McCain Appears On Conan, Pretends To Fall Asleep (VIDEO)

How old is John McCain? So old, the jokes about it are getting old.

So at a taping Friday night of NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," the host asked the Republican presidential candidate for some new material.

"We all agree on a take on you, which is your seniority," O'Brien said, as McCain, 71, pretended to fall asleep in his chair.

Speaking for all late night comedians, O'Brien said, "we're tired of this take on you," and asked the Arizona senator to give them some fresh material.

"Do you have a kooky uncle, do you have bad breath, webbed toes, anything?" O'Brien asked.

"All of the above," McCain answered before offering up alternative fodder.

"I was able to get shot down, intercept a surface-to-air missile with my plane," said the former Navy pilot and Vietnam War prisoner of war.

"People don't really laugh at that," O'Brien pointed out.

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McCain got in some jokes of his own, poking fun at "the cable monsters," his new name for cable news networks.

McCain, who has already had one cable movie made about his life, was then subjected by O'Brien to a series of casting suggestions for another movie about his quest for the presidency and his current search for a running mate.

Playing McCain? Tim Conway. Playing one-time Republican rival Mitt Romney? "Any local weatherman," said O'Brien.

Watch clips from his appearance:

Comments

[suzyhein]

again, so not funny. could this guy just pretend to be presidential to make it look like an actual race?

[max]

mccain was funny....good job

[orianna]

Sen Byrd from here in WV is in his 90's!! Any medical professional would tell you that advanced age is connected with failure to process information, retention and steadiness.... etc.... No other place but in the US government can old crones keep up pretensions that they can do their job. We need to have laws that:

1.) limit running for office to age 70 years.
2.) limit serving in office to age 75 years.
3.) limit number of years in an elected position to 15 years.

Come on American... demand high functioning officials leading the show!!!

[soapington]

No other place? What about the Vatican?

[SimonNZ]

They keep themselves young with a healthy interest in young boys........

[JiminNC]

Well, the vatican has magic.

[whitewaterwillie]

Well if we have a minimum age for prez (35), why not a maximum age? He could be the first president to loose his driver's license due to loss of cognitive function.

[alguien]

to paraphrase oliver wendell holmes: "one buffoon in the whitehouse is enough."

[kenbomc]

I thought the old guy was having a heart attack.

[personalpolitical]

Are we sure he was pretending? I saw the old man just passed out. I mean this was Friday night right? He generally takes his weekends off (I'm sure we can keep letting him do that as Commander-in-Chief, I'm sure the problems of the world will wait) so he can recharge. Friday night might have been pushing it for him.

[TKDMike]

I am NOT VOTING for grandpa....My dad is his age and I dont let him DRIVE!!

[jwatso7]

Oh yeah, that's a riot. Can't all the RNC's money buy this bozo a sense of humor?

[soithoni]

That's what they get for all those millions.

They can keep him. And his "sense of humor".

"The ape walks up to this lady, see..."

[alieninvader]

He's like Mr. Magoo, only scary...scary Magoo.

[Senella]

Or....... give him a hat and a big gun and you've got Elmer Fudd.

[soapington]

There are few things more dispiriting than watching a humorless man trying to be funny.

[Gollum73]

It's even more sad with people who have no sense of humor.

[soithoni]

We've tried to have a sense of humor for 7-1/2 years.

We're done.

Get him off the stage already. He's embarrassing.

[flydoghead]

you know who was a crackup ?

Idi Amin, now that guy could tell a joke !!

[editor]

Crack one joke and then the issue "vanishes"..... However he is still a dumb ol fart....

[alieninvader]

He's cracked a lot more than one joke about his age and the issue hasn't vanished.

[newszombie]

McCriptkeeper is a walking joke, from his talking point policies, to his robot arms. This guy is a joke, in a weird,creepy kinda way. The republicans should be ashamed to put up this cartoon as their candidate

[kidshare]

Oooh the hatred

[Shayrae]

I am not even a Republican and that creepy grin-grimace makes me shudder....eoweeee! If I were a Rupug...this would be enough to make me cross the aisle. Jeez.

[fiberoptimist]

If I were a McBush supporter, I'd be embarrassed. He has a juvenile sense of humor, just like Bush and his snickering, shoulder shrugging scoff of a laugh. Painful to watch.

[kellygrrrl]

I'm not really looking to elect the guy with Comedic Flair

I want a serious intelligent POTUS who is ready willing and able to deal with the realities we face

[kidshare]

You mean you can't do this yourself?

[BrettnCalgary]

In a profile full of inane comments, this one takes the cake.

[mbrownNY]

I agree... but a lot of Americans (I won't name locations) buy into crap like this. 0bama should probably up the self-deprecating humor, so he doesn't get painted as a stiff - like Gore was. The weird thing is that Gore is actually really funny. He was awesome on SNL.

[Vr6]

Why is he wearing a Yamaka on the front page of Huff but not on the video?:-)

[neutrinoflux]

He isn't wearing one at all. In the still, the top of his head is behind the microphone on the desk.