At last year’s White House Correspondents’ dinner, president Obama split sides the old-fashioned way — landing well-timed, dryly delivered, punchlines that lit up everybody from Joe Biden to the JoBros.
On Saturday night, when he wasn’t hurling barbs at Donald Trump, the President hitting the play button. His 20-minute speech was heavy with A.V.-oriented chuckles, a la Bill Clinton’s “The Final Days.”
Obama stepped up to the podium accompanied by footage of a throbbing birth certificate. There was a mock-trailer for “The King’s Speech,” which spoofed his teleprompter dependency. Somewhere in the middle he projected a snippet from the first five-minutes of “The Lion King,” claiming it to be his birth-video. “I want to make it clear to the Fox News table: that was a joke. That was a children’s cartoon,” quipped Obama. “Call Disney if you don’t believe me, they have the long-form version.” Take a look at the video and more pics below. {SOURCE}
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| US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive on stage at the annual White House Correspondent's Association Gala at the Washington Hilton hotel April 30, 2011 in Washington, DC. |
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| Gayle King attends the 2011 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 30, 2011 in Washington, DC. |
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| Jeremy Piven attends the 2011 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 30, 2011 in Washington, DC. |
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| Kerry Washington attends the 2011 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 30, 2011 in Washington, DC. |
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| Will.i.am attends the 2011 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 30, 2011 in Washington, DC. |
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| Comedian Seth Myers and Alexi Ashe attend the New Yorker White House Correspondents' dinner pre-party at The W Hotel, rooftop on April 29, 2011 in Washington, DC. |
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| Model Christine Teigen (L) and musician John Legend arrive at the MSNBC Correspondents' after party with FIJI Water at Embassy of Italy on April 30, 2011 in Washington, DC. |
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| Cee Lo Green arrives at the MSNBC Correspondents' after party with FIJI Water at Embassy of Italy on April 30, 2011 in Washington, DC. |
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| Russell Simmons (L) and Lyor Cohen (R) attend the TIME/CNN/People/Fortune White House Correspondents' dinner cocktail party at the Washington Hilton on April 30, 2011 in Washington, DC. |
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| Cee Lo Green performing |
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