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(35,015 posts)LOVE it.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)Fridays Child
(23,998 posts)question everything
(47,544 posts)was really the best line.
And how the Foxians will have hard time convincing the American people that Hillary was born in Kenya.
calimary
(81,527 posts)Joel McHale had to follow him. Rough job! Between Barack and a hard place!
Barrump-bump!
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,247 posts)Unlike Bush* gives any comedian a run for his money...
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)funny, too, albeit unintentionally.
Rhiannon12866
(206,247 posts)I can remember watching him early on, stumbling and misspeaking, and remember thinking that no impersonator could top that...
LuckyLib
(6,821 posts)NBachers
(17,149 posts)but his delivery, timing, and memorization of the joke are what really made it work. He delivered it with his head up and he engaged the audience.
It was much better seeing and hearing it than just reading it off this web page.
Watching that other "comedian" bury his nose in his notes, and fumble his way through his routines, just made Obama's delivery that much better by comparison.
There's more to comedy than what's written down on paper.
LuckyLib
(6,821 posts)intelligent at off-the-cuff observations and humor. I was generally curious as to who the small group of writers was -- in the past the WH has brought in some folks with experience at this.
NBachers
(17,149 posts)I'm glad we both agree; it looks like I took your post the wrong way.
Hekate
(90,858 posts)Although there's another thread crowing about how great that guy was/is. Maybe it's a sign of age, but a lot of what he said didn't strike me as all that funny...
POTUS, FLOTUS, AND VPOTUS, though -- spot on. I like Joe's yellow sports car and cool shades.
Cha
(297,794 posts)that one the right way.
3catwoman3
(24,064 posts)I love it when he cracks up at his own lines.
Skittles
(153,212 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)The President rocks.
BainsBane
(53,075 posts)He's reading from notesmand apologized after he made a joke about Biden. He doesn't seem like a professional comedian at all.