Cecily Strong complete remarks at 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner (C-SPAN)
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- From C-SPAN coverage, Cecily Strong remarks at the 2014 White House Correspondents' Dinner. Watch the complete video here: cs.pn/1JFZuMo
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"Your hair is so white now it can talk back go the police"
This woman. She is a total savage.
+Shadow_Heart probably the best of the 'your hair is so white' jokes
+Shadow_Heart probably the best of the yearly 'your hair is so white' jokes
That secret service joke about black guy getting shot, no way was she going to top that.
bleunt That was actually the one joke I was hoping for. Colbert made a few dozen of those kind of powerful jokes. I wish she had a few more than two or three in her.
Also, it is so pathetic that the first time we have a black President, the Secret Service drops the ball that badly. It might just be the fact that more crazy people out there want to show him that he isn't untouchable, but still: Racism isn't limited to the public, it probably extends into the Secret Service.
bleunt What about "your hair is so white it can talk back to the police"
bleunt 7:36 I actually liked the one with Brian Williams and NBC.
schlafanzyk I don't' think the SS cares about the race of the officeholder, but his nonchalant style in office has probably made him more vulnerable since they're like this is a cool boss so let's be laid back too; I was mad as fuck at Obama when he went out in public randomly without first telling the SS (remember those letting the bear out moments)...that was very foolish of him. He could have started a civil war if some crazy white supremacist had put a bullet in his chest or something and killed him. Can you imagine how fucked up America would be if he ever got assassinated. I know I'd be still crying it would be worst than Abe's or JFK's or even MLK and Malcolm X's assassinations combined because it would have taken place in a modern time. I strongly think the blunders that have happened have been massively overstated, even the one with the VET who ran past the guards. They could have plucked that guy from the roof with a scope but he was no real threat and the POTUS was not even in the WH at the time; trust me, had POTUS been there when he stormed through, we'd be having a funeral instead of a trial.
Ann Boylen - totally agree. But Secret Service should take a bow for keeping him alive and safe!
We can all breathe out now!
"Your hair is so white now it can talk back to the police" I LOVE HER
Erika Tate where was that part 😂😂
roshie ㅎㅎㅎ a little bit after 21:30
Seth Meyers made the same joke about his white hair and the tea party.
This time works a little better imo. I loved both Cecily and Seth in their respective dinners
I knowww, me too!! I wish the same applause and appreciation were given to Michelle Wolf after her WHCD speech, too! But yes, Cecily often strikes me as so so in her sketches on SNL, but she SLAYED in this!!
Man she was ruthless. It wasn't even mostly about making people laugh, it was about making them feel ashamed.
rmoulton rmoulton oh my god your baby is sooooo cuuuutteee
rmoulton rmoulton cute ass baby awwwww
Yes
lmao, your baby is very cute
As. Well they should be.
"I'm not going to tell you how to do politics, that's not my job. It's like if you guys told me what to do with my body." BURN that was amazing
Also the "secret service is the only law enforcement service in the country that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot." That was great.
Molly Mermin She was awesome!! Loved it!!
@mike force so we're defining bodies as tiny clumps of cells now ok
mike force The foetus is literally inside her uterus for 9 whole months, leaching out her blood, nutrients and oxygen. Her bladder, liver, stomach and gallbladder are moved out of place to the point that she can barley walk or even breathe, and then go through excruciating pain. I’m pretty sure she has a choice when it belongs to her and her body.
YES! Awesome joke Deserves a time STAMP 2:14 thru 2:37
These jokes were smart, just ill-received because ya know, the audience.
100% agree, I know this comment is old but i wanted to add it was more of a roast or half shaming them while the laughs were always intended to be from us not the live audience.
Sure did get fucking boring around the instragram phase.
They were at a loss for words showing how detached they are from reality
Ha ha ha . . .the only organisation that will get in trouble if a black man is shot . . . (the Secret Service protecting President Obama) . . . LOL . . . .
Not many will admit to being here! Lol
"Are you saying boooo or trueeeee?"
That was perfect
i was saying boo-urns.
lmao
@@herculesbrofister265
this was legitimately funny
I was saying boo-urns...
She killed it. No one in the audience could take her jokes because she wrecked them all but she still did amazing
+SuperN3M3515 this is the saddest post ive ever seen
Obama was finished
Amazing? Killed it? Hardly, she's a woman
@@bubblerap7176 Which means she hurt your feelings. 😂
4:21 "I don't want to be too hard on those guys [the secret service], they're the only law enforcement agency in the country that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot!"
GENIUS... best line period.
Leuel48Fan Oh yeah. Incredible. Send her a medal
She did a good job with lots of good zingers. But I literally LOL when she said that Hillary Clinton's foreign policy is stronger then Rand Paul's. yeah stronger if you want constant military interventionism and perpetual wars.
Leuel48Fan She's got more balls then anyone in that room
Hausofcozy108 Towing the line of the popular liberal narrative is not ballsy. It requires zero balls whatsoever.
Leuel48Fan genius..? really?
"Fox News is losing a lot of viewers lately, and may they rest in peace..."
Dear GOD, woman.
Except 2 years later and Fox News STILL tops cable news lol.
🤣
@@Akihito007 that was your inference? ratings? LOL!
Akihito007 have you seen cable tv views vs media views? What you’re saying is a bash to Fox lol
That’s nice to say.
The smartest comedians are the ones that can rip on anyone because they love them, the best comedians are the ones that don't let audience reaction affect their game.
Quick witted, fast paced, she had one of the best sets out of all the comedians who have done this dinner.
Totally agree
True that
Q1
Bill Burr's Philly audience agrees
Conan & Norm were defo the 2 best.
Now, that's called being fearless... Every groan from that pompous audience was priceless.
Day-um. Cecily Strong did not take prisoners
Nicro328 I felt bad for Brian Williams lol. That incident was pretty embarrassing for him and that dino part...The SS joke was cold too how the only time authorities would get in trouble for letting a black man get shot lol
Jack Caponi Obamas hair so white, it can talk back to the police. Bwahaha :D
Nicro328 "Day-um. Cecily Strong did not take prisoners" Oh yeah! She's not very funny but man, she's gutsy. Well, good for her, I say.
Terry5135 What? I thought she was hilarious. Maybe you just don't like the sarcasticness of it? Shit, I just found most of it hilarious because of how she said all of it, which was basically "fuuuuuuuuuuck youuuuu."
Shane Benjamson she did some biting acidic sardonic humor which is hard to pull off. most people grok sarcasm but sardonic humor is like fine wine that fewer peeps appreciate
this is why comedians are important
+ahlalalalaaa exactly
True that!
Catharsis!
I love how we could all agree about that 4 years ago.
Women should not do comedy.
Is this a roast? She is killin it.
Leo lol I think that's political humour ...... If you've seen Parks and Recreation, you'd get it
lol what the heck does this have to do with Parks and Rec? It is a roast. Been around for decades.
justfetus there’s a whole ep abt the ethics of political roasts lol it’s good
Cecily Strong is cold-blooded. I love it.
It's just delightful to see how the room HATES being made fun of. They're also petrified of anything even remotely edgy. You hear less "ohhhs" at a middle school assembly. Blitzer in particular seems congenitally unable to take a joke.
LynxChan Jokes first need to be funny. To be funny, they need to actually be based on some aspect of real life.
LynxChan I don't think it's that. It's a common reaction when you know people are trying to be funny, but they're not.
LynxChan She was funny, but her jokes were more for the educated millennials than middle aged or old farts.
abbas jaffri Definitely millennial humor. Gen X probably often barely caught on and Baby Boomers there seethed with hatred.
LynxChan The audience didn't hate it when Stephen Colbert did it. Nor when Ricky Gervais hosted the Oscars. Not that there weren't plenty of cringes too, but those guys were and are funny and they got the laughs they deserved. This girl did too - hardly any.
Cecily nailed it wow
Wow, so glad I found you. I was just watching you .
I actually love you
Hi
chrissss
Chris!!!
Ah, the days before Trump was relevant to politics. What a different world.
the only law enforcement agency in the country that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot... damn that was dope
Wow, after the secret service joke the whole room just went silent. LOL
Today it takes another sense. After George Floyd
Because it's so true that it hurts
"I solemnly swear not to talk about Hilary's appearance because that's not journalism" AMEN!!!
Back when a President could take a joke...
Um, do you not remember The Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump?
@@justinmraap Before he was President?
Justin Raap Lol trump sued a guy for one of those jokes. Look it up. He also chose which ones would be allowed. Extremely fragile person.
@@docan5248 Imagine if Ricky Gervais did the roasting.
Back in the day: the president could take a joke
Last four years: the president is a joke
You know it's good when no one laughs because she's fucking roasting them.
I thought Cecily was funny, intelligent, and she looked beautiful.
Shane Woodbury most importantly, she has class
Really? I think I watched a different video. I found her mediocre to put it politely. And the Indiana pizza joke couldn't have been less classy if she told it while wearing a sweat stained wife beater with one gold tooth in her mouth.
Aaron Roberts I agree, she was not very funny. I think Shane is just White Knighting because she's a female and "looked beautiful." Had a man told these same jokes, he would have said he wasn't funny.
DiverseLA ,, silly, the president said just about the same jokes and they say about the same jokes each year,
DiverseLA Obama did say some the same jokes or touched upon similar topics during his own speech and got the same laughing response from the audience. FYI, Obama did use the Indiana pizza joke. He was talking about his friendship with Joe Biden and remarks, "We've gotten so close, in some places in Indiana, they won't serve us pizza anymore." The idea that if a man told the same joke that it wouldn't come across as funny is a fallacy.
Cecily's face at 4:19 is amazing, she is like "yeah cheer for them... just wait for my next joke."
RoRo w Perfect.
I didn't say she did, you know
Because what she said was confronting
Even for a celebrity, imagine the guts it would take to go up there and do what she did! She's such an inspiration. Whether you agree with her or not, you gotta admit she's got talent.
you're kidding, right? "LOL fox news bad, cops bad, blacks good". it's almost like she's parroting opinions that would receive absolutely no pushback on any cable news show ever
"Because that is not journalism" best line ever on any WHCD.
I only clicked on this to check the comments but ended up watching the whole thing anyway.
She's too good.
+Camila .Vargas same, actually
same here
Me too!
that was the most daring comedian i've ever listened to at this dinner throughout the years. she's great!
+Kwel News listen to Colbert grill Bush to his face in 2006. It's uncomfortably awesome.
+Joey Bo Wish Colbert would come back to one of these dinners. No one's ever going to invite him again lmfao
+Kwel News Good, but not even close to Colbert.
+Kwel News ever heard of stephen colbert?
Michelle Wolf: hold my beer
This woman is a FUCKING SAVAGE. Rip to those politicians
2015: Joking about Biden being too handsy.
2019: Accusing Biden of being too handsy
I caught that too!
czcams.com/video/DwXweiRjckI/video.html
Because people joke about bad things?
And the joke about Joe Biden in a ballpit at a Chuck E. Cheese should be something the FBI needs to get into -- perhaps. (Or did she mean Joe is just a kid at heart? This is MJ territory here) Either way, Cecily could be the next comedic whistleblower a la Hannibal Buress.
@@PenaltyKillah I can’t tell if you’re being serious.
Hilariously intelligent jokes.
The room was not in her IQ level.
Francis Castro I can guarantee that a dude can spit out the same exact material and you wouldn't be saying the same thing. Idiot.And, no I am not a female.
Francis Castro *I couldn't care less.
Francis Castro then why are you responding?
jpracingph No, her delivery is just shit. She had the same writers for her set as in years past, but Cecily's strengths are playing characters, not delivering a set. Why they'd hire a person who was fired from weekend update to do what was essentially a 20 minute weekend update is beyond me.
jpracingph It wasn't hilarious, and the jokes weren't intelligent. This comic's IQ is most likely around 110 to 115, which is more intelligent than average, but not enough to be considered smart. Obama's jokes were clearly funnier, and his delivery wasn't as forced as Strong's. WHCA screwed up choosing this idiot.
This is my favorite of all the Correspondents Dinner's speeches, I keep coming back to it 😅
"All good jokes contains truth" - J. Cole
Sheesh..... what a touchy crowd. None of them could take a joke.
the truth hurts.
Except Obama... He was cracking up. I always liked that guy's sense of humor.
Apparently this crowd only likes Knock Knock jokes.
28dayslater559 Many (most?) are notoriously thin-skinned. I did notice that Chuck Todd & Andrea Mitchell _did_ laugh at NBC barbs. Conversely, every cutaway to Wolf Blitzer he looked like he was about to deliver his grandmother's eulogy. (alt) ...he looked like he'd just been text'd his termination notice. (alt-alt) ...he looked like the ex-lax had kicked in a little too soon.
28dayslater559 I DID see Donald Trump laughing, unlike the time in, I believe, 2013, when the President was joking about Trump's Birther Crusade. Back then Trump looked very grim.
rdelrosso2001 -2011, but that was epic
"Feels good to have a woman follow President Obama"
I wish.
THIS WAS, F*CKING AWESOME!
When the audience went 'oooh' that's when you knew the joke was too damn on point.
Shows what a bunch of stiffs politicians are. Why do they keep letting comedians speak if they know they'll get slammed?
MY QUEEN
I love your art so much
i know this is 5 years old, but i feel like it's important to point out that the audience is mostly composed of journalists, however there are a couple politicians in the audience as well
They don't like it, but it's one of those social gestures they have to perform in order to make themselves look like decent/normal people. That's the great thing about democracy - the tyrants spend so much time saving face, they'll be too exhausted to oppress us.
@@msp633 I'm not the one typing in all caps and ending my sentence with multiple exclamation marks as if that's supposed to emphasize my "point", moron.
Cecily, in my opinion is very pretty and charismatic. Her sense of humor is the Holy trinity!
Chris Davis I am sure she is super grateful that you comment on her looks.
Repeat after me "I solemnly swear.."
omg off topic but emo took over when you said trinity i thought of the emo trinity (MCR, P!ATD, FOB) whats wrong with me
C-Span immediately switches to a different camera when Cecily makes the single camera joke
Cecily Strong made all these criminals uncomfortable, I love it!
Agreed
She's gorgeous
+Rick W nawwww does the big bad world fwighten you? It must be the media and politicians fault you don't constantly feel optimistic about everything. How could it be anything else?
+Andrew Hay Slow night trolling professor?
Rick W Oh my mistake, 'all these criminals' must be the factual way to refer to these people. I take back what I said.
"Your hair is so white now it can talk back to the police"
hahha best!
The worst audience a stand-up comedian/ne could ever hope for. All those dead faces who just don't get the joke!
"I can make that joke about Indiana because... I'm from Illinois."
as someone from northwest indiana, this cracked me up
I can feel the awkward tension in that room because everyone knows what she's saying is true 😂
I didn't think anyone could top Colbert's Correspondents Dinner speech back in 2006, but I think this did. Cecily was amazing. The media not laughing much just shows how out of touch they are... or how tightly their metaphorical balls are in a vice by the rich person sitting next to them.
robb1324 Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, and Conan O'Brien were all easily funnier than Cecily. See, being funny does not simply entail "pushing buttons" or saying something intelligent and insightful.
DiverseLA Humor is objective. To me, she was funnier than all of them combined. I think she had more wit and kept it more real than those guys, and that's the type of humor that I appreciate the most.
robb1324 Understood. And I think you mean humor is "subjective."
DiverseLA Haha yes I do, thank you... It's late. :P
robb1324 Oh please, you gotta be kidding me. Just because she is a woman and told the media to shut up about Hillary's looks? I agree of course, but that's not revolutionary. It's pandering for applause like a politician, a lot of it was. Now that's fine as a comedian, but let's not have any illusions about what she did here. She was barely a 5.5 out of 10 on the Colbert scale. She had 3 or 4 jokes that rivaled his performance and may have been better than his average of the whole act, but that was it. Most of them were fluffing. It wasn't bad, in fact, I still really enjoyed it. But it was not even close to the brilliance Colbert delivered, so let's not kid ourselves. Even McHale and Kimmel were better overall. I wish she was as good as you seem to think she was. We desperately need that. And I hope it will be a woman, so that this kind of debate can be over. But it didn't happen this time. Not a single joke about the NSA, Snowden or anything slightly controversial. But I doubt people in charge would even allow that to get into the script again anyway. She would have to go off script and sneak that in from memory, which is one hell of a task. I don't blame her for not having the courage or confidence to do that. I wouldn't either. That's why Colbert was such a true hero. He managed to do what nobody dared or even thought possible at the time. It was historic.
One thing I am noticing right now....Obama, and Michelle...ATTENDED the Correspondents" Dinner...
Keep crying Levi you pussy
Levi Brennan Lmao. Self congratulatory? Did you actually listen to it
I have watched this many times...She is so good...I just love her
i love this. she didn't pull punches. this is public service, she used the platform to say so many things that needed to be said at that level of pulpit.
LOL look at that lady's face at 10:39. She's like "This bitch is NOT funny."
DiverseLA bahah... damn visual based comedy... that was a squint face to be clear, a SQUINT FAACE! (yelling in Costanza voice) I find her hillrious
Joke after joke, for 23 minutes straight. She's so brilliant and underrated :(
My favorite person from SNL
LOL! I love how at 16:42 Obama's totally thinking "damn, this bitch is savage as fuck".
The secret service joke 👌🏽 yes! Make all these white privileged people uncomfortable.
and they say women are not funny...well this one just proved that statement wrong!
She is just 28 here. Damn that's great confidence. 👍
31, not 28.
Day-um, Cecily you came on Strong!
MehdiNPartDeu
Honestly, the Buzzfeed joke was on point.
"Did you know they have massage seats available on those trains...all you have to do is sit in front of Joe Biden"
OH DAMN
What happened to Biden?
Watching this in 2020 really stings. We were so naïve. Cecily is awesome and she killed it. Best joke was the one about the secret service.
Her Hillary bit was hilarious and the media repeat-after-me.
Cecile strong is an inspiration to be confident in what you believe and speaking up about it! Great role model.
I wouldn't even want to be around none of them shytt eaters
She's so perfect. Gotta love a chick that's funny, smart, and gorgeous.
You know that she is reading from the script, right?
14:16 "Who's better on the economy than Hilary? ...Bill..." I literally couldn't after this point lol
4:20 this joke aged like fine wine
Wow she kept her composure in such a tough room! Kudos!
So brilliant watching this a year later and how ahead of her time.
"The Secret Service is the only law enforcement in this country that would get in serious trouble if a black man gets shot" YIKES!!!
Really funny when the whole room is going boo and there's this one guy that's laughing his ass off.
I miss Obama's smile 💔
he, he's not dead-
Watching her on SNL, gave me much respect for her talents , because she's so mild she can slip the harsh zingers without being crucified like Michelle Wolfe was.
She was on of the best parts of SNL, but this gig was bad for her. Too many intelligent jokes that people didnt get, or jokes that were more facts then jokes
Devin Linker Its not her fault the room was full of idiots.
No its really not. It didnt help her you was rather mono-tone the whole time, and as a buddy of mine put it "rather vicious for an SNL chick" She did a good job, just some of it was hard to follow for most, or just went too far for people to enjoy
jpracingph I understood her "facts" but facts alone does not make something a joke, or make it funny. She had stretches where there really was no punchline; it was about pushing her political views. And even her attempts at being jokey and silly were weak.
DiverseLA Yep I totally agree. Her delivery was real bland and it undermined whatever punchline power her jokes may have had.
Devin Linker It's not really her problem that the room was full of dolts.
The crowd sucked. She was great.
That crowd always sux.
Don't know why they bring comedians in for this event. All the people present are so uptight; they can't have any fun.
“Are you saying ‘booo’ or are you saying ‘truuuee’?” LOL 😂
The scowls in the crowd are hilarious.
“Rand Paul is running. Yes that is Rand. He didn’t get elected but at least he rand”😂😂😂
I think while she observed characters to impersonate in SNL, she sharpened her observations more. Its really amazing to see to how she uses her observations adding humour to share what she feels. Hearing her some smiles, some nods and some feels ashamed. Thumbs up Cecily.
This woman is the ONLY person all year that all those politicians and big wigs listen to who talks REAL talk. That's why this is so raw. This girl is f****** solid gold.
18:18 I couldn't stop laughing at the woman in yellow shaking her head in disgust.
4:14 She WENT ALL THE WAY IN, on them! Damnnnn! Then the lady's face (you'll see the one) after the joke. Priceless.
Colin Silver 7:52 She goes in on LemonDrop too! WOW!
Colin Silver "I smell marijuana and they are rioting!" - LemonDrop while standing in a calm parking lot
You gotta be stone cold to play to this crowd. A room full of stiffs to say the least. And she killed it. Great job Cecily!
"Your hair is so white now, it can talk back to the police"
She seems like she could play a great Mellie on Scandal.
She could! She's fierce
This is before Bernie announce he's running right
yeah
And who's Bernie again? Oh yes, the latest sell-out to endorse Hillary.
Amhlair his policy record clearly shows that he's not a sellout, he had basically no choice. If he endorsed Jill Stein that would unfortunately just help Trump because of the retarded way the general election works.
Meyers had more light hearted jokes that landed better with his audience but holy shit Cecily Strong tore them up! I love it, super smart jokes and completely relentless on both republican and democratic side which I think is important.
It's 2023 right. Damn, I miss 2015.
Wow this crowd sucks, I thought she was really funny.
What a room full of duds! Sitting there, smug and self important. Why even have a comedian? She did a great job! It must be hell having perform in front of a bunch judgemental, scowling, unappreciative egomaniacs.
The jokes were great, specially the "what to do with my body" and those related to race & police, but that Joe Biden joke is more relevant in 2019 than ever. XD
Wow, definitely one of the best of these I've seen
I think she used the time to cleverly craft jokes with a much deeper meaning. Granted there should have been a balance of those and some with less abrupt social commentary. However, the comments are disgusting. I know you won't think the jokes aren't funny if you don't get them but please don't say anything about anything else. Just say you didn't like the jokes and move on with your life. Cecily is hilarious and just privilege checked everyone in that damn room, which is why they were not as responsive as in the past. Also that white hair joke had me weak
Read through most the comments. Wtf are you talking about psycho? Not a single person commented anything negative dumbass
Dyin Hope I didn’t get some of the jokes:(
At points she sounds like she's slipping into girl at a party and I love it so much
2:15 7 YEARS LATER AND THIS IS STILL RELEVANT
"A lot people want Elizabeth Warren to run for president, but many think she's too idealistic and her proposed policies are too liberal. But look at President Obama. I mean people thought the same thing about him and he didn't end up doing any of that stuff."
Exactly what the Warren presidency would have been too.
That Don Lemon joke tho, I fuckin love this woman she's shitting all over them and they just cant take it. She's bringing up real issues about certain institutions and people in America and they're treating her as if she were blasphemous.
Chris Burns Too bad. The coming decade may show that they can't run away from problems, not matter their money/influence.
She's golden!