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Late-Night Comedians Joke Less About Obama
L.A. Times reports that Bush, McCain and Hillary Clinton have all received far more jokes directed at them by late-night comedians than Barack Obama. The study looked at jokes from monologues by comedians Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, Stewart and Colbert from January 1st to July 31st.
The center found that the network shows broadcast only 169 jokes about Obama, compared with 428 about Bush. McCain drew 328 jokes. Hillary Clinton, who dropped out of the presidential race and much political news in early June, still drew more than twice as many attempted yuk lines (382) as Obama.
On Comedy Central, Obama and McCain were close, with 207 and 201, respectively, while Clinton and Bush nearly tied at 179 and 177, respectively.
Combining the laugh lines from all five shows, Bush was the ...
... most mocked, with 605; Clinton had 562; McCain got 549; and Obama trailed, with 382.
Letterman had the most fun at Clinton's expense, with 146 jokes about her and only 46 about Obama. Leno had the most Bush jokes (208), with Clinton right behind at 204.
Colbert worked McCain over the most, with 129 jokes, compared with 91 for Obama and 79 on Clinton. An example: "It's time the media started trumpeting McCain's exciting story. He's old, and no one likes him."
Here's the total joke received breakdown.
George Bush ... 605
Hillary Clinton ... 562
John McCain ...549
Barack Obama...382
Posted on August 22, 2008
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