Dana Carvey’s George H. W. Bush Was an All-Time Great <em>SNL</em> Impression
The comedian’s take on the late president might seem tame by today’s standards, but it seized on the little details to deliver incisive satire.
“The way to do the president is to start out with Mister Rogers,” Dana Carvey told White House staffers , making a surprise appearance at their Christmas party as George H. W. Bush prepared to leave office. “Then you add a little John Wayne … you put ’em together, you’ve got George Herbert Walker Bush.” It was the beginning of a friendship between the comedian and Bush, whom Carvey impersonated on for his entire tenure on the show (1986 to 1993). Bush, who died last Friday and was honored on , was hardly the most
