Ghosts of ‘SNL’ Presidential Past

Funny or Die, the comedy website founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, scored the pop culture coup of the month with a reunion of SNL‘s most famous presidential impersonators.

Ron Howard directed the instant viral hit—a nearly six-minute long dream sequence in which Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph, as the Obamas, are visited by Ferrell as George W. Bush, Darrell Hammond as Bill Clinton, Dana Carvey as George Bush Sr., Dan Aykroyd as Jimmy Carter, and Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford.

Also, the white guy from In Living Color popped up as Ronald Reagan.

How the s**t did this come together? The New York Times has the scoop.

Funny or Die also released a behind-the-scenes look at the video as well as an extended scene with Carvey riffing as Bush.

There you have it. Pretty cool to see all these guys together.

We learned Chevy can still take a fall, Dan Aykroyd is puffy, and even someone as funny as Jim Carrey can’t replace the awesomeness that was Phil Hartman.