Posted on 10/01/2009 6:01:14 AM PDT by Free America52
White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee took home the top prize in the 16th annual "D.C.'s Funniest Celebrity" contest on Wednesday evening, and he did so in a very unconventional way. Instead of adopting a traditional comedic routine of joke buildup and punchline, Goolsbee peppered an otherwise expected stump speech on the Obama administration's goals with subtle asides that constituted a humorous, sarcastic, self-deprecating and conspiratorial insight into the administration's most accessible punchlines. The targets? Hillary Clinton, Sen. Ben Nelson, Rod Blagojevich, Sarah Palin and Fox News.
As Goolsbee's routine unfolded, he adopted a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde persona; while elaborating on the administration's polished talking points, he'd drop his voice for vocal moments of internal monologue.
His act was a blatant rip-off of a Kevin Nealon bit about subliminal messages.
Dude went on stage with stolen material.
Like Gallagher’s brother, with less humor.
I graduated from Univ of Chicago Graduate School of Business and have met Goolsbee. He is a world class tool who’s smarmy, cocky personality is disgusting. I have seen the real economic heavyweights at UC, like Kevin Murphy, mop the floor with him.
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