# President Obama on "Between Two Ferns". **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430 "2014-03-11T14:18:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/1 "2014-03-11T14:18:26Z")
[Wasn’t sure where to put this](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obama-talks-health-care-zach-galifianakis), it could be in the Pit, Cafe Society, or Great Debates. Anyhoo, this is gold. “What’s it like to be the last black president?” Obama: “Who gave you permission to shoot in the Diplomatic Room?” Zack: “Bush”. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/2 "2014-03-11T14:32:52Z")
[Hilarious… I can’t even believe this happened.](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/18e820ec3f/between-two-ferns-with-zach-galifianakis-president-barack-obama) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/3 "2014-03-11T14:50:14Z")
Excellent. 🙂 Thanks for sharing that. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/4 "2014-03-11T15:01:43Z")
Obama wore his sassypants to that interview. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/5 "2014-03-11T15:04:34Z")
What the hell was that? Is it a regular series? Something like the Daily Show ‘interviews’? Were Obama’s reactions standard for guests on it (assuming there’s been more than one, but I think I’ve heard the name before). That is, was his apparent irritation part of the schtick or did someone not brief him on what to expect? Bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/6 "2014-03-11T15:16:15Z")
It’s a long standing series on Funny or Die. [The other thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=718030) ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/7 "2014-03-11T15:24:24Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > What the hell was that? Is it a regular series? Something like the Daily Show ‘interviews’? Were Obama’s reactions standard for guests on it (assuming there’s been more than one, but I think I’ve heard the name before). That is, was his apparent irritation part of the schtick or did someone not brief him on what to expect? > > Bizarre. Oh yeah, it’s a very awkward and rude show. Previous episodes would have 2 or 3 big name celebrities and after what seemed to us like very perfunctory interviews he’d tell 'em to git. I think the one I like the most is when he interviews Jennifer Lawrence and they have a back and forth about off-putting and pudding. “You’re off-putting.” “You should be off pudding. _pause_ Because you’re fat.” ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/8 "2014-03-11T15:33:17Z")
That was really, really funny. Really fits into the B2F mythos. Bravo! ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/9 "2014-03-11T15:56:37Z")
I would love to assume Obama came up with those zingers on his own, but even if he was just performing a script his delivery was excellent. Very well done. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/10 "2014-03-11T16:29:37Z")
“Three inch _horizontal_.” “In two years, how are you gonna feel when no one lets you win at basketball anymore?” And the president does have very good delivery and timing. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/11 "2014-03-11T16:33:52Z")
Obama was actually funniest with those very angry-looking presidential glares. Those were the moments that had me laughing out loudest. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/12 "2014-03-11T16:34:39Z")
That was pretty damn funny… ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/13 "2014-03-11T17:33:08Z")
Coolest president ever. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/14 "2014-03-11T22:25:01Z")
That was awesome. I can’t believe Zach got to do this with the freaking president! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/15 "2014-03-11T22:39:07Z")
[If you have not seen him whip Justin Bieber with his belt, you have not yet lived.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6XSEi1jTR58#t=216) ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/16 "2014-03-11T22:42:38Z")
“You know what I would do if I was president? Make same sex \*divorce \*illegal, and see how bad they want it.” ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/17 "2014-03-11T22:47:16Z")
Am I the only one who thinks this looks like a hoax? The camera kept cutting from Obama to Galli/whatever, never portraying them both onscreen together while they were “zinging” each other. It came off as very staged/stilted/weird to me. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/18 "2014-03-11T22:52:52Z")
> [@Roundabout](#): > > Coolest president ever. One thing Republicans have to concede. With the exception of Reagan, the Presidents with style have all been Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/19 "2014-03-11T22:53:50Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > “What’s it like to be the last black president?” Goddamn. That’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430/20 "2014-03-11T23:32:32Z")
“Is this what they mean by _Drones_” 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-on-between-two-ferns/683430.md?page=2)