12/12/2025
Lights, Cameras… Presidential History 🎥🇺🇸
We spent the day filming something pretty special at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library—a C-SPAN event diving into the moment when politics met late-night comedy and everything changed.
The program, “The Entertainer-in-Chief: How Gerald Ford and Saturday Night Live Remade the American Presidency,” featured Dr. Kathryn Cramer Brownell, who broke down how President Ford—yes, that Ford—used humor and entertainment TV to rebuild public trust after one of the most turbulent eras in U.S. politics.
At the time, it was a bold move. A sitting president stepping onto the Saturday Night Live stage? Wild. But it worked. And according to Dr. Brownell, it quietly reset the bar for every president who followed—turning humor and media presence into part of the job description.
From our side of the camera, this meant a full broadcast-ready setup: multiple cameras, clean audio, careful lighting, and a lot of quiet coordination behind the scenes to make sure the focus stayed where it belonged—on the ideas and the history.
We love projects like this. Smart people, important conversations, and the chance to preserve them for a national audience.
Scroll down to check out a few behind-the-scenes shots from the shoot 👇