Dana Carvey: Gerald Ford dead at 83

Posted By Blake Hounshell Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 12:25 PM Share

When Gerald Ford died, CNN was ready with a video montage of key moments in the ex-president's public life. How are news organizations able to put together obituaries of famous people so quickly? Preparation. Anticipating the death of say, Pope John Paul II, they develop "playbooks" of footage to air, experts to interview, and possible scripts to run. But CNN was late this time.

In fact, Dana Carvey was ready for Gerald Ford's death as early as 1996:

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