Obama Does Leno, Here Are Some Other Shows Worthy of President Cool

President Barack Obama went on national television last night again. No, it wasn't a Town Hall meeting or a press conference or an address to Congress. It was to sit and whoop it up with Jay Leno, host of NBC's The Tonight Show. I alternate between thinking this was the most brilliant strategic move by perhaps America's most telegenic, media-savvy president ever, and, what the hell is the President of the United States doing on a friggin' talk show? What's next, Letterman's Stupid Human Tricks?

In any case, since our mad-hip president has decided to bring his mojo to late-night television, I thought it might be fun if he went even further with this unprecedented reach-out-and-touch-middle-America campaign and did the following shows as well:

WIFE SWAP: Let's send Michelle to the Heartland and a beer-chugging, Bible-thumpin' NASCAR-mom to the White House and watch the sparks fly!

IN TREATMENT: Who wouldn't want to watch The O-Man sit on the couch and dish to Gabriel Byrne about the enormous pressures of life, love, work and "How come Rush Limbaugh doesn't appreciate me?"

ENTOURAGE: C'mon, Vince and Barack? They're the two coolest dudes on the planet! And think of all the fun it'd be watching Turtle get into some serious White House mischief while Drama hits on Hillary.

DANCING WITH THE STARS: Ok, Obama's not the smoothest dude on two feet, but neither is Steve Wozniak. Obama and Edyta. Now that's cool....

HIGH-SCHOOL REUNION: Watch Barack and his buddies sit around the Hawaii mansion reminiscing about the good old days smokin' weed and doing blow. It's all fun and games until a mystery guest shows up in the limo to spoil the party. It's Karl "Turd Blossom" Rove...

HANNITY: I want to see this knock-down, drag-out verbal smackdown once and for all. The Hannitizer won't know what hit him.

AL ROKER'S DINER DESTINATIONS: I have nothing witty to say here. But wouldn't it be a freakin' riot watching Al and Barack hangin' out together on a greasy-food-eatin' road trip?

VH1's TOUGH LOVE: Obama and AIG CEO Edward Liddy work out their shit...

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE: Will help prepare Obama for once he leaves office and miraculously becomes a gazillionaire like all other exiting politicians.

QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY: Just to see Barack and Carson Kressley go clothes shopping together....

ANY EXERCISE SHOW: O's got zero body fat, man. That's inspirational. He'd be an awesome TV exercise guru.

THAT 70'S SHOW: More weed-smokin'....

TWO AND HALF MEN: Watch the jokes fly as Obama, Joe Biden and Limbaugh (the half man) yuk it up...

HANNAH MONTANA: Barack, Malia and Sasha hang with Hannah and Billy Ray on a fun-filled tour of Washington. But then Billy starts singing "Achy Breaky Heart" and ruins everything...

WHEEL OF FORTUNE: Maybe he can turn the economy around with a little spin of that famous wheel?

WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN!: Obama teaches Republican naysayers Rep. John Boehner and Sen. Mitch McConnell a lesson. Yeah, boyeeeeeeee!

48 HOURS MYSTERY: Obama and the investigative team attempt to figure out what the hell happened to our country these past eight years.

THE HONEYMOONERS: Obama, Biden and Hillary share a run-down tenament apartment in Brooklyn during the First 100 days in office....

SURVIVOR: Need we say more?

Comments

[JeffmChicago]

President Obama guesting on the Tonite Show was a no brainer. He can communicate to the citizens of this country about his agenda and thoughts on how he's governing. This way all the misinformation being written and talked about on the News Channels can be dismissed as people see and hear Obama for himself without the talking heads making up stuff to fit their agenda.

Keep up the good work Pres. Obama! We needed a man of your character to lead us out of the darkness from the past 8 years.

[Holypat777]

Pffff, give him his own show. Oh, wait he already has that!

[steveeyes]

Nothing is more ridiculous than Republican’s complaining about Obama appearing on the Tonight Show. I can understand why – they fear Obama will reach the average person and that is the last thing Republican’s want. Republican’s want democracy to stay in the Washington bubble where they think they have more control and continue to pass laws that favor the rich who in turn feed the Republican campaign machine with donations. For Obama to think outside of the box speaks well of a man who was elected by the people (not wall street, lobbyists and the rich that Republican’s represent). What are the Republican’s afraid of? They are so out of touch that maybe instead of spending their time complaining, whining and trying to change the tax laws to favor the wealthiest Americans, maybe they should spend less time complaining and actually learning how to communicate to hard working Americans who are still the vast majority.

After a 12 hour day, the last thing we want to do is listen to O’Reily, Hannity whining like a soar loser or even listen to you on CNN making noise. We come home, want to turn on something that isn’t so depressing to, yet is both entertaining and informative (like Tonight Show) that doesn’t have an agenda to promote their political views. Like I said, it tells hard working Americans’ how out of touch Republicans are about what makes us tick and what it takes to survive in a country destroyed by Bush politics.