Noah will be taking the stage after years and years of comedians who have come before him.
Here are a few of the most memorable performances from past White House Correspondents Dinners.
Many of the people who were at the butt of the jokes weren’t too surprised by their content.
As Christie toldUSA Today, the jabs at his size and weight were funny … kind of.
“They were great,” he apparently said without much enthusiasm.
“About what I expected.”
In fact, if anyone got praise for their jokes that night it was then-President Obama.
But I never think too much about gender never did."
Instead, Poundstone plugged away, coming up with zingers and one-liners that cracked the audience up.
Poundstone even met up with then-President George Bush, despite her Democratic values.
That’s right not her jokes, not her performance, but her outfit.
I just remember being struck by how much ink they wasted describing my outfit."
O’Brien pleaded with such viewers, saying, “For God’s sake, it’s Saturday night!
There are things you could do!”
(per Parade).
O’Brien said, “You’ve got to touch on a lot, quickly.
You want it to be edgy.
Colbert took the opportunity to tear into former President George W. Bush.
And reality has a well-known liberal bias.”
However, Kimmel did reserve a few pointed remarks for specific targets.
It’s not the ‘Olive’ Garden State."
You don’t see Jewish people out celebrating with the Passover kangaroo" (viaTime).
Carey’s decision to avoid hot topics probably won him supporters at the time.
I have to say I’m a little star-struck.
I love you as Aunt Lydia in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’" (viaABC News).
The character in question is notoriously abusive and brutal toward other women on the show.
Unfortunately, the entertainer’s monologue was not in the spirit of that mission."
In fact, he was actually the third choice as host for the White House Correspondent’s Association.
AsQuartzrevealed, the organization first asked Rosie O’Donnell and Dennis Miller to take the spot.
Luckily, Stewart did a decent job as host even if all of his jokes didn’t exactly land.
As Stewart asked during one joke, “Isn’t that what the confirmation process is in Washington?
Weeding out the truly qualified until you get the truly available?”
He said, “I don’t read reviews, I always get the gist of it from people.
The biggest reaction I get, the best, is from that room.
Like, who was there and how did [those] people feel about it.
That was overwhelmingly positive, so I’m very happy with that.”
Boosler explained, “I hosted the four-hour Constitution Hall Gala the night before the Inauguration.
I met my husband at the Inauguration!
I couldn’t have been happier or more flattered to be asked.”
They deny they were there.
In fact, Sykes had no problem letting her personal political spill out into the open.
She also admonished the audience when they booed some of her more intense jokes.
AsEllenotes, Sykes told the crowd, “Oh, shut up.
You’re gonna be telling that one tomorrow.”
Someone should have remindedWanda Sykesabout that before tonight."
