The X-Presidents The X-Presidents The X-Presidents is an NBC/"Saturday Night Live" "Saturday TV Funhouse" cartoon created by Robert Smigel and animated by J. J. Sedelmaier Productions. This cartoon features the living former American Presidents at the time: Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush (all voiced by Jim Morris) as a superhero team. This recurring sketch debuted on January 11, 1997. The four former leaders were endowed with superpowers when struck by lightning at a celebrity golf tournament. The title is a play on words, both referencing that the members are "ex-"Presidents, and alluding to the Marvel Comics franchise,
The Martyred Presidents "The Martyred Presidents" is part of a cycle of films made by the Edison Studios to chronicle the McKinley assassination in Buffalo, New York at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. An Edison catalog from the time suggests to exhibitors that "The Martyred Presidents" be used as a closing tableau when "...shown in connection with the funeral ceremonies of the illustrious McKinley." The Martyred Presidents The Martyred Presidents is a 1901 American film directed by Edwin S. Porter. The film, just over a minute long, is composed of two shots. In the first, a girl sits at the base of an altar