Politicians come and politicians go, but NBC's Meet the Press seems to be forever. The program made its TV debut on November 6, 1947, making it the longest-running program ever on network television.   The program's first hostess was its creator Martha Rountree, and the first guest on the program was James A. Farley, the former Postmaster General of the United States and former Democratic National Committee Chair.

Since it's debut, the program has featured interviews with a panoply of political and cultural movers and shakers, including the U.S. presidents.  MRC has recently acquired a group of the presidential interviews (with host Tim Russert) on DVD:

Richard M. Nixon: Sept. 14, 1952 DVD X221

Herbert Hoover: December 11, 1955 DVD X213

John F. Kennedy: Jan. 3, 1960 DVD X220

Lyndon B. Johnson: Oct. 9, 1960 DVD X225

Ronald Reagan: Jan. 9, 1966. DVD X219

Gerald R. Ford: Nov. 9, 1975. DVD X218

Ronald Reagan: Mar. 7, 1976 DVD X227

Richard M. Nixon: April 10, 1988. DVD X215

Bill Clinton: November 9, 1997 DVD X214