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>> i think senator goldwater's a fine man. i think he'd made a fine candidate in '64. 1864. >> von meter had come out with a record called "the first family" in which he parodied jfk. but it was still a new thing to make fun of the president at all. >> he's doing my gestures and he's using my lines. do not ask what this country can do for you. that's one of my original lines. >> i listened to mr. meader's record but i thought it sounded more like teddy than it did me. >> there's something very charmingly american about this idea that we really respect our political figures but at the same time...

Good natured ribbing of the first family, mr. von needer. >> i think he'd made a fine candidate in '64. 1864. >> von meter came out with the parody called "the first family." it parodied jfk. >> he's doing my gestures and he's using my lines. do not ask what this country can do for you. that's one of my original lines. >> i thought it sounded more like teddy than it did me. >> there's something very charmingly american about this idea that we really respect our political figures, but at the same time, we kind of like to take them down a peg. >> gerald ford was like a football player he's like ...

People might remember von meter, he was asked, how do you respond to his statements about you? but if you can poke fun at yourself, i just love those scenes where dana carvey is in the white house and he says, how do you do george bush? it's a little bit of mr. rogers and you overlay that was john wayne. and i'm not going to try to do the john wayne impersonation but, it's exactly on point. and bush loved it and he knew that would bolster the spirit of those who had lost in his reelection campaign. >> shepard: sometimes presidents lead with forests and endurance and sometimes it's important fo...

>> i think he'd made a fine candidate in '64. 1864. >> von meter dame out with the parody called "the first family." it parodied jfk. >> he's doing my gestures and he's using my lines. do not ask what this country can do for you. that's one of my original lines. >> i thought it sounded more like teddy than it did me. >> there's something very charmingly american about this idea that we really respect our political figures, but at the same time, we kind of like to take them down a peg. >> gerald ford was like a football player he's like a really great athlete. but in the public's mind, once che...

>> goldwater is a fine man, he'd make a fine candidate in '64. 1864. >> von meter had come out with a record called "the first family" in which he parodied jfk. it was still a new thing to make fun of the president at all. >> he's doing my gestures and he's using my lines. do not ask what this country can do for you. that's one of my original lines. >> yeah, i read from the mr. meter record, i thought it so d sounded more like teddy than it did me. >> there's something charming in america about this idea that we really respect our political figures, at the same time we also like to take them d...