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Yeah big deal but remember wen Gerald Ford stumbled down the stairs of Air Force One in 1975? 

And, Ford was ridiculed for years by Chevy Chase on Saturday Night Live. But, Gerald Ford did attempt to get back at the comedian.

President Ford’s best comeback to Chase came at the annual Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner in 1975.

When emcee Bob Hope introduced him, President Ford got up from the table, “accidentally” caught the tablecloth in his trousers and dumped silverware in Chase’s lap. As he approached the podium, he pretended to trip, prompting the pages of the speech he was carrying to fly into the audience.

When he got to the microphone and the laughter began to diminish, President Ford reached into his coat pocket, pulled out the real script and said, “Good evening. I’m Gerald Ford and you’re not.”

Flap bets you will not see a mention of Obama’s head bump on NBC.

President Barack Obama waves and learns the door on Marine One is much shorter than he is, and bumps his head slightly, Monday, Feb 9, 2009, as he leaves for a trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then onto Elkhart, Ind. to hold a town hall meeting on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan

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