# Vladimir Putin...one funny bastard

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-one-funny-bastard/93601>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 15, 2001, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-one-funny-bastard/93601 "2001-11-15T21:02:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![saudade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@saudade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saudade)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-one-funny-bastard/93601/1 "2001-11-15T21:02:20Z")

</div>

When I see him on TV I giggle at first – at his little smirk and his wacky facial contortions. If not for the Presidential gig, he could become a Russky Jim Carrey. He’s certainly a hell of a lot funnier than Jerry Seinfeld, Mike Myers, or Robin Williams have been lately.

A few glimpses of his comic genius…

[http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011114/wl/mdf85615.html](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011114/wl/mdf85615.html)  
“I called shotgun!"  
[http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/20011113/us/1005632527us\_russia\_putin\_pmm202.html](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/20011113/us/1005632527us_russia_putin_pmm202.html)  
“Colin did you let one again?”  
[http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011112/wl/imdf12112001081705a.html](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011112/wl/imdf12112001081705a.html)  
“Do I have to address all 11 time zones?”  
[http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/20011108/wl/1005246611russia\_us\_mosb114.html](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/20011108/wl/1005246611russia_us_mosb114.html)  
“Barbara Walters still f\*cks the leaders she interviews…I’ll be damned”  
[http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/20011106/wl/1005060431russia\_india\_mosb110.html](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/20011106/wl/1005060431russia_india_mosb110.html)  
“sem sto pyat, sem sto shest, sem sto…damn I lost count”  
[http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011025/lf/mdf74433.html](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011025/lf/mdf74433.html)  
“I’m starting to wonder if you’re into sharing more than the gas, electricity, and water?”