The Very Unpresidential History of ‘TV Funhouse’s 'X-Presidents,’ According to Robert Smigel
“The X-Presidents! Struck by a hurricane-powered dose of radiation while appearing at a celebrity golf tournament, our four former presidents are charged with powers and strengths, rendering them all the more extraordinary! Gerald Ford! Ronald Reagan! Jimmy Carter! George Bush! Pitting their arsenal of phenomenal powers against Earth and interplanetary foes alike, the fabulous foursome for right against might. X-Presidents!”
This was America’s introduction to Robert Smigel’s recurring Saturday Night Live cartoon X-Presidents, which was part of the animated TV Funhouse segments that ran on the show from 1996 until 2008. After the first Ambiguously Gay Duo cartoon and a few segments of Fun with Real Audio, TV Funhouse’s eighth cartoon was X-Presidents, a superhero parody starring America’s then roster of living ex-presidents who were imbued with non-specific superpowers.
The X-Presidents ran for a total of nine segments, with their final adventure taking place during the 2004 presidential election,...
This was America’s introduction to Robert Smigel’s recurring Saturday Night Live cartoon X-Presidents, which was part of the animated TV Funhouse segments that ran on the show from 1996 until 2008. After the first Ambiguously Gay Duo cartoon and a few segments of Fun with Real Audio, TV Funhouse’s eighth cartoon was X-Presidents, a superhero parody starring America’s then roster of living ex-presidents who were imbued with non-specific superpowers.
The X-Presidents ran for a total of nine segments, with their final adventure taking place during the 2004 presidential election,...
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