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(16,377 posts)Most of his jokes fell flat.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)I had the added issue of some really bad audio via C Span last night and could barely make out what he was saying, but it was easy to tell, that it wasn't going over very well.
Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)than I have ever been by Larry Wilmore.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,601 posts)Lodestar
(2,388 posts)'If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.'
George Bernard Shaw
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Love this guy
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)you could tell he was extremely nervous. His presentation showed it big time. I was not impressed, but certainly understand by performing in front of the best president this country has seen in a long long time.
I like him a lot too,INFINITELY better than, sadly, the person who replaced Jon Stewart.
But, he was brutally bad in this.
mountain grammy
(26,666 posts)He looked terrified while the President was killing it. Anyone would. The President was terrific and impossible to follow. Larry was right, but not funny.
brush
(53,971 posts)Some were quite cutting, and some jokes went over most peoples' heads (Lemonade, coco butter and others).
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)I have to admit I was a little disappointed with him at the WHCD. He is so much better on his own show
PatSeg
(47,741 posts)but his performance fell flat. I've seen this in previous years at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, it is a really rough crowd. I think his routine would work well as stand-up comedy, but not in front of the President. I really wish they would quit with the whole "roast" angle. There are plenty of venues for that kind of humor that are more appropriate than the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
valerief
(53,235 posts)Fuckin' media. They deserve to be shat upon.
Missn-Hitch
(1,383 posts)The Bill Clinton joke - grace, class and poise are his favorite strippers.
BLM is in the crowd - just kidding everyone.
Cspan is the number one network for people who died watching tv and noone has found them yet.
Andrew Jackson from the grave responding to Ben Carson's praise of him as a President. "What did that jiggaboo say?"
The Morning Joe crew is so far up Trump's ass, they ran into Chris Christie.
Everyone in that room should squirm at his jokes. I squirmed, but I still give Wilmore a C+.
mountain grammy
(26,666 posts)Missn-Hitch
(1,383 posts)3catwoman3
(24,109 posts)...transparency, this is the opinion of a just-turned-65 white woman.
I think it was in egregiously poor taste to use the term nigger/niggah when speaking to or about President Obama.
colorado_ufo
(5,743 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Absolutely NOT FUNNY !
Had I been the President and First Lady I'd have risen and walked out at the first "N word".
At a minimum, not stood up and shake Wilmore's hand after the racist routine.
colorado_ufo
(5,743 posts)It was so bad, the audience only clapped with one hand: Dems left, Repubs right.
It was so bad, the audience hoped he would leave early so that Carly Fiorina would have time for a few songs.
It was so bad, he might qualify as a VP choice for Donald Trump.
It was so bad, the audience was hoping Romney would appear with a hook and finish the comedy routine for him.
It was so bad, (you can take it from here . . . )
What a lame routine, badly rehearsed, poorly delivered, and very dark humor. Not a moment of self-deprecation to lighten it. The multiple references to Guantanamo, drones, bombs, and other associations of torture and death are not sources for levity. Sorry, Larry - you didn't display the talent that you did on The Daily Show. It was Amateur Hour.
It was so bad, they are considering asking you to host the Oscars . . .
whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)and their sensitivity. They needed to hear this especially Wolf the Bubble Beard Blitzer.
Flatpicker
(894 posts)But there was no satire there.
This was 1 person getting 1 chance to tell those in power some hard truths. The humor was a thin veil.
Calling out Obama on Guantanamo, and the bomb and drone strikes? That required large amounts of courage.
I'd be nervous too in that situation.
SalviaBlue
(2,918 posts)Person 2713
(3,263 posts)I was laughing with him and at them. He hit Obama too so no one can say he was soft one way and hard with others . Hey some are gonna react like the people finding the cocoa butter and ask what is this so it was not for everyone's taste.
I never watch his late show though not into to those kind of shows
trueblue2007
(17,245 posts)liberalnarb
(4,532 posts)His jokes were awful, and his deliverance sucked.
Rebkeh
(2,450 posts)What is everyone talking about he was awful?
psshh...
He was a little hard on the media but so what? That's his job,