| SNL gave him a lot of shit, but SNL's "Ask President Carter" skit was perfect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-68iTvhWNB0 Jimmy Carter will always be my favorite Amazing Colossal President, as Rodney Dangerfield described in the SNL "The Pepsi Syndrome" sketch: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=533858710873763 https://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78ppepsi.phtml Dr. Casey: “It means, Mrs. Carter, your husband, President Carter, has become [camera zooms in on Dr. Casey] the amazing colossal president.” Mrs. Carter: “Well, how big is he?” Dr. Casey: “Well, Mrs. Carter, it’s difficult to comprehend just how big he is but to give you some idea, we’ve asked comedian Rodney Dangerfield to come along today to help explain it to you. Rodney?” [Rodney Dangerfield enters] Rodney: “How do you do, how are you?” Denton: “Rodney, can you please tell us, how big is the president?” Rodney: “Oh, he’s a big guy, I’ll tell you that, he’s a big guy. I tell you, he’s so big, I saw him sitting in the George Washington Bridge dangling his feet in the water! He’s a big guy!” Mrs. Carter: “Oh my God! Jimmy! Oh God!” Rodney: “Oh, he’s big, I’ll tell you that, boy. He’s so big that when two girls make love to him at the same time, they never meet each other! He’s a big guy, I’ll tell you!” Mrs. Carter: “Oh no! Oh Jimmy! My Jimmy!” Rodney: “I don’t want to upset you, lady, he’s big, you know what I mean? Why, he could have an affair with the Lincoln Tunnel! I mean, he’s really high! He’s big, I’ll tell you! He’s a big guy!” Mrs. Carter: “No! No! No!” Denton: “Rodney, thank you very much. You can go.” Rodney: “It’s my pleasure. He’s way up there, lady! You know what I mean?” —Saturday Night Live, Season 4: Episode 16, “The Pepsi Syndrome” skit, Apr. 7, 1979 And poor old Billy always got the cardboard box. https://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78ncarter.phtml >SNL Transcripts: Gary Busey: 03/10/79: The Carters In Israel [...] >Lillian Carter: Jimmy.. Jimmy.. I’ve come to talk to you about your brother. >President Jimmy Carter: Oh, Mama. Let’s not talk about Billy now. >Lillian Carter: Ohhh.. Jimmy, you’ve gotta remember that it hasn’t been easy for Billy. You were the oldest and the favorite – you got the wagon, he got the cardboard box; you got the bicycle, he got the cardboard box; you got the brains, he got the cardboard box. [...] |