Cecily Strong Did A Great Job Hosting The White House Correspondents' Dinner

 

This was hilarious. And yes, she’s hot as well. So that’s cool. But really funny too. Pretty sensitive crowd. So many “ooooooooo” after any joke that took a jab at anyone. Grow up, correspondents. Second year in a row I didn’t get an invite. Next year is my year, I know it. Buy anyway, here are some of the best jokes from her speech.

 

On the Secret Service: “They are the only law enforcement agency in the country that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot”.

“Buzzfeed is here, but I can show you a listicle of 17 reasons they shouldn’t be”. Seriously, Buzzfeed was there? Motherfucking Buzzfeed? Meanwhile our fearless leader is eating pizza and won’t be seen again til October.

On how great television is now, but how they still have a long way to go on accurate portrayals of gays and lesbians: “I mean, it’s 2015, and we still have TV characters like Don Lemon?”

On how easy Hilary is going to have it: “Hillary has her work cut out for her. Her Democratic challengers are a ‘Who’s Who’ of ‘who’s that?’ Jim Webb, Lincoln Chafee, Silas Phelps, Peter Wilks… now those last two were characters from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. You didn’t even notice, did you?”

On Ted Cruz: “What’s the exact opposite of a black president? How about a Canadian Latino who will never be president?”

“Rand Paul has announced he is taking over the family’s ‘not being president’ business”. An A+ joke.

And a the best joke about Obama: “Thank you so much for taking time away from Jimmy Kimmel to be here.”

 

I think she did a great job. Much better than last year, which she noted “I feel very lucky to be here. Last year’s host, Joel McHale, proves that speaking at this dinner is an amazing opportunity that can take you from starring in a show on NBC all the way to starring on that same show on Yahoo.”