Johnny Carson As George Washington At The First Press Conference (1977)
02/17/2014
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Here's Johnny Carson as George Washington, if Washington had had to face a modern (Carter-era) press conference.

In 1977, it wasn't called "Presidents' Day", it was George Washington's Birthday. (Still the official name.) The jokes he makes about the First President's owning slaves would be impossible today, as would the incident where a man dressed as an Indian bursts in at the end and offers campaign wampum.

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