According to this LA Times article from 2015, it's coordinated by the White House speechwriters, with contributions from current and former aides, as well as various comedy writers. http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/la-na-presidential-comedy-20150425-story.html
David Litt, the White House speechwriter mentioned in the profile, now works at Funny or Die, and wrote about writing comedy for the President over at the NYT. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/opinion/what-its-like-to-write-jokes-for-president-obama.html David From: Steve Timko <[email protected]> To: TV or Not TV <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 1, 2016 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Last "Nightly" at WHCD... Who writes Obama's stuff? Both Marc Maron and Jerry Seinfeld interviewed Obama and I wished one of them had discussed this with him. On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote: > From: 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV [mailto:[email protected]] > >>The room was more critical than I can remember, though some may have been >> getting out their frustration at the President's shots to the media. Or >> they were getting ready for the rumble at one of the afterparties. >> (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/05/01/nerdy-fight-breaks-out-at-whcd-afterparty-between-fox-news-and-huffington-post-reporters/) > > > > Overheard…? > > > > “Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the US Institute of Peace!” > > > > _ _ > > |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV > > |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
