Talk Show Chatter History: Presidents and Candidates on TV

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Talk Show Chatter History: Presidents and Candidates on TV

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Vice President Richard Nixon, Republican candidate for president, is interviewed for "The Jack Paar Show" in an NBC studio in Washington on Aug. 25, 1960.

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Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, hosts of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In," stand by then-Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon during a rally in Burbank, Calif. Nixon, running for president in 1968, dropped in on the show to shout a befuddled-sounding "Sock it to me!"

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Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton plays a version of "Heartbreak Hotel" as Arsenio Hall gestures in the musical opening of "The Arsenio Hall Show" at Paramount Studios in Hollywood on June 3, 1992.

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Presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry makes his entrance driving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle onstage to a welcome from "The Tonight Show" host Jay Leno at NBC studios in Burbank, Calif., on Nov. 11, 2003.

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Re-elected Sen. John McCain talks with "The Tonight Show" host Jay Leno on Nov. 4, 2004.

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Sen. John McCain, right, and Jon Stewart talk during a break from taping "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" in New York on April 24, 2007.

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Former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney speaks with host Jay Leno during a taping of "The Tonight Show" on May 2, 2007.

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Sen. Barack Obama dances to the song "Crazy In Love" with host Ellen DeGeneres before a taping of her show on Oct. 17, 2007.

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Sen. Hillary Clinton bowls with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres during a show taping on April 3, 2008.

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President Obama joins the ABC daytime talk show "The View" alongside co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck on July 28, 2010, in New York.

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama talk with Oprah Winfrey during a taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" at Harpo Studios in Chicago on April 27, 2011.

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President Barack Obama talks during an interview for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," on Oct. 25, 2011.

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Mitt Romney talks with Jay Leno during his appearance on "The Tonight Show" on March 27, 2012.

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Barack Obama sits with Jimmy Fallon during a commercial break as he's interviewed for a taping of "The Jimmy Fallon Show" on April 24, 2012, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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President Barack Obama sits with David Letterman on the set of the "Late Show With David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York on Sept. 18, 2012.

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