Week 9 Entertainment

President Obama didn’t look burdened by his office on “The Tonight Show” on Thursday; he seemed detached.

As he described the problems of American International Group and the credit crisis to Jay Leno, Mr. Obama behaved less like a beleaguered president than the head of a peacekeeping mission in Bosnia reporting back to the main office -- concerned and engaged, but intent on maintaining his professional distance and neutrality.

At times, he may have seem a little too removed. When he described the plight of Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner ( “He understands that he’s on the hot seat, but I actually think that he is taking the right steps”) Mr. Leno jumped in and said teasingly, “Now, see, I love that it’s all his problem.” Mr. Obama tensed up and tried to correct himself, and it took him several beats to surrender to the joke and laugh along with the audience.

But overall Mr. Obama, the first sitting president to be a guest on “The Tonight Show,” delivered a familiarly smooth, winning performance in an unfamiliar setting – a fireside chat for the flat screen age.


http://www.nbc.com/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno/video/clips/president-obama-full-interview-319/1067541/


Stephen Colbert does a rap battle against GOP leader Michael Steele

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=222211

John Stewart grills Dick Cheney

http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=220585

The Obama song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-yJBsjatW0