Obama silences '1600 Penn' star Josh Gad

[nmbluesky]

President Obama is so powerful that he even has the power to silence the very talkativeBook of Mormonstar Josh Gad.

Gad was at the White House this week for a special presidential screening of his new NBC comedy1600 Pennand found himself unable to speak when Obama introduced himself.

"I was thinking this is going to be amazing, I have so much I want to say. And he walks in and I literally freeze," says Gad. "He shakes my hand and says, 'So great to meet you. How you feeling? How you doing?' All I could say was, 'Um, um, I'm better now.'"

"Oh my God. I don't think I've been at a loss for words. I'm unfortunately very verbose too often," says Gad. "I don't know what his impression was but you are meeting the leader of the free world on his home turf. It's not something you can prepare for."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/01/11/president-obama-josh-gad-1600-penn/1827637/

[Ken Burch]

1. OH, that's all...I thought you meant he had the Secret Service duct-tape Gad's mouth.

now THAT would be a "photo opportunity".

[nmbluesky]

3. Lol

But the show was so cheese

[Control-Z]

17. I thought he told him to stop interrupting

or something like he did with the press when they were rudely talking during a press conference last week (or was it the week before?). Lol.

[sad-cafe]

2. This is a horrible show

I watched one episode of it. I won't be watching any more of it.

[Ken Burch]

4. The biggest problem is, the show kind of needed to have Romney win to be viable.

It just doesn't work with THIS president in office, on many, many levels(though they did rip-off the "threaten the daughter's boyfriend with a drone attack" joke from Obama).

[sad-cafe]

8. I would rather have a bad TV show

than a Romney presidency.

[KittyWampus]

12. Good point. We can turn the tv off.

[Luminous Animal]

13. And it wasn't funny when Obama said it.

[Cirque du So-What]

15. You may be on to something

After all, this sitcom was likely 'in the can' before the election. Could it be that network execs were already banking on a RawMoney win?

[mwdem]

20. I think they were counting on a Romney win...

they thought wrong.

[Cha]

6. I started to watch it online.. and

shut it down. It was painful. Ouch.

"Scandal" with Kerry Washington is about D.C. politics including the White House and is actually interesting.

[KittyWampus]

10. How far did you get? I watched maybe 5 minutes. It was very, very bad.

[Luminous Animal]

11. Same here. Remarkably inane.

[Ken Burch]

16. It would be great, given that Jenna Elfman is in the role, if they had a plot line

where the First Lady joins a cult, though.

Is that too much to dream of?

[tridim]

5. Unfortunately the show is really bad. I'm talking "Manimal" bad.

[Ken Burch]

7. Could "1600 Penn" replace "Manimal" as the gold standard of bad? n/t.

[KittyWampus]

14. No. It was very, very bad. But not the absolute bottom because there were a few funny bits

surrounded by a huge stinking pile of bad.

[Paulie]

9. Worse than Automan too?

[Control-Z]

18. I want another West Wing!

I have the entire collection and have watched it more than a few times. I loved the show and miss it very much.

[vanlassie]

19. Newsroom.

[Control-Z]

21. Oh, yes!!

I've really enjoyed the show so far. Now awaiting the second season. I hope it's a longer season than the first which was crazy short, imo.

Walking Dead is the only other I can think of that I look forward to watching. And of course, they took a mid season hiatus. Once it's back on it will probably end after 3, maybe 4 shows at the most.

Cable television has its benefits, I guess. Large monthly fees. Shorter seasons. Terrible programs. Wait. Wat? Oh, yeah. I can watch marathons of Full House just about every day of the week.

[Ken Burch]

22. I want a show that's sold with the following pitch:

"It's 'West Wing' meets 'Newsroom' meets 'Law & Order' meets 'M*A*S*H*...meets 'Family Guy' ".

(admit it...we'd ALL be there!).