President Obama's First Day by Ted Rall

[eljefe1943]

well, i have to agree with the judgments of this. ted rall's cartoons are usually amazingly incisive, accurate, and bitingly humorous. but this sucks.

[UsocRelamee]

this is the worst shit

[j255c]

dumbest shit cartoon

[SupportPandaLove]

dumb

[umtbowsa]

wow, I knew americans couldn't take a joke but damn. Lighten the hell up and do some research if you are offended by this cartoon. If you didn't like him (Rall) before this okay, I get your angst but it's a funny cartoon.  Come on! And what's with all the art critics?

[angrydead]

They're not offended: it's just a shitty unfunny cartoon

[maross600]

Hey i like this, again I am not an Obama fanatic, and think he is nothing more than a super liberal book smart, no experience moron that isn't that great at debate except when compared to John McCain. All of his points and experience is easily debated.

[HappybugPopcorn]

Ted Rall is an exceptional cartoonist, one of the best political cartoonists ever. Did he really have something to do with this ... uh ... lackluster piece? Ted? Where are you, dude? You're a giant. Maybe you're out of your element doing video.

[plinkman0]

Do you get paid money for this, Rall? Why? Why do you get paid money for this?

[randombutler]

I actually kind of like this. I thought Obama walking in to see himself already there and the hugging the TV back thing were genuinely clever.

[eruption257]

What the fuck? Why does Obama sound like some white guy Ted pulled off the street corner?

Did you do all the voices yourself, Ted? How cute. Hire some real talent.

[belgurdo]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

[thwllms]

hahaha, you suck, ted rall

[Princeps32]

fell flat.  four minutes of awkward.

[g00dsir555]

you are shit. your cartoons are shit. your animations are shit. just shit

[JonLeibow]

starring Bryant Gumbel as Barack Obama

[manboobmanifesto]

gas

[angrydead]

Okay taking a look at these cartoons in terms of artistic merit, wit and intelligent social commentry I think I can do your job better.

[sixintl]

why does the woman at :30 have three boobs ted

is that supposed to be michelle obama

why, ted, why

[thatgracefulledge]

nioe crap

[crazyartboy]

this is brilliant.

people just dont know how to sit down and watch something

obama will kick ass hell yes

[Tommiddlecoat]

tbh the cartoon seemed alittle slow for me

[doshuang]

man what the fuck are you even trying to get at here? obama's unrealistic or what? jesus

[fairportfan]

Even uglier than Rall's ordinary stuff, and i didn't think that was possible.

[MyassWins]

Lol neat.

[snurks]

how the hell do you have a job dude

[sailingfms]

This is the least funny animated short I've ever seen.

[infrogmation]

Part of the problem is the pacing here really lacks comic timing.

[infrogmation]

Interesting try, but IMO Rall should stick with the comics and essays forms he's good at.

[MisterShrike2]

haha, I don't care if this is not the best animation, its fitting and makes it funnier.

[MisterShrike2]

whats with the deer?

[split4to1]

congrats to ted, he's the f'in man

[internetplays]

LOL 'Butros de croissant' and why is the taliban guy doing the Elaine dance ?

[side1981]

can't argue with that

[WatermelonMachete]

Jeez, this guy is so unfunny. And Obama should be an easy target for cartoonists. :-/

[ghesta]

Fuck all the haters, This had me laughing outloud... I loved obama's rainbow flight trail.

:)

[246ent]

I think 'the haters' are part of some right wing internet nerd gang ... they pummeled this right away , mafioso style!

[MaiAriSquee]

dude, I'm right wing, and I though it was hilarious! :P

[HonestObserver]

Not really, you don't have to be right wing to loathe Ted Rall, the liberal equivalent to the wino who makes Mallard Fillmore. And not only is he an atrocious cartoonist, he's a Stephanie McMillan enabler, which is even worse.

[IAMNOTINFECTED]

Why do youtube comments suck so much. What is wrong with you people?

[DCATPYEO]

holy lol michelle has 3 tits

[JonLeibow]

I have a better name for this cartoon

"Visual Poison"

[GrayGarrison]

if you can't draw, why animate?

[flamecuber]

Wow. I thought O!Canada had shitty cartoons...

This beats it all.

[twisket]

this is awful.

[funnymatt]

Good first video- hopefully the voiceovers will get better in the future, though.

[cautiousmaniac]

For those who didn't like this... what drastic steps are the Obama presidency going to take to repair the US Constitution, the power relationship between the Executive and Legislative branches, and the US's role in the world as a benevolent democracy?

For example: when will Guantanamo be closed? When will US troops withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan? When will we close CIA black sites in Eastern Europe? Are these things that I, as a voter, can expect from an Obama presidency by 2010? 2012?

[HonestObserver]

None of that changes the fact that this was a crappy cartoon.

[CinnamonImperial2]

That has nothing to do with the quality of the cartoon, which sucked on every level.

[Sprocketman]

Says the meme-obsessed fanboy.

What's the matter, not anime enough for you?

[HonestObserver]

Nice ad hominem. Accusing Ted Rall critics of having Republican sympathies is about as classy as claiming Palin critics of being "anti-woman."

[MaiAriSquee]

You're obviously not an artist or animator, nor have you studied either of them, or else you would've recognized the quality of animation evident in this little diddy.

[moomanibe]

Speaking purely as an animator, the only thing this really had going for it was a large number of in-betweens. Of course "good animation" can mostly be a matter of personal preference, but the entire film was really just a large excercise in weak posing and limited animation. A certain genre of british animation seems to get away with this a lot, but honestly I'm completely unimpressed with the style.

[albrot]

Hey neat Ted, you willingly attached your name to this! I admire your determination to foist this shit on an unsuspecting populace and damn well let us know that you did it!

[IAMNOTINFECTED]

anybody else not get this at all?

[stupdworld]

whats to get? its shit

[douglain]

I thought it was funny. I enjoyed it.

[BadassPeasant]

this sucks in every possible way

it is an affront to all things decent that ted rall gets paid for what he does

[CrushedMGS]

wow amazing sound effects and voice acting

also the animation is top-notch, love that random black dude who looks nothing like obama running in a loop while the background changes

[cnek]

This is terrible. Just like your comics.

[phrenological]

Keep on trying to be Matt Groening without any of the charm and wit, Ted Rall.

[foxdragoon84]

This is just painfully unfunny.

[PaBa1984]

Reminder that Ted Rall was duped into supporting John Edwards even after he dropped out of the campaign. Supporting someone who, regardless of fidelity, was taking his supporters for a fucking ride (name one great thing he did aside from yell at corporations as a candidate, and he only has done that the past 2 years since he knew he could steal dupes like Rall) makes Rall's treatment of Obama that much more ironic. What a little shit.

[HonestObserver]

I vote this video a 1... in the name of the NEW WORLD ORDER!

[Altoidss]

yo your barack obama looks and sounds nothing like him

actually nothing about this cartoon is remotely connected with reality, so if that's what you're going for good job I guess

[healaryclenton]

Did Ted Rall voice all the characters?

[TetsuoTW]

Holy God, there is nothing good in this. The animation is terrible, the sound effects are worse, the voices are god-awful, and the basic underlying concepts are PUMA as fuck.

[plinkman0]

Oh god, my eyes! My eyes are bleeding!

[drone36]

your animation style is interesting, but the writing stunk to high hell

all in all, I respectfully request that you stop making these

[AnalMart]

I can't figure out if this is a parody or not.

[xrmweho]

Ted Rall rocks, you dimwitted reactionaries. Excellent satire!

[Ladysnakes]

Wow this is even worse than the other terrible shit Ted Rall poops out of his brain cavity.

[kagetoh]

This is unspeakably awful.

[vimrich]

This was done by a liberal? I couldn't think of better right wing propaganda.

Thanks hippies!

[ToddonCapeCod]

Ted Rall contributes to MAD magazine.

That goes to show you what sort of "brain" he has

[azjeff1971]

Obamagate has happened...his presidential career is TOTAL WANNABE

[ronpauldroolz]

Mmmm..... Distopia...

[77BobJones]

Only in Ted Rall's dreams. This is the closest to his dream that he's going to get.

Stupid, stupid, stupid,

[onehundreddollars]

I'm VERY VERY impressed with the animation. The writing was meh. The sound and voices stunk to high heaven.

[shmcm]

This is so hilarious and I'm laughing so hard that I'm in tears! The details are fabulous -- the bike lock is priceless. Thank you for great topical comedy!