The presidential parody skits in the last White House Correspondents Dinner in a president’s term in office are usually pretty good, certainly better than the stand-up routines that comedians usually miss with at the same dinner.
And President Obama’s sketch on Saturday night didn’t disappoint.
The bit was reminiscent of Bill Clinton’s last sketch eight years ago.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins