Dana Carvey recounts recent chat with George H.W. Bush

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On last Sunday’s monstrously long (but repeatedly funny) episode of ‘Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show,’ guest Dana Carvey spent part of his 90-minute interview telling Pollak about the time a few months ago when he was hanging out with former President George H.W. Bush after a benefit.

‘It was very human, really opening up,’ Carvey said of the hotel room conversation, for which Barbara Bush also was present.

Carvey catapulted to mega-fame on ‘Saturday Night Live’ after he began doing impressions of the first President Bush more than 20 years ago. After that, the president and the comedian became -- and have remained -- good friends.

The following excerpt of Pollak’s entertaining interview with Carvey contains a couple of quotes from Bush Sr. that, if Carvey is relaying them accurately, are more than a little funny.

-- David Sarno