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Every 'First Black President' Joke Basically the Same [Humor]
Posted on November 10, 2008
This is a clip from Eddie Murphy's standup special Delirious, recorded in Washington, DC in 1983, back when Eddie Murphy was funny. He is joking about the first black president, who, back then, was going to be Jesse Jackson, but the joke still works. It works so well, in fact, that it is basically the only joke about The First Black President. The L.A. Times sent a reporter out to the comedy clubs this weekend to watch black comedians make their black comedian jokes about Barack Obama, the new black president. Tommy Davidson's centerpiece joke about President-elect Barack Obama at a Los Angele...
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