Obama Talked To Jimmy Kimmel For Nearly 40 Minutes About Ferguson, Aliens And Kanye West
Yesterday's show was way more than just mean tweets.
Barack Obama’s no stranger to the odd viral video. Before he was elected to his second term, the President was by Jimmy Fallon’s side slow-jamming the news, this time last year he was slinging some sly zingers to Zach Galifianakis on Between Two Ferns, a few months ago he hijacked a segment of The Colbert Report and yesterday he blew up the internet once more by trying his hand at Jimmy Kimmel’s much-loved Mean Tweets segment.
But, discounting that time Colbert asked him for the nuclear launch codes, his forays into the world of pop culture are often short-lived. While each clip has a particular message or agenda to push — like the time Michelle Obama hugged a turnip to make people vote — there’s usually not a great deal of substance behind each viral outing.
Obama plays the good sport. We all get three minutes of quality lols. Everyone moves on.
That’s not the case this time. Today, Jimmy Kimmel released the rest of the footage of yesterday’s episode onto his Youtube channel and it turns out he actually snagged a huge interview with the President. The gimmick-free conversation lasted just under 40 minutes — the same length as a whole freakin’ episode of Law and Order — and ran through a broad range of topics.
Yeah, he we get a few laughs at his expense and Kanye cops a mention, but we also get four solid minutes of real talk about the country’s complex race relations and the recently released report from the Department of Justice about Ferguson.
Take that, Fallon.
Here’s a full rundown:
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The Bit Where He’s The Only Person In The World To Still Use A Blackberry
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The Bit Where He Gets Real About Ferguson
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The Bit Where It Seems Like Maybe The President Is Just A Giant Baby
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The Bit Where We Find Out, Yes Washington Is Pretty Much Broken
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The Bit Where He Calls Kanye On His Bullshit (But Definitely Not His Home Phone)
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The Bit Where The Illuminati Started Tugging Nervously On Their Collars
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The Bit Where Kimmel Makes Him Fix The US One Long Receipt At A Time
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