Scenes That I Love: President Merkin Muffley in Dr. Strangelove


Since today is Presidents Day, my scene that I love features one of my favorite fictional presidents!  In this scene from 1964’s Dr. Strangelove, President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers) attempts to explain why something funny might happen with the bomb to his Russian counterpart.

Sellers reportedly based President Muffley on Adlai Stevenson, the self-styled “rational intellectual” who twice ran for President against Dwight Eisenhower.

Ah, Eisenhower.  There’s a President that I wish I could have voted for.

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