Will Ferrell returns as Bush for ‘Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner’<\/b>
\nThe White House Correspondents’ Dinner wasn’t the only see-and-be-seen soiree in the nation’s capital Saturday night.
Samantha Bee, host of TBS’s \u00ab\u00a0Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, \u00a0\u00bb hosted a correspondents’ dinner counter-event earlier in the day: The appropriately-titled \u00ab\u00a0Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.\u00a0\u00bb The non-profit Committee to Protect Journalists will receive proceeds from the event’s broadcast.
Among the celebrities who descended upon DAR Constitution Hall, were Alysia Reiner of \u00a0\u00bb Orange Is the New Black, \u00a0\u00bb Retta of \u00ab\u00a0Parks and Recreation, \u00a0\u00bb Padma Lakshmi of \u00a0\u00bb Top Chef, \u00a0\u00bb Ana Gasteyer of \u00ab\u00a0People of Earth, \u00a0\u00bb Ashley Nicole Black of \u00ab\u00a0Full Frontal, \u00a0\u00bb and Matt Walsh of \u00ab\u00a0Veep.\u00a0\u00bb George Takei and Patton Oswalt made cameos in pre-taped segments, including one in which Allison Janney reprised her \u00ab\u00a0West Wing\u00a0\u00bb role as press secretary C. J. Cregg.
But the star attraction of the event — which featured guests roasting President Trump — was \u00a0\u00bb Saturday Night Live \u00a0\u00bb alum Will Ferrell reprising his legendary George W. Bush impersonation.
\u00ab\u00a0How do you like me now?\u00a0\u00bb he said to the audience, which roared with laughter. \u00ab\u00a0The prodigal son has returned. I don’t know what that means, but I know it’s positive. It’s very prodigal.\u00a0\u00bb
Among the jabs Bee took at the president, were jokes about the wall along the Mexico-U. S. border.
\u00ab\u00a0I know it looks like we have a cash bar, \u00a0\u00bb she joked, \u00ab\u00a0but as I promised on the invitation, at a later date I will get Mexico to pay for your drinks.\u00a0\u00bb
And speaking to the journalists in the room, she said, \u00ab\u00a0as much as I love poking at the media, I know your job has never been harder: You basically get paid to stand in a cage while a geriatric orangutan gets to scream at you — it’s like a reverse zoo.\u00a0\u00bb
The comedian, 47, previously told reporters during a conference call that the event was meant to be a \u00ab\u00a0prom for the nerds not invited to the nerd prom.\u00a0\u00bb
When White House Correspondents\u2019 Association President Jeff Mason was asked about Bee’s event by the Washington Post, although he didn’t mention her event specifically, he did say that the WHCA planned to move forward with its event.
\u00ab\u00a0The WHCA looks forward to hosting our annual dinner this year as we do every year to celebrate the First Amendment, reward some of the finest reporting of the past year and recognize promising young student journalists, \u00a0\u00bb his statement read.<\/p>\n

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