Funnies: Inaugural Laughs
A look at the best in late-night political comedy.
Jan. 18, 2009 — -- Here's a roundup of the late-night comics.
Conan: Obama is making the trip three days early. Because it's Amtrak and even he only has so much hope.
Leno: The new treasury secretary nominee, Timothy Geithner, has come up with a plan to lower taxes. Don't pay them!
Leno: Barack Obama's mother-in-law moves into the White House -- come on, do you think she's going to be like all mother-in-laws? Like when Barack is upstairs asleep at the White House, do you think she'll be down in the kitchen with Michelle, going, "You know, you could have done better."
Bush: Not having weapons of mass destruction was a significant disappointment. Stewart: No! No! No! No! Your Tivo not recording the "Project Runway" finale, that's a disappointment.
Seth Meyers: Barack Obama's first official portrait as president, which was unveiled this week, is the first presidential portrait taken with a digitial camera. Let's take a look. [shows blurry Obama headshot]
Colbert: Nobody is sure quite what to do here, not even Barack Obama. Stephanopoulos: Can you fix this? Obama: I think we can fix it. Colbert: He thinks we can? What happened to YES, we can? Oh, I guess he inspired a nation with a motto: "Change we can believe in if we catch a break or two, no promises."
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