Fake Presidents

We take a look at Fake President James Marshall from 1997's AIR FORCE ONE, a popular choice for "all-time favorite movie president." Does he still live up to the hype? (Mostly) Should you notify HR when your boss kills somebody on a conference call? (Probably) Can Harrison Ford land a plane? (No!)

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This week's fake president not only has a secret book, but also a secret name! Will Bruce Greenwood's nameless, devastatingly handsome president one day wind up on Mt. Rushmore high above the lost city of gold? Wait...there's a lost city of gold under Mt. Rushmore? And Nicolas Cage has to kidnap the POTUS to find it? All these puzzles and the gloriest of holes will be deciphered as Ben and Eric take on 2007's NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS.

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We watched HBOMax's WEST WING Reunion Special, and we also take our first dive into listener mail, including a message from a former federal prosecutor who writes in with the exact charges he'd file against the characters in DAVE for installing a fake president.

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Let's take a look at the fake president from a hit 2013 action movie that's basically "DIE HARD in the White House." No, not WHITE HOUSE DOWN. The other one.

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Is Gene Hackman's President in ABSOLUTE POWER the worst fake president ever committed to film? Maybe!

Is future fake president Dennis Haysbert the most psycho secret service agent ever allowed in the oval office? He's in the running!

Is Clint Eastwood way too into empty chairs? You betcha!

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In this episode, Ben and Eric discuss what happens when a real Joker becomes President in Tim Burton's 1996 cult classic MARS ATTACKS.

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What better way to start a podcast about Fake Presidents than with a movie about a fake president? Join us as we dissect the politics of the 1993 movie DAVE, starring Kevin Kline as both The President and the lookalike recruited to become him.

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