I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction.
I would say that President Roosevelt probably was more intimately in touch with the press corps at the White House than President Truman was.
What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen the manager kicking off with the players, the players kicking off with him, players fighting each other, managers fighting, everything.

