“There will be Clarence Thomas jokes” at the White House Correspondents' Dinner this Saturday. More from comedian Roy Wood Jr. in last night's West Wing Playbook ⬇️
That was the case for comedianWood was at the White House earlier this year shooting a segment for “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” when he bumped into White House Correspondents’ Association presidentKeith struck up a conversation and mentioned she was looking for a comedian to host this year’sand asked if he would be interested. “It was one of those things that was meant to be, or like a cosmic sign,” Keith said.
You’re being asked to put together a set to entertain the most powerful people in the country. Half the room hates the other half of the room. And then there’s a third of the room who’s just there to report on the two halves that hate each other. And there’s also people watching at home with totally different comedic barometers.Uh huh. But if you can survive that, it’s a hell of a medal to have on your shoulder.They all came at different times and different political climates in our country.
Same thing with Larry Wilmore and the “N word” thing. People were talking for way longer than they should about a man saying that word. The person he said the word toYou don’t think Washington is good at laughing at itself.I think the press has a sense of humor, so long as it’s not about their network. Washington has less of a sense of humor because I’m asking them to laugh at people that tomorrow they have to try and pass a law with.
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