A year after Colbert made them face reality, Correspondents dinner choose Rich Little
One year after Stephen Colbert went and made George W. Bush and company feel uncomfortable by not sucking ass, event organizers for the White House Correspondents Association dinner decided to take things a little safer this year.
So they booked Rich Little for the entertainment.
Little has been entertaining Presidents since Jefferson, which, ironically was the last time he was funny.
From Editor & Publisher:
Following recent dinners that boasted the likes Colbert, Cedric the Entertainer and Jon Stewart, choosing Little, whose career dates back decades and whose humor is often milder than Colbert or Stewart, indicates a change in approach.
“My approach is to try to make it a comfortable venue that is enjoyable, funny and interesting,” said Steve Scully, president of the White House Correspondents Association, who chose Little. “But you don’t want to offend anyone.” He cited the slogan for the Washington Gridiron Dinner, which says, “singe, don’t burn.”
Ron Hutcheson, a McClatchy Newspapers reporter and former WHCA president who organized the 2005 dinner, said Colbert’s impact might have sparked a calmer choice this year, which he supported. “It is certainly a safe choice, which might be nice,” he said. “The single most difficult thing about the dinner is lining up entertainment. There is never much of a budget and I have found that coordinating their schedules with our schedules are difficult.”
Well, at least this year Bush won’t have anyone pulling him out of his box, and the journalists can enjoy some good clean entertainment featuring jokes about how hard it is to be rich. Wouldn’t want anyone pointing out the blood on everyone’s hands and the depth of their incompetence.
–WKW