Your favourite WH Correspondence Dinner joke? I loved it when Obama said

[applegrove]

that the GOP was attacking him less and attacking Boehner more instead......



Because.....







ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK!

[Fridays Child]

1. +1

[liberal N proud]

2. Still laughing over that one myself.

It's is the zinger of the year.

[okaawhatever]

3. I think a lot of people thought that was funny and didn't even know about the new cable tv show

Orange is the New Black. That was my favorite joke also.

Here is the text of the joke from USA today:
"These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me -- which means orange really is the new black."

Here are two from the USA Today article on his 10 best jokes:

Rand Paul and Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy: "I haven't seen somebody pull a '180' that fast since Rand Paul dis-invited that Nevada rancher from this dinner."

More Bundy: "As a general rule, things don't like end well if the sentence starts, 'let me tell you something I know about the Negro.' You don't really need to hear the rest of it. Just a tip for you -- don't start your sentence that way."

I think the Rand Paul joke for the honesty and the sentence starts joke because of the "I can't believe he went there" factor. I actually said that to myself when I was watching. It took courage to bring that up and make it part of the conversation.

[CTyankee]

20. His speech was indeed excellent.

[OilemFirchen]

4. ...

"As a general rule, things don't end well if the sentence starts with, 'Let me tell you something about the Negro'. You don't really need to know the rest of it, just a tip for you."

[femmocrat]

5. I like the photo of Biden holding a shoe.

And LOVED the Biden - VEEP video. He looked so dashing!

[longship]

6. Easy. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Joe Biden video!

With Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and (sniff sniff -- I love pandas) John "Orange is the New Black" Boehner in supporting roles. Plus some great tattoo humor, all aimed at the GOP, tea party, libertarians.

Biden has charisma = 18 and takes half damage versus libtards and GOP, plus double saving throw.

The video is a work of art. Two thumbs up.

Love the White House key under the flower pot. This is high art.

[woodsprite]

7. Love that he was getting a 45 tattoo :). n/t

[struggle4progress]

15. Excellent!

[okaawhatever]

21. I love Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Did you know she comes from a 1% family. Actually, probably like

1% in the world family. Her mother divorced her father when Julia was young, so I don't know how much of that life she lived (her father was a billionaire/poet) Her estimated net worth after she receives her inheritance is $3 Billion. Who knew? You may have, but i didn't.

[longship]

23. That's news to me, too.

I really like her. She is a gifted comic. I really dug her on Seinfeld (the only sitcom I can stomach).

[3catwoman3]

8. Orange really IS the ...

...new black" and the VEEP video are my 2 favorites from the evening. Joe can come and pick me up in his yellow convertible any time.

[BootinUp]

9. The funniest part was Joel's parody of Christie's bridgegate press conference. nt

[UTUSN]

19. That was magnificent. Bonus, 2006 COLBERT's takedown of ShrubCHEENEE & reporters

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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/white-house-correspondents-dinner/best-joel-mchales-correspondents-dinner-speech-n96521
[font size=5]Best of Joel McHale’s Correspondents’ Dinner[/font]

“Governor, do you want bridge jokes or size jokes? 'Cause I’ve got a bunch of both. I could go half and half. I know you like a combo platter.

Now, I get that. I’m sorry for that joke, Governor Christie. I didn’t know I was going to tell it but I take full responsibility for it. Whoever wrote it, will be fired. But the buck stops here. So, I will be a man and own up to it, just as soon as I get to the bottom of how it happened because I was unaware it happened until just now.

I am appointing a blue-ribbon commission of me to investigate the joke I just told and if I find any wrongdoing on my part, I assure you I will be dealt with.

I just looked into it. It turns out I’m not responsible for it. Justice has been served.”



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/04/30/206303/-Re-Improved-Colbert-transcript-now-with-complete-text-of-Colbert-Thomas-video
[font size=5]COLBERT’s Correspondents’ Dinner Speech[/font]

.... Wow. Wow, what an honor. The White House correspondents' dinner. To actually sit here, at the same table with my hero, George W. Bush, to be this close to the man. I feel like I'm dreaming. Somebody pinch me. You know what? I'm a pretty sound sleeper -- that may not be enough. Somebody shoot me in the face. Is he (CHEENEE) really not here tonight? Dammit. The one guy who could have helped. ....

I stand by this man. I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message: that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound -- with the most powerfully staged photo ops in the world. ....

As excited as I am to be here with the president, I am appalled to be surrounded by the liberal media that is destroying America, with the exception of Fox News. Fox News gives you both sides of every story: the president's side, and the vice president's side. ....

But, listen, let's review the rules. Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the Decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Just put 'em through a spell check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]Write that novel[/FONT] you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration[/FONT]. You know - [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]fiction![/FONT] ....

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[pinboy3niner]

10. The Hillary birther joke and having to go to Malaysia to get CNN's attention

[hollysmom]

11. it was either that one or

Fox news is going to miss him. It will be harder for them to convince their audience that Hillary is from Kenya.

[samsingh]

12. that was brilliant

[Jamaal510]

13. The most memorable one for me was:

"MSNBC is here. They're a little overwhelmed. They've never seen an audience this big before."

I think that one might've been even more appropriate for CNN; they've had the lowest ratings out of the trio of major news networks for a while now. Alas, nobody was safe last night--not even MSNBC, the network that is the least hostile towards him. Curious to hear what all the MSNBC talking heads have to say about it tomorrow (if they'll even mention that joke).

[applegrove]

14. I think CNN‘s ratings were really high during

the first month of the search for Malaysian Air 370. That was my understanding.

[okaawhatever]

24. They were. Apparently Americans love watching that sort of thing. Maybe we should hide a

Democratic candidate and see if we can gin up some interest for him/her.

[a kennedy]

16. and this...."And to be fair, I am not the first person on television between two potted plants. ..."

then they show the faux and friends morning show trio. I thought his last year show was just a tad better.... JMHO. http://www.c-span.org/video/?312088-1/2013-white-house-correspondents-dinner

[DrewFlorida]

18. Yep, that was a high point, so funny, loved it. I also loved McHale's take down of Christie!

[AlinPA]

22. Yes. That was funny and also powerful since it reminds us of how the GOP hate the black man who

is President. The movie reference was clever.