A president and his antiques roadshow hosts walk into the White House...
Nearly 50 years after Jackie Kennedy welcomed television viewers into the White House for a personal tour, former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush do the same, inviting "Antiques Roadshow" experts Leslie and Leigh Keno to join them. In this program filmed near the end of Bush's second term, the former first couple reflects on life inside the presidential residence and shares a wealth of interesting tidbits about the building's history.
Production
Rare access to private residence spaces never publicly filmed.
Acting
Laura Bush's dry wit and George's dad-joke energy.
Director
Dana Calderwood
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leslie and Leigh Keno are identical twin brothers who spent decades as appraisers on Antiques Roadshow before becoming celebrity antiquarians with their own PBS series.
Jackie Kennedy's 1962 televised tour drew 80 million viewers and essentially invented the modern political personality documentary; this 2008 special is a fascinating inversion—intimate yet guarded, nostalgic yet politically fraught.
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