# Samuel L. Jackson in Obama ad: "Wake the fuck up!"
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jackson-in-obama-ad-wake-the-fuck-up/636563
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 3, 2012, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jackson-in-obama-ad-wake-the-fuck-up/636563 "2012-10-03T08:03:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2012, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jackson-in-obama-ad-wake-the-fuck-up/636563/1 "2012-10-03T08:03:08Z")
Have you guys seen this? I couldn’t believe no one had started a thread about it yet. Here is the [unedited version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6KOGS9kN5w), but it’s easy to find the version with the bad words bleeped if that’s your preference. Frankly, I think the rhymes need work, but I liked the bit with the grandparents. I wonder who “little Suzie” is. I think she has potential; maybe she could play Hit-Girl’s little sister in Kick Ass 2.
I wasn’t sure whether to put this here or in elections, but I figured I’m more interested in discussing the artistic merits than fact checking.
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2012, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jackson-in-obama-ad-wake-the-fuck-up/636563/2 "2012-10-03T08:18:29Z")
> **[Wake the F\*\*k up! (read by Samuel L. Jackson)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=666902)**
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> We need more political ads like this. NOTE: Both links below are to videos and they contain adult language so may be NSFW: ...
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### Author:  [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2012, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jackson-in-obama-ad-wake-the-fuck-up/636563/3 "2012-10-03T08:31:18Z")
Well damn! I searched for “Wake the fuck up” but I was stymied by the asterisks!
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2012, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jackson-in-obama-ad-wake-the-fuck-up/636563/4 "2012-10-03T08:43:44Z")
Yeah, our search function sucks. It happens.
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jackson-in-obama-ad-wake-the-fuck-up/636563/5 "2012-10-03T13:11:13Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#):
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> Well damn! I searched for “Wake the fuck up” but I was stymied by the asterisks!
It comes up when you use Google, which unless you’re looking for a specific poster’s posts, is nearly always the better way to go. Here’s [the search](https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Astraightdope.com+wake+the+fuck+up&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=) I used.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jackson-in-obama-ad-wake-the-fuck-up/636563/6 "2012-10-04T16:50:48Z")
Well, that was interesting. I don’t know about Pres. Obama vs. Romney, but everyone voting is a good idea.
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-l-jackson-in-obama-ad-wake-the-fuck-up/636563/7 "2012-10-04T17:23:24Z")
I’ve got a critique, I’m not sure if I should
But a lot of those ryhmes ain’t too fuckin’ good.