. With the conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam nine months into his presidency, U.S. involvement in Vietnam essentially ended. Domestically, Ford presided over arguably the weakest economy since the Great Depression, with growing inflation and a recession during his tenure. One of his more controversial acts was to grant a presidential pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. During Ford's incumbency, foreign policy was characterized in procedural terms by the increased role Congress began to play, and by the corresponding curb on the powers of the President. In 1976, Ford narrowly defeated Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination, but lost the presidential election to Democrat Jimmy Carter.
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. Before he became President, Carter served as a U.S. Naval officer, was a peanut farmer, served two terms as a Georgia State Senator and one as Governor of Georgia (1971–1975).
During Carter's term as President, two new cabinet-level departments were created: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), and returned the Panama Canal Zone to Panama. Throughout his career, Carter strongly emphasized human rights. He took office during a period of international stagflation, which persisted throughout his term. The end of his presidential tenure was marked by the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis, the 1979 energy crisis, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (at the end of 1979), 1980 Summer Olympics boycott by the United States of the Moscow Olympics and the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
Actors: Andrew Grissom (miscellaneous crew), Maya Rudolph (actress), Sean Boyle (miscellaneous crew), Fred Armisen (actor), Jim Carrey (actor), Dana Carvey (actor), Ron Howard (director), Mike Farah (producer), Chevy Chase (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Will Ferrell (actor), Adam McKay (writer), Darrell Hammond (actor), Jake Szymanski (director), Osmany Rodriguez (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Comedy, Short, Short,Actors: Fred Armisen (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Dana Carvey (actor), Dana Carvey (actor), Chevy Chase (actor), Jimmy Fallon (actor), Will Ferrell (actor), Will Forte (actor), Rudolph W. Giuliani (actor), Al Gore (actor), Bill Hader (actor), Darrell Hammond (actor), Darrell Hammond (actor), Darrell Hammond (actor), Fred Armisen (actor),
Plot: Saturday Night Live celebrates the 2008 Presidential Election with a best of clip show featuring some of the best sketches about the election. Sketches include Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton talking about the presidential nomination Katie Couric interviewing Sarah Palin, Hillary Clintong talking about the nomination process, Bill Clinton giving a non-endorsement of Obama on Weekend Update, George W. Bush giving an endorsement to McCain and Palin, the 2008 vice presidential debate between Biden and Palin, the CNN Univision Democratic Debate 2008, the town hall debate between Obama and McCain, and a montage of best moments. The special also features political comedy from SNL's history including Carter giving drug advise, Ronal Reagan mastermind, Perot and Stockdale in a car, a Michael Dukakis advertisement with puppets, a debate between Bush and Dukakis, and a debate with Gerald Ford. John McCain and Sarah Palin also appear.
Keywords: sketch-comedy, u.s.-presidentActors: Dan Aykroyd (actor), Alec Baldwin (actor), John Belushi (actor), John Belushi (actor), Dana Carvey (actor), Dana Carvey (actor), Dana Carvey (actor), Chevy Chase (actor), Chevy Chase (actor), Danny DeVito (actor), Chris Farley (actor), Phil Hartman (actor), Phil Hartman (actor), Phil Hartman (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: C. Ransom Walrod (actor), Valeria Golino (actress), Mitch Ryan (actor), Charlie Sheen (actor), Rowan Atkinson (actor), Martin Sheen (actor), Clyde Kusatsu (actor), Michael Colyar (actor), Gerald Okamura (actor), Miguel Ferrer (actor), Richard Crenna (actor), Lloyd Bridges (actor), James Lew (actor), Pat Proft (writer), Pat Proft (producer),
Plot: Topper Harley is found working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA wants him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team who... who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm. The President is Tug Benson, who also likes to be in on the action. Basically, it's a send-up of all the big shoot-em-up Rambo/Robocop/T2/Commando-type movies.
Keywords: accidental-death, ak-47, bare-chested-male, bow-and-arrow, character-shouts-"geronimo", clothes-ripping, comic-violence, coward, crushed-head, crushed-to-deathActors: Lane Smith (actor), Tom Brocato (miscellaneous crew), Gary Sinise (actor), Graham Beckel (actor), Richard Venture (actor), Theodore Bikel (actor), James Sikking (actor), Alan Fudge (actor), Gregg Henry (actor), Richard Kiley (actor), Newell Alexander (actor), David Ogden Stiers (actor), George Wallace (actor), Barbara Gregson (miscellaneous crew), Amanda Wyss (actress),
Genres: Drama,