Obama Draws on Professional Help to Keep the Jokes Rolling
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President Barack Obama receives more than financial support from the entertainment industry. It also helps him to be funny.
A team of Obama’s past and present speechwriters worked with two professional joke writers to sharpen the president’s annual stand-up routine at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, according to a person familiar with the matter. The speechwriters collaborated with Nell Scovell, who has written episodes for “The Simpsons” on News Corp.’s Fox Network, and Kevin Bleyer, a writer for Comedy Central’s “Daily Show.”