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  • Why are there so many dislikes, I love Richard little. Besides, you try performing in front of congress, senators, and the president.

  • RICH LITTLE SUCKS!

  • THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ASSHOLE!! FUCK RICH LITTLE!! HES WRONG!! CARSON IS NOT AN ASSHOLE!! THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ASSHOLE!!

  • 5:30 reggie bush

  • His mccain impression sucks

  • Bush still sucks worse than his act

  • The audience is full of lawyers = assholes!!

  • Boy this is difficult to watch. He looks like he's completely in the wrong decade & has spent 0 hours preparing

  • Still trying to find Imus's 96 dinner with President Clinton. (If you don't know Imus helped put Clinton over the top in the New York Primary of 1992 and used to go on Imus's show until the correspondence dinner. Imus claims Clintion screwed him at the dinner because Imus impersonated Clinton and Said:" GO BABY!!! and got no laugh. Imus stood there thinking great only another 19 minutes to go.lol

  • You want to see the funniest guy look up Cedric the Entertainer at his white house corr. dinner where he talks about Condaleza Rice. It is hilarious.

  • What kind of comedien would get up and say I'm not a satyrist, I do impressions.

    AKA I put the croud to sleep.

    

  • This is live?!?!?!

    

  • 174 people have no idea what real true comedy is

  • I thought that Rich was impersonating Bush from the beginning...I thought he was doing a fantastic job until I realized it hadn't started yet.

  • when you all say this is bad do you mean the comedian or the audience?

  • Since 9/11, I've decided not to be funny.

  • Holy SHIT this is bad.

  • How did the Secret Service let the hoodlum at 1:29 slip past?

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  • Bush is a coward! From Colbert to a washed up hack. From honest criticism to kissass softball.  It's pathetic.

  • Death, violence, not gonna be funny tonight....now let's all have a laugh with Rich Little

  • How the FUCK did this IDIOT ever get to be president! The ABSOLUTE WORST PRESIDENT EVER!!!

  • @c1magr8 Obama defeated him being the WORST one. I can prove it a million times.

  • @GIONELLIO (LMAO) How long have you been living on Fantasy Island??? bush IS the ABSOLUTE WORST PRESIDENT in history. Obama needs to stop his pussy tactics & get nasty with the REPUBLICAN REEETARDS. As far as you proving anything ... GET A FUCKING LIFE & GET FUCKING REAL! ALL REPUBLICANS ARE UNHINGED LUNITICS & THIRD RATE FUCK UPS!!!

  • When he does the hemroid one bush is like yea i dont understand that either?

  • love rich little hell always be the best

  • wow he did a good job for a stupid ass crowd!!!!

  • haha noone got the nuts joke!

  • this guy still rocks

  • A JOWEL MOVEMENT!!! GENIUS

  • He primarily plays to older audiences & theaters that book nostalgia. At his age his voice isn't as flexible as it once was, that happens to all impressionists, so he sticks with characters that are older. The lawyer & wheelchair jokes people probably repeated the next day. But the most important thing to remember if this were a Comedy Club the audience would be young, stupid & drunk & laugh at ANYTHING with a dirty word in it...or without. No one does well here.

  • not funny, and theres no such thing as a good president

  • Nice to see George being so sensitive about Virginia Tech. Remember when he joked about finding Osama bin Laden? Lame. He couldn't take a joke, can't tell one and this is why he opted out of the fun. But at least Bush was funnier than anything Rich Little did. Even Little knew he was terrible.

  • I can't believe there are 160 dislikes today, 2.25.11. These are the same sad people sitting in that audience. Sure there were some laughing but this was way to muted. They are sitting in front of a genius and they don't seem too impressed. But now I get it. They are reporters from NY Times, The Post, CBS, NBC, etc, etc. Need I say more......these people don't have a sense a humor. And they are sitting in front of a president they hate. If Obama was there I'm sure they would be laughing more.

  • This is.....without a doubt.....the greatest impressionist ever. There was muffled reaction from the crowd.....keep in mind that this was just 2 0r 3 days right after the Virginia Tech where 30 some odd students were massacred. Rich knew that ahead of time.....and knew this would be a tough audience........he has not missed a beat....his timing is impeccable...and he is .....the greatest.... And screw all you people out there who are critical....let's see YOUR impressions on YouTube!

  • What happened to his ability to time a joke? His set ups take centuries.

  • You blame the audience for not laughing? That's idiocy. They aren't laught 'cuz he ain't funny. Little is, was and always will be lame.

  • Little is, has always been and will always be a terrible comic, a terrible impressionist and, from what I've read and heard, a pretty awful person.

  • @notredamehesamighty I wanna read what you've read. No troll, bruh. No argue, either. I'm genuinely interested in whether or not Little was a dick.

  • Damn I can't get over how he made his face look like Nixon! Damn that was good!!!!

  • OM.....the joke about the lawyer and the asshole.....I laughed for 5 min.....and the wheelchair joke..... This is good schtuff........

  • This performance was painful to watch. Sad to see a great comedian descend into old, rehashed jokes that he's been doing for decades, without coming up with anything fresh and interesting. He's still holding on to impressions of Carson, Reagan, and Nixon - as if they're relevant - while ignoring the current field. He was incredible on the Dean Martin shows, but it seems he never advanced since then. Sad. He himself realizes he's bombing. :(

  • this sucks !

  • Howz the sheila in red at (14:57) looks like she's just ate a shit sandwich...

  • yo it pissed me off that these idiots dint laugh like they were supposed to! I LOVE RICH LITTLE hes sooooo funny and all these old ppl there dint find him funny.... now im 16, and I KNOW that was sooo funny, WHATS WRONG WHITH THESE PPLS!!!!!!

  • @LEIMALOCCA I agree! Just a bunch of stuffy empty suits...

  • Oh God! These people have no humor!

  • He probaly is funny but I gaurantee you he had Bush adminiatration water down all the jokes and tell him to bring up not being a political sattirist. And Bush has no confidence whatsoever. Cause Colbert had some funny stuff and Bush didnt crack a smile. Throughout Rich's whole performance he had a smile that was pasted on his face the whole time. This was all FAKE.

  • "And when this, when this warrathon thing against all extreministic fractions is concludified.......... The hell did that mean...idk"

    Love it!

  • bum rap for Rich, that's probably the worst warmup any guy can get. And a room full of stuffed shirts.

  • Those members and guests of the dinner are just plain dead on humor. I see them as stuck-up noses and sticks in the mud. That's what makes me sick about this country. We're being too lenient with other countries and busting our asses to help them out. But when it comes to our own residents, we're last, and very prone to drowning because our noses are stuck up too high in the air. We don't live forever America. Laugh your ass off when you get a chance. Or die being selfish.

  • for me is the people there that didn't understand him! he is a great artist and they are just well suited people waiting for the food and they do not bring respect to a man who have made smile entire generations of people: important people and poor people... and be able to make smile the other is something great!

  • I like his impressions, for the most part they are quite good

  • He totally bombed. I think that is routine was a little dated but worse of all his comedic timing is all gone. Some of the jokes would've been funnier if his pace was faster and timing better.

    But Rich Little seems like a good guy, I don't really know much about him tbh but I applaud him for the effort.

  • Bush's grandfather sold bombs to Nazi Germany even when America was in the war!

  • Is it just me or does he sound like Johnny Carson with loose dentures?

  • The problem with todays society is that we have lost our sense of real humor. Todays humor is either gross humor or stupid (ie. SNL). If you go back and watch the Dean Martin Roasts when Rich Little was in his hay day, the audience knew all the personalities and could identify how on target Mr. Little was in his impersonations. Those were comedians. Back in the 70's they joked about things that are considered politically incorrect now and thus we live in, what I consider a humorless society.

  • I have to admit I thought he was pretty bad at the time , but I look back and think he was actually pretty good in the impression. No make ups just a pair of glasses and fake teeth. Good with voices and physical impressions.

  • His best routine was the reaganomics pie routine. He does a really good Reagan. Not so great a Bush I agree

  • You people not only do not know a Good President but don't even know a talented impersonator and comedian!

  • You Dems. are friggin liars. When Clinton was in office the Dems. in congress thought Saddam was a threat as well! Now we've got Obama expanding the war in Pakistan!

  • Oh! BTW I'm not a republican. You liberals and neocons are both warmongers!

  • Great performance, but a weak George W. impersonation.

  • This is great! What a talented performer and to such a difficult audience too. Some of them need to get a life and a sense of humor.

  • This was just baaaad.... !!!

  • Oh no! He Bombed!

  • o shit, crap jokes

  • Could there have been a worse introduction? I don't think so. Nobody could have made anybody laugh after Bush's sombre comments about the Virginia Tech shootings. Rich Little showed a lot of courage just getting up and trying to do his thing...

  • That had to be one of the HARDEST gigs Rich has ever performed. My hat's off to him. He looked like he performed in front of storefront mannequins! The thing about the tapes should have had them rolling in the isles!

  • zzz

  • That was a tough room.

  • This is one of the saddest things that I've ever seen in my life.

  • @drhatcher Look in the mirror ^^

  • @Rasta311 Does it usually take you a full year to come up with a reply that clever?

  • Rich Little's performance was infuriating...

  • awk... ward...

  • Holy Crap, Rich Little... does anyone think this joker is funny? Republicans, just because he didn't go after Bush doesn't make it funny. Wow. Was he cracking a joke about alzheimers when he did Regan? Not funny. His Jimmy Carter looked more like Nixon than his Nixon. Nixon was a disaster. Seriously? A five minute set up for the "out standing in your field" punchline? The journey was almost worse than the destination. Whew. It hurt just to make it thought this disaster.

  • This was a disaster, much like the War at the time.

    Wanda Sykes will be much better.

    Colbert's performance is an all-time classic!

  • What the hell? I Googled "bomb" and this video came up.

  • jowel movement

  • I think he should quit when he was good back in the "old days" this was awfull

  • White House functions requires that one maintain certain standards, even in comedy. Rich couldn't pull out many of his best gigs. Besides, Washington Press people have very strange senses of humour, so while the average yutz may think this anything but droll, this audience was rolling in the aisles in their heads but couldnt because el presidente was present and it is undignified

  • as bad as when Jon Stewart hosted the Oscars

  • His Schwarzenegger is god-awful... But his Carson's still good (even though the guy's been dead for a while now, so the impression is a little irrelevant).

    *His Andy Rooney easily rivals Frank Caliendo's. Great presidents (Reagan, H.W., Clinton [so-so] and Carter, too). No one beats Caliendo's Bush, Jr. Watching Nixon impersonations has just gotten a little old...

  • im sure his Schwarzenegger impersenation sounds better in person than on youtube

  • Was this guy ever funny? I mean seriously!

  • Back in the 1960's Rich Little was "state of the art" sort to speak. Nowadays we're spoiled by the impressionists with just the right make up, and much more funnier material. Rich Little had his day, long ago.

  • Little used to be great, and he's still great, but he's a little hoarse (from age) now to transition his voice very smoothly. Caliendo's top-dog of the 2000s.

  • 06:56

    After Little was quoted saying Johnny Carson was one of the most "insecure" people he had ever met, Carson banished him from The Tonight Show.

  • He is funny but some of his impressions aren't that good, I think Frank Caliendo is the better impressionist at least as far as Geroge W. Goes. However in this Rich Little looked exactly like Bush Sr.

  • Maybe that seemed a bit Harsh, most of his impressions were good. Oh but these people must have no sense of humor, they didn't laugh at some of the funniest parts, Out Standing in a field, that was quite funny no one laughed.

  • Wow, W sure knows how to warm up a room, doesn't he?

    -jcr

  • A great performance by a talented performer.....too bad the audience wasn't at all hip!

  • What a horrible night this was. Bush should be put on trial just for that!

  • Dear Rich.

    You are fantastic.

    What a tough crowd,but you kept right on working,and finally they gave in.

    Reagan,Carter,Bush and Nixon were spot on !!

  • It's so painful to watch the White House Correspondents' Dinner... so many people don't have a sense of humor. Same thing happened to Colbert. Ferguson managed to fare better.

  • GOOD. LORD.

    Waaaaaaaay past his expiration date.

  • I wonder how lively an audience of Dems would be if he were up there doing Obama impersonations...or Fidel Castro, whatever.

  • his bill clinton impression is weak

  • Playing to a cemetery?

    Huh, Mr. President over there sure was a-sniggering.

  • THAT JOHNY CARSON BIT WAS REALLY FUNNY

  • God Bless, Rich Little!

    He could not have known that half his audience didn't have a frickin' pulse!

    Someone ---please!!!! Put these idiots out of their misery!

  • Geez...it just gets worse!

    This audience are SEED PODS! There's not a real human being in the whole damn crowd!

  • Poor Rich Little...he could not have known he was booked at a FUCKIN' WAKE!

    This is proof--the GOP has not goddamn sense of humor! Jeez! Did anyone have a pulse?????

    I with Rich: did you people get this???????

    Frickin' corpses!!!!

  • the audience was so upyight.

  • Rich is a little off his game, as compaired to his earlier years. But he STILL is funny and I enjoyed his performance. Lots of fun.

  • what a downer opening.

  • Give him a break. Check out his stuff from the '70's. That was his peak.

  • Rich Little's problem is that he stayed on too long and his performance was heavily "watered down".

  • It wasn't Rich's fault! He was playing to a CEMETARY!

  • You could make the argument that the crowd wasn't too responsive to him, but this kind of comedy is so long gone, This is due to the latest improved sketches on SNL and alike. Note for example at 16:00 the 40 secs of Carter's smile. That might have been funny years ago watching a variety show on tv but not anymore. And that song "poke alot of fun at Washington..." for him to sing like that in these modern times would be like a black guy getting up to sing 'Mammy' and tap dance.

  • p.s. colbert wasn't great last year either, but at least he was edgy. rich little is just boring.

  • i felt bad for him - really poor performance. jumped the shark, over the hill, sad but true.

  • oooomg stiffy F-ing crowd! Rich is soo above this crowd and doesnt put anything extra into the act because a comedian´s fuel is the crowd´s laughter, and this crowd suuuuucks!!

  • WTF?! Hes friggin' fuuny! Whats everyones problem?!

  • @M60AK47M79M134

    The audience seems to be like that at every White House correspondents dinner.

  • This has to be the most arrogant bunch of tight ass yuppies ever assembled. Poor Rich.

  • Rich Little's talent is too big for most of the press jerks who attended this event.  From some of the reaction shots it is clear that many of them couldn't bear their Democratic idols and heroes being mocked.

  • hahahahahahah hillarious

    people need to learn to be relaxed you only live once

  • what's with the grieving about VA tech? Is it the president's fault? Is it anybody's fault? How does it important to anyone? People with machine guns go nuts and that's a fact of life.

  • This is very painful! He really really sucks!

  • President Bush?

  • why isnt anyone laughing, that was painful. all the people there are soooo dull!!!!!

  • that's why they are politicians!

  • It's emblematic of the administration.

  • Clinton Supporter Organized Event For Wright to speak!!!!

    latimesblogs.latimes..com/wash­ington/2008/04/wrightsetup.htm­l

  • Rich Little was damned good and it's a shame none of these idiots got his jokes. I guess they were just to advanced for their trivial minds.

  • The bimbo at 29:33 doesn't get any of his jokes. Looks like she needs a cock in her mouth!!!

  • Richard Nixon's "Jowel movement" just killed me.

  • awful

  • I really enjoyed this. I thought it was funny

  • These stupid stuffed shirt idiots need to learn how to laugh!

  • this performance is so painful to watch!

  • I love impressions...unfortunately, he hasn't exactly seized the audience, and he needs some new voices, but still..he's a classic, and good at the voices he does. :)

  • bad timing with the v-tec thing and pres

    not want to make jokes-but rich is very

    funny

  • I feel bad for the guy, especially when the biggest laugh he got was when he made the Colbert reference.

    On that note, I believe there were more laughs with Colbert...

  • I thought this was great. I was laughing like crazy.

  • Poor Rich. It was like swimming upstream the whole time for him.

  • You really suck, he is the most famous impretionist ever!

  • I'm sure he was in '84. But, he needs some new material.

  • Washington is ALWAYS bewildered!!!

    Terrible Tom--Wisconsin

  • He does Nixon so perfect. God bless Rich Little :)

  • the freaking audience sucks.

  • Ahahaha, that was wonderful.

  • perfect example of your typicall stuck up audience....God save them..

  • what a dip shit noob bush is...

  • Bush's opening remarks "We gotta learn to laugh in this town."

    Well he tried. So did Rich. But the correspondents, especially the ladies, have no sense of humor. They're miserable.

  • The audience are a bunch of losers. They can't even laugh at themselves. Washington takes itself to serious.

  • This was so embarrassing for Rich Little. Horrible, old fogeyist performance. He did a tremendous disservice to all the older comedians who do actually do a good job (like Don Rickles).

  • COLBERT.

  • I think it takes EXTRA-ordinary courage for a comedian to continue his act with such grace and confidence even though the material just wasn't that funny...and you can visibly see the boredom and bewilderment in the audience.

  • Most of the media noobs in attendance didn't know who half the people who were impersonated. And these are the so-called 'lights' of information? God help us.

  • Dick Gregory is such a flaming crap weasel.

  • That was a tough crowd.

  • That was terrific. Hands down the best Jimmy Carter impression I've ever seen. (The worst Bill Clinton though). I got a lot of good belly laughs on it.

  • colbert was soooooooo much better

  • brilliant work

  • Is it just me or does Rich Little look pretty damn perfect standing behind that Presidential Seal??

  • He's portrayed presidents for quite some time.

  • rich little re-invented modern impressioning close to 40 years ago and should be applauded. that said, this performance was an embarassment and he should go back and re-visit his material selection and what is appropriate in venues as this.

  • man, thats a tough crowd.. bunch of stiffs all of them.

  • Not much energy in him.

  • God bless you Rich. The President Reagan impression was absolutely the best. I can't stop watching that segment. You were 99% him. Andy Roony was also great. You didn't do too well with W. Bush though. And what is the matter with this audience? They seem not to get any of the jokes or remember some of these past presidents. Some too young perhaps or with short memory, or something in their food these lame people with no sense of humor.

  • amen, rich little is one of the most incredible comics of all time. show this man some respect.

    when it coems to comics and impersonators, this guy is a god among men

  • Man, this guy is sooooo lame. His speed and everything. He's simply not funny. Get someone back who's funny and who's making good jokes of the idiot president.

  • He did get the Colbert dig in...

  • Man, did Rich Little BOMB!

  • johnny carson's ironic jokes were great.

  • crickets

  • first thing i noticed, the guy at 41 seconds is starring at the girl beside him, but hes trying to do it discreetly. jonny carson is great cuz he doesnt even hafta say anything. andy roony is my favorite omgosh! jimmy carter is my favorite president impression. very good, altho long, very good video!!!

  • Who is Ron Paul?

    youtube(.)com/stream?s=8316518­4