Mark Shore: and much earlier, Phil Hartman playing Reagan as a mastermind feigning amiable idiocy in public succeeded because most contemporary viewers considered him a dunce this was in 1986, before he was elevated to sainthood by the right and mainstream political journalists

Reagan isn't interesting. A blind idiot God, an empty front-man for grifters and jesus freaks who've taken over of country. We need more Nixon movies.

that will ferrel one about trying to manage him as he’s sundowning in the oval office sounded funny but i think it got nixed

and much earlier, Phil Hartman playing Reagan as a mastermind feigning amiable idiocy in public succeeded because most contemporary viewers considered him a dunce this was in 1986, before he was elevated to sainthood by the right and mainstream political journalists

President Reagan, Mastermind - SNLwww.youtube.com President Reagan (Phil Hartman) acts hopeless and clueless in public, but in private he's an evil mastermind who knows every detail about everything happening in his administration. [Season 12, 1986] #SNL Subscribe to SNL: https://goo.gl/tUsXwM Get more SNL: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live Full Episodes: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-liv... Like SNL: https://www.facebook.com/snl Follow SNL: https://twitter.com/nbcsnl SNL Tumblr: http://nbcsnl.tumblr.com/ SNL Instagram: http://instagram.com/nbcsnl SNL Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/nbcsnl/

I love hearing the audience catching on to the bit.

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