Beating former Italian stand-up Beppe Grillo and Winston Churchill, aka the W.C. Fields of Europe, President Obama was just named “World’s Funniest Politician” by the Guardian.
Expect Republicans to start grumbling about him winning this award prematurely, just like they did when he won the Nobel. When does POTUS even go to open mics?
Photo of Obama by Tim Mosenfelder/FilmMagic/Getty Images
The best part about Conan O’Brien’s monologue at the WHCD is that Jay Leno didn’t show up at the last minute instead. Conan’s best lines:
On the GOP’s future: “The Republican Party has a new rising star, Marco Rubio, or as he’s known in the Republican Party, our black guy.”
On CNN: “CNN’s ratings are so low James Earl Jones’ voice comes up and says: ‘You’re watching CNN??’”
On old media: “The print media are here for two very good reasons: food and shelter.”
On the NRA: “Here’s a fun fact about tonight’s food— everything you ate was personally shot by Wayne LaPierre. Don’t worry, it was during a home invasion. The fish came in through the window. Incidentally, you may not know this, but Wayne LaPierre is merely the executive vice president of the NRA. Which begs the question, how freaking crazy do you have to be to be the actual president of the NRA? He’s not even at the top.”
Photo by Pete Marovich/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Wow, Daniel Day-Lewis did a hell of a job playing Obama in Steven Spielberg’s Obama.
BTW, it’s Daniel Day-Lewis’s birthday today! Suggestion: wish random people on the street a happy birthday. There’s at least a chance one of those people is Daniel Day-Lewis in character.
* Check out this dapper Jack.
* Earth likes it with the lights off.
* A short film that’s like Little Shop of Horrors, but the monster eats oil.
* Structured illumination microscopy…? OMG look at the pretty pictures!
* North Dakota’s new abortion laws are like a time machine to the past.
* You think you know everything about U.S. presidents, but you have no idea.
* An Indian city decided to try what can best be described as a traffic scarecrow.
* In this economy, it’s hard to hold onto your money. Thank goodness we have Thing X to help.
Patton Oswalt took on same-sex marriage long before the Supreme Court ever did.
Click through for same-sex marriage hilarity from Garfunkel & Oates, Eugene Mirman and more.
* It doesn’t take much to deflate a politician.
* You don’t know diddly about Bo.
* Drones boldly go where no man has gone before.
* Miss the bus? Just print out an Urbee and drive to work.
* Hey, kids! Want to learn how to decode international secrets?
* Beautiful story of a Vietnam vet who built a peace park at My Lai.
* Charlton Heston’s cold dead hand comes back to life (thanks to Jim Carrey and FOD).
Mary: It’s George Washington’s birthday today
Mary: We should mark the occasion on Tumblr, if you have an idea you like, let me know
River: Well
River: he rode into battle once with a seriously bad case of hemmorhoids
River: and those are funny
River: done.
In this economy (tm), who can afford to miss watching comedian Nathan Fielder give real businesses the real solutions they may or may not need?
Not you, that’s for sure. Nathan for You premieres on Comedy Central on 2/28, 10:30pm ET. But in this economy (tm), who has time to wait for entertainment?
Not you, that’s for sure. Click here to watch the first episode—that’s right, the whole thing—right now.
You’re welcome, America!
