# Correspondents dinner comedian surprisingly good

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**Created:** [May 1, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correspondents-dinner-comedian-surprisingly-good/785616 "2017-05-01T02:32:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correspondents-dinner-comedian-surprisingly-good/785616/1 "2017-05-01T02:32:10Z")

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Hasan Minhaj was the comedian this year. I remember seeing some comedians do this in the past, including Bill Maher if I recall correctly, and it’s usually pretty dreadful and unfunny, but this was pretty engaging imo.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Of6PLJbMnxE/maxresdefault.jpg "Hasan Minhaj White House Correspondents' Dinner full monologue") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of6PLJbMnxE)