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

[Kalima]

The cheering in the audience is some how disturbing but the subject is spot on.
Good night and Goodbye McDoddle.

[Scarllatti]

You are right on the spot. McO'Doddle sure needs to sleep for a 100 years. Goodnight grandpa. Kookooooooo!!!

[lincat]

He's a laugh and a half. I don't understand why he would be asked to be on a comedy talk show. There is nothing about Nuts that is funny. It's scary, in fact that someone like him is running for president. It's not a laughing matter.

[frappe]

McCain appears to have fallen asleep while appearing on a national television show? Regardless of the lame attempt by McCain at frivolity and phony self-deprecation, it serves as just another metaphor that a McCain presidency would be the functional equivalent of a third Bush term. After all, Bush has been asleep at the wheel since day one. Our country is in the worst shape it has been in decades and we haven't seen the bottom to this tailspin yet.

[lexnekst]

"Any local weatherman­."

That's exactly it. Romney is the typical fake weatherman. That, or a robot.

[Scarllatti]

Mitt is a RAINMAKER. He makes one out of the desert sand. Now, I am getting dizzy in the head at the mention of Mitt.

[elr50]

Pretends to fall asleep ? How can you tell?

[timetorevolt]

Ditto..

[Scarllatti]

I hope they have a couple of EMT guys around. This grandpa is surely having vascular dementia right in front of our eyes. It usually is supposed to happen in a step-wise fashion.

[lovethesinner]

The McCain joke starts the day he's elected, but it won't be on him:

http://www.slate.com/id/2109242/

[JumpingCholla]

Funny as a bunion.

[ErnestineBass]

Can't say as I blame him. Conan puts me to sleep, too.

[Azmom]

Trying. To. Laugh.

Nope. Not. Funny.

[Thinkingclearly]

There are YEARS of material in the fact that John McCain doesn't know how to use a computer or surf the internet - and hasn't caught up with the fact that Czechslovakia has been divided into two separate countries since 1993. (And that wasn't a new slip - back in 2000 he was saying the same thing and George Bush thought it wasn't fair that McCain got a pass on it back then).

Unfortunately - that might just buy him some sympathy votes - but for crying out loud - how has he made it as a senator without knowing how to open his email. (I do have some sympathy - he probably never took typing classes - those were for girls back in his day).