George H. W. Bush vomiting incident

Bush celebrated the New Year of 1992 with a 12-day trade-focused trip to Asia and the Pacific to discuss America's post-Cold War readjustment of economic relations and policies.

[2] That evening, Bush attended a state event for 135 diplomats held at the Japanese Prime Minister's residence.

The incident was parodied by Saturday Night Live[3] with a mock documentary featuring Barbara Bush trying to escape by crawling across the table.

[6] Shortly after the incident, an Idaho man named James Edward Smith called CNN and posed as the president's physician, claiming Bush had died.

[11] According to a 2007 listicle published by USA Today, the incident was one of the top "25 memorable public meltdowns that had us talking and laughing or cringing over the past quarter-century.