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Behind the speech: A joke that didn't land. For a good reason.
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Apr 23, 20193:33Now PlayingFormer Obama Speechwriter tells the behindthescenes story of writing a joke for President Barack Obama's White House Correspondents' Dinner speech in 2011. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube
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