# No comedian at WH media dinner next Spring **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 19, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comedian-at-wh-media-dinner-next-spring/824815 "2018-11-19T20:00:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comedian-at-wh-media-dinner-next-spring/824815/1 "2018-11-19T20:00:41Z")
Guess they are playing it safe by getting the guy who wrote the Hamilton book which was the basis of the play > **[Author Ron Chernow Will Speak at White House Correspondents’ Dinner](https://variety.com/2018/politics/news/ron-chernow-whca-1203032191/)** > > WASHINGTON — After fallout from the biting performance of comedian Michelle Wolf at the 2018 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the organization is going in a different dir… ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comedian-at-wh-media-dinner-next-spring/824815/2 "2018-11-19T21:15:58Z")
Ron Chernow. You know - genuine historians are not likely to be impressed with this Whitehouse any more than comedians are. I hope he goes for the jugular. I hope he gets up there and says, "For real, the Trump administration is destroying our country and I’m going to tell you _exactly_ why, with citations and maps and PowerPoint slides. Yes. There will be a quiz. And by the why, Flint still needs a better water system. What the hell is going on with you people?" ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comedian-at-wh-media-dinner-next-spring/824815/3 "2018-11-19T21:29:50Z")
There’s an attempt to get a group of anti-Trump comedians together to hold an anti-dinner at the same time ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comedian-at-wh-media-dinner-next-spring/824815/4 "2018-11-19T21:41:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There’s an attempt to get a group of anti-Trump comedians together to hold an anti-dinner at the same time So… basically every living comedian except Rosanne and Tim Allen? ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comedian-at-wh-media-dinner-next-spring/824815/5 "2018-11-19T22:02:39Z")
I didn’t know what the White House Media Dinner was. White House Correspondents’ Dinner, on the other hand is famous. I predict reduced attendance. If I want a lecture on history, I’ll find one on a Ted Talk or YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comedian-at-wh-media-dinner-next-spring/824815/6 "2018-11-19T22:06:02Z")
So will Trump still be too intimidated to attend? ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comedian-at-wh-media-dinner-next-spring/824815/7 "2018-11-19T22:07:30Z")
Looks like the press is already caving to Trump’s threats. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comedian-at-wh-media-dinner-next-spring/824815/8 "2018-11-19T22:13:44Z")
Most comics are "pro " Trump because he gives them an endless supply of material for their routines. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comedian-at-wh-media-dinner-next-spring/824815/9 "2018-11-19T22:31:18Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Most comics are "pro " Trump because he gives them an endless supply of material for their routines. Patton Oswalt talks about how he hates Trump because there’s _too much_ material. By the time you right about a bit about one thing, 5 more crazy things have happened and everyone forgot about it.