Biden and Louis-Dreyfus steal the otherwise dreadful show...
By Brad Friedman on 5/4/2014, 1:16pm PT  

The photo above --- the visual joke to the President's line at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner that Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) had recently named a high school in Obama's honor --- was, by and large, the only mildly amusing moment from Obama's remarks. And even that one required you to pause the DVR to appreciate in full. ("Home of the "Fighting Chomskys'" is an instant classic, as far as I'm concerned.)

Beyond that, the President, who is normally very good and very funny at these things --- his delivery and timing are, more often than not, pretty damn hilarious --- was far off his game on Saturday night. Chalk it up, perhaps, to jet lag after his week long Asia swing.

That said, in comparison to the disaster of "comedian" Joel McHale's painfully unfunny string of read-off-a-piece-of-paper, knee-jerk one-liners that followed, Obama was a comic genius!

So, if you didn't slog through the hours of unedited CSPAN coverage of "#Nerdprom" on Saturday as we did (you're welcome!), rest easy that you didn't miss much.

The only thing definitely worth catching, aside from the photo above, was the killer funny video package featuring Vice President Joe Biden and VEEP star Julia Louis-Dreyfus, whose titular character on the HBO series has just announced her run for President.

That video, with some pretty hilarious moments --- including several very funny cameos and a ton of priceless, spot-on Bidenisms --- is really the only thing worth catching up on from the otherwise dreadful affair on Saturday night.

So, here ya go! This version has bonus footage on top of what aired Saturday night. Again, you're welcome. And enjoy!...

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