Mother Jones
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The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was tonight. President Obama told some jokes. Joel McHale told some jokes. None of these jokes were terribly funny, I thought. They weren’t awful, but they weren’t great. McHale sort of “went after” the Beltway types in the room (a la Colbert), which was neat, but I don’t think the jokes themselves were very funny. But who knows, really. Maybe they were? I don’t know. Maybe I’m just not in the right mood.
Here are the videos. Decide for yourself.
Obama:
McHale:
I’m genuinely curious what other people thought. Yay/Nay? Let me know in the comments.
Also, if Obama and McHale didn’t do it for you, here’s the funniest standup ever, Eddie Izzard’s Dress to Kill:
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Watch Barack Obama & Joel McHale Make Jokes at the 2014 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
