The First 100 Days Of Obama Jokes (VIDEO)

When President Obama took office media outlets and comedians alike wondered whether political comedy was dead. George W. Bush was bad for America in many many ways, but was very good for the comedy world. He couldn't open doors, couldn't bounce basketballs, couldn't really speak or process basic ideas: Jon Stewart became one of the most liked men on television by tearing him down.

But Obama with his sincerity, hope, and transparency didn't seem promising. As Bill Carter said in the "New York Times" last July: "There is no comedic 'take' on him, nothing easy to turn to for an easy laugh, like allegations of Bill Clinton's womanizing, or President Bush's goofy bumbling or Al Gore's robotic persona."

Despite this comedians have been thriving in several ways: Colbert has been "attacking" Obama for ridiculous reasons, Stewart has gone after his detractors, Letterman is still making fun of Bush, and the rest are mocking the puppy.

Here's a look at some of the best Obama jokes from his first 100 days. As you'll see most of them don't use the president as the butt of the joke.


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[pipetoe]

fear of racism.

[Mintcondition]

lol

[papla]

LOL

[channelerchik]

I feel happiness every time I see Obama. He's an incredible person. We are so lucky.

[ashman73]

Mee 2. It's nice to have someone that cares about us. The jokes were good too

[pipetoe]

Utopian....

[afgail]

One has to be fairly well informed and have at least an IQ of 90 to "get" Colbert. The ignorant an stupid don't "get" Colbert which explains why conservatives take him at face value. A term they no doubt don't unerstand either.

[lisakaz2]

We Got Nothing: PERFECT!

And love the Billy Mays thing.

[maikonen]

The President laughs wth all his facial muscles. His expression in the captioned photo is almost like the face of the Buddha statue in my living room!

[nellie]

He's the genuine article.

[cjk002]

LOL @ Billy Mays!

[larry278]

Jay Leno looks as portly as Ed McMahon looked when he did TV.
I'm heartened by Comedy Central not playing cheap by calling comics in skits anal ists. That shows class. Comedy Central doesn't use sophomoric trick spellings to try for laughs. But I don't think that I'll get my TV set repaired yet. HP selects Comedy Central's best skits & I see them at anytime by using HP. Thanks, HP.

[watchful123]

LOL @ Letterman....The Republican Party - "We Got Nothing"

[OrganOfThought]

And people were saying back in December that they were "worried" for all the comedians out there because they were losing their best target.

I guess they didn't think that the Rep party would become so ridiculous and pathetic.

I don't see the comedy stopping any time soon. This is too much fun. I almost feel guilty.

[EmeraldWorld]

Ah, yes, that was one of my favorite clips in the whole segment! XD

[Terrence0258]

The Republican Party, We've got nothing. The most accurate assessment of the GOP ever.

[OrganOfThought]

They have never really had anything. All of their success was based on propaganda, deceit and hate.

Finally, their methods came to a crashing halt. Unfortunately, we are left with a mess. But fortunately we now have (overall) the most liberal Congress in the history of our country and a damn fine President.

[Lochmon]

But can comedians really compete with real life? such as

"Colbert Study: Conservatives Don't Know He's Joking"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/27/colbert-study-conservativ_n_191899.html

[OrganOfThought]

I actually know people that don't get Colbert.

I'm speaking of native born English speaking people. I excuse people that grew up somewhere else and learned English as a second language. They may miss some nuances in his manner of speaking and other cultural references.

But it is amazing that English speaking people born in the USA don't get his act.

Of course, that just makes it more funny.

[lisakaz2]

He is brilliant at his role and sometimes so good you're shocked. But it is funny they don't get him after several years.

[tbone99]

great picture of him - now thats a man who knows how to laugh wholeheartedly

[Wilkei]

The Rebulican Party "We got nothing" LMAO

[Lahonda]

He's "Teflon Cool".