Meet the Speechwriter Behind Obama's Best Jokes

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At just 24 years old, David Litt became a speechwriter at the White House. Landing such a prestigious job when you've just barely graduated college is pretty impressive, but ironically, Litt never intended to work in politics.
"I was on a plane and we had just began our initial descent," Litt told Seeker's Laura Ling. "And I was channel-surfing on the free airplane cable and I saw this candidate who I had heard of but didn't know a lot about named Barack Obama. By the time that speech was over I was like, 'Never mind, whatever he is doing, I want to be part of that.'"
Litt wasn't just inspired by Obama, he was filled with hope in a way he'd never experienced before. He desperately wanted to be part of the change that this charismatic presidential candidate kept going on about. After moving to Washington D.C. in 2009, Litt began working for a private firm specializing in speech writing. Then in 2011, the job offer at the White House materialized.
"You have to realize how high the stakes are," said Litt. "We would write speeches knowing that there are people whose full-time job is to pick apart every single word the President says, and sometimes just to take things out of context, and that can be incredibly intimidating."
Litt left the White House in 2015. He’s currently working on a book about his experience, entitled “That Hopey, Changey Thing,” which will be published by Ecco Press in 2017. Litt now puts his comedy skills to good use as a head writer and producer for Funny or Die.
Executive Producer: Laura Ling
Producer: Paige Hansen
Cinematographers: Matthew Piniol, Spencer Snider
Editor: Jordan Dertinger

[@YUSOMEAN]

Jesus Christ, writing speeches for an actual President at age 24? Dude's got a lot going for him, props

[@vivianchevy]

He's a 🦄.

[@YUSOMEAN]

@Ali account why are you so upset?

[@fredtalk5736]

Jesus Christ surely did not write any of Osamas speeches.

[@fredtalk5736]

Franco Firewall Sorry. But the only person I would ever want vouching for me is... Jesus Christ. Not a president.

[@ClaireYunFarronXIII]

@@fredtalk5736 The comment says, "Jesus Christ, writing speeches for..." not "Jesus Christ writing speeches for..."

[@AxelQC]

It's 2020, and I've forgotten that Presidents are supposed to speak in complete sentences with coherent thoughts.

[@LukeFinleyLovesTransformers]

You’re right, Biden is incapable of speaking in complete sentences with coherent thoughts.

[@liaavery1748]

Night Runner lmfao when was this?

[@samanthasanchez9925]

Same both candidates for president this year get words and people mixed up.

[@luigiweyrauch84]

@Night Runner "I'm going to beat Joe Biden" ~ Joe Biden

[@luigiweyrauch84]

@@liaavery1748 look up bidens speeches or interviews. There tons of funny but sad moments

[@jTacticsBeats]

imagine telling your friends and family that you write Obamas speeches for a living? Bad ass

[@saeedvazirian]

I would be embarassed to be writing some of the most garbage speeches for one of the most garbage men in history.

[@lulue.5655]

Saeed Vazirian okay, but this guy doesn't work for Trump

[@departmentofdate2263]

@Bubbles McGee childish

[@calebthekid2014]

Hermann Schloffer von Graz come on man he ain’t hitler

[@perma_bann]

@@saeedvazirian you are a moron. Obama tried his best with healthcare, made the unemployememt rate the lowest of any modern president, killed Osama bin laden, fixed the US economy and brought it out of a recession and fixed a lot of problems with the refugee crisis. Yet u compare him go the worst men in history like Hitler, Stalin, xi jinping... Etc. Disgraceful and idiotic.

[@louisn9084]

President Obama is an intelligent and educated man. Stop bad mouthing about him for having a speech writer. All presidents have a speech writer because they are swamped with other important tasks to attend to. There are plenty of conferences and events where people asked him questions randomly and he answered them with class and humor. Listen to Trump....Big difference! Cheers from Canada.

[@violetigwe-onu2525]

He’s not just cerebral,he’s humble,humanistic gifted with common sense competent confident knowledgeable strong and personification of excellency.God bless him and his family.

[@cl8804]

I prefer bad-mouthing him for being a horrible person and president. Like every other President since Eisenhower, pretty much.

[@Dragoon710]

@@cl8804 hell of a lot better than trump

[@cl8804]

@@Dragoon710 I'll give you that. That's how bad U.S presidents are.

[@CHOPPASTRINGS]

True Dat😎

[@tanayishan3099]

Obama : Had a pretty young, 24 y/o person writing his speeches. Trump : Gets Jealous. *Hires a 5 y/O to write his speeches.*

[@Geotubest]

LOL That was clever.

[@jazzywristonchunkybarbiemi1477]

😩😂😂

[@KellyTawni]

"When you're 21 years old and you're absolutely sure you can change the world and you're pretty sure you can do it tomorrow." Dang. So good.

[@HomePremiered]

I always thought Obama's speeches were lit. Now it makes sense.

[@d_wang9836]

jhon doe And when did he say it wasnt?

[@josecuervo7749]

jhon doe there was a joke you missed

[@MADAMEJANAANIUTA]

Bubbles McGee the world loved and adored obama. still does. as for your current president-the entire world laughs at him.

[@darkeverythingbagel]

Incidentally, the speech writer's name is David Litt. Nice pun xD

[@jamesbell9577]

Ya.... and who knew... Here America thought it was him being a strong black leader... in reality it was the stereotypical white guy the black guys in my circle make fun of!!🤣🤣🤣

[@invincat]

People claiming this is proof that everything is a lie are such idiots. The speechwriter doesn't dictate any of the policies, themes or ideas within the speech. The speechwriter is not involved in any of those decisions. Speeches are designed to relay back information to the public, all the decisions have been thought through and decided by the president and his team, the spechwriter makes it sound engaging.

[@Alic4444]

The right wing morons will clutch at any reason they can to declare someone on the other side has been discredited. It's the other side of the coin of taking everything the president says as good, even if you have to do gold medal worthy mental gymnastics to explain how he was really just being sarcastic.

[@gcg8187]

Oh my god who the hell cares

[@thenightman8435]

That 90's Guy haha you do apparently

[@nobodynobody2556]

@@gcg8187 well you care enough to leave a reply

[@UserName-ii1ce]

Bernie doesn't use speechwriters because hes genuine

[@MelissaAnonz]

We studied Obama’s speeches in my public speaking class. These two were such a good duo. Good writing needs good execution, Obama went above and beyond 👌🏾

[@TheMedicatedArtist]

Most of you can't even write a comment grammatically correct, and you're bad-mouthing the president for having a speech writer?

[@Mark-ek2eo]

I hope this is supposed to be ironic.

[@RatherBoard]

(edited)

[@youriebdn1]

+RatherBoard the edit option is there for a reason..

[@RatherBoard]

What's humor, right?

[@russellmcdonald4949]

RatherBoard and I

[@TheMangoDeluxe]

“So how did you get to become a speechwriter?” “I saw him make a speech on tv” ????

[@videodslrtutorial]

Yeah, I also thought there is some part of the story missing.

[@Aspennut34]

It's called nepotism

[@IBalegeri]

Lobbying

[@iconicon5857]

Probably daddy knows someone. Must have serious connections and skill

[@CousinBowling]

His dad knows someone.

[@joycecunningham8785]

All presidents have speechwriters, except donald trump, trump talk like he's learning how to talk.

[@true1success1story]

🤣

[@Zach-bt2ky]

You type like you have a tenuous grasp on the English language yourself)

[@malikes4591]

Zach oh stop showing off your extensive knowledge of the English language, he or she miss-typed. Chill.

[@joycecunningham8785]

@@RedPillTime bull crap, he crao over one million jobs, did more than Nimrod trump.

[@true1success1story]

Koala he couldn’t get shit done because of the split in Congress dummy did you forget ?

[@mahendrasoeweno147]

Well, his name is litt, what did you expect?

[@top1percent424]

BellSter Lol Louis Litt.

[@mahendrasoeweno147]

suits!!!

[@heika_206]

Lui ("he" in italian, "looy") is lit

[@caiusmariusc]

And who's Trump's speechwriter? A five year old?

[@dawnoceanside7300]

Caius Marius 5? Don't disparage them PLEASE!

[@JamieLandan]

Caius Marius Alex Jones

[@pretxsnatela]

Caius Marius that would be his wife's 🙊

[@WriterofWorlds]

Caius Marius yup

[@rogerdodger8415]

Caius Marius He must be a child prodigy since his speeches won him the election.

[@Tetris521]

Trumps writer: yes my fingers are very nice very nice. They're the nicest in the world. Nobody knew this only i did. They're some very nice fingers. Probably the best fingers in the world. They got nice length. Very nice fingers.

[@jersieyDono]

I can’t imagine how disappointed trumps speech writers are when he can’t remember them and just spouts shit lol

[@replicativeimpact1574]

😂😂😂 Check the Videos "America first Netherlands second" and of all the other countries who Took over the idea 😉 the same argumentational Strategy!

[@butterflon]

It's like they're trying to make the word count 😂

[@IBalegeri]

Omg. 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@iconicon5857]

Tremendous fingers

[@ghuijie]

You know when someone's faking it (cue Trump's recent church op). Now, just look at those snippets of Obama towards the end of the video; he gives out such positive genuine vibes. He aint perfect, like everyone else, but he tries so hard and so earnestly ❤

[@S-K69]

To bad he didn’t try harder to save the Americans in Benghazi or to prevent the military from killing innocent children in the Middle East

[@ellamedley7558]

@@S-K69 to bad trump did try harder to save his people from a pandemic that lead to the deaths over 100,000

[@S-K69]

Ella medley you sound so ignorant. Trying to blame Trump for COVID is the stupidest thing, you sheep should start thinking for yourselves instead of blindly following what cnn or abc or whatever says.

[@ghuijie]

@@ellamedley7558 It's okay, dont bother. It's easy for people to type away. It's hard for some people to understand that no one is perfect and the importance of trying. Clearly, some has zero common sense for that and the skill of differentiating. So don't waste your breath. Share the video and have more meaningful convo with people who might still have chance to be saved, so we can let more people see the truth behind the church op, if for whatever reason, they havent. Stay safe!

[@ellamedley7558]

@@ghuijie So why Obama makes mistakes that lead to the death of a small amount of people he is horrible, stupid person. But when Trumps mistakes lead to the deaths of over 100,000 he just make a mistake and its easy to talk. Guess what when your in the position to nuke the fucking world into oblivion your not allowed to mistakes and when you do it's people moral duty to critisies them. Politics is like the things where critising is like half of the stuff you do.

[@9y2bgy]

It must've been such a pleasure to write speech for a super intelligent person. And then there are speech writers now for the current president. They're all bald.... When Obama goes off script, you know a joke is coming or a profoundly PERSONAL observations are about to hit the people's hearts. Trump just goes back to using 5 or 6 tiresomely regurgitated words; beautiful, powerful, perfect, huge, did I mention powerful?

[@Alic4444]

He's been trying out "dominate" lately.

[@noorkhairul8820]

TREMENDOUS

[@noname-dw9te]

@@noorkhairul8820 that's what I was thinking lmao

[@sunshinelizard1]

...people are saying

[@sunshinelizard1]

rigged

[@tonyescopeta6279]

Drake needs to hire this guy lol

[@lucky1989]

lol brah

[@WriterofWorlds]

Tony Escopeta boy u crazy 😂

[@ficokr1673]

Yuvraj Singh You must need much more to write a correct sentence.

[@Alic4444]

@@ficokr1673 sick burn dude

[@DMVPac_]

He was basically the president

[@reveirg9]

There's a saying in Chinese called "不忘初心，方得始终" and this guy is quite literally the epitome of it. To never forget one's initial intention, or the feeling that set us on a certain path. It's easy to be passionate about something, but it's extremely difficult to see it through.

[@ZeroEscape2074]

Well this will be a great thing to put on his resume

[@AgentStofftier]

I red 'Joke writer' accidently. Honestly that's why i clicked on it

[@karolinazebic181]

it does say joke writer in the thumbnail

[@tivchack]

*read

[@thecatnextdoor12]

It’s not a joke writer?

[@iffybaby8410]

the video says more on writing speeches than writing jokes

[@terranniet]

Comedy fans always think that when they see "writer" ..same. 😉👌

[@logictruth1]

Honestly seeing Laura smiling like that makes the video so much better. It's so beautiful seeing so much passion put into this video from all parties including the guest. Thank you so much for your wonderful work.

[@Camila-im9ws]

Super humble guy. Goes to show you don’t have to be what is considered typically successful to do something remarkable.

[@devanzane]

every time i see a glimpse of Obama, i start tearing up. i miss him so much!!

[@ch-17vevo55]

Why though? He screwed up our economy and screwed up national deals with America

[@ch-17vevo55]

ThunderHawk In 1945, there were 41 people working for every American receiving Social Security benefits. By 2030, there will be two workers for every American receiving Social Security and Medicare benefits. If any issue needs a president to “bend the arc of history,” it is this one. But Obama, like Bush and Bill Clinton before him, not only gave up on entitlement reform after grasping the political pain involved in such changes, he basically stopped talking about this gigantic problem. On foreign policy, Obama inherited an awful mess and then - heeding the wishes of most Americans - began to disentangle our nation from its painful wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was wise to end the U.S. isolation of Cuba. But Obama’s initial failure to assess the threat posed by the Islamic State remains baffling and hints at naivete about jihadism’s powerful appeal. And in Syria, to the disappointment of many U.S. allies, America’s hands-off approach to the civil war helped trigger a massive refugee crisis with such far-reaching fallout that it appears to be remaking European politics. It is not just self-serving for Obama to insist that his options were either a full-on ground war against the Assad regime or occasional airstrikes. It is wrong. Meanwhile, China has continued to expand its presence in the South Chinese Sea and to cultivate better ties with neighboring countries without a meaningful U.S. response. It was once inconceivable that such traditional U.S. allies as South Korea might choose to partner with China. No more. Given all this and Russia’s growing cyber threat, it is impossible to look at where America stood in the world on Jan. 20, 2009, and where it stands now and conclude our nation is a safer place. The Obama administration has been the least transparent and the most antagonistic toward the media since the Nixon administration. A 2013 report by the Committee to Protect Journalists documents case after case of whistleblowers being punished and public documents being kept from the public. So much for Obama’s promise to lead “the most transparent administration in history.” Not too mention how Obama lied about being born in Hawaii, he even later admitted he was born in Kenya not once but twice And I don’t even want to get started on Obamagate, which is one of the most criminal things done in American history

[@perma_bann]

@@ch-17vevo55 do some research imbecile dumbass.

[@devanzane]

lmfao so we're replying to my comment from 2 years ago... i see how it is lmfao

[@ch-17vevo55]

ThunderHawk I’m the one who needs to do research? Lol, dude what Obama did is pretty well known, even the Washington Post confirmed some suspicions and admitted that Obama should definitely not be praised in any way because of what he did

[@hueyfreeman7810]

That Islam reference was hilariously stupendous.

[@FailedState]

Hilarious: How did you get this position at 24 years old? I watched a speech of Obama. WTF? That answers... Not the question you were asked.

[@azlan194]

I know right, I was wondering as well. At least tell us his qualification or what he studied before that or something.

[@SeekerStories]

Hi Intelligent Commitment! Sorry for the confusion - we had also included in the description a few more details about David's path to the White House. "After moving to Washington D.C. in 2009, Litt began working for a private firm specializing in speech writing. Then in 2011, the job offer at the White House materialized." We can't fit everything into our short videos, but happy to answer questions our audience has! Thanks so much for watching! - Seeker Stories

[@FailedState]

Seeker Stories Brilliant!

[@ronaldnixon8226]

Like everything with the CRIMINAL Obama administration, it's corruption.

[@solatayo6156]

Ronald Nixon .... you are sooooo stupid. your father

[@angiebuckles7095]

That praying five times a day joke really made me laugh out loud! 😄

[@comfortagyemfra8475]

Me too.

[@jewslikefunk]

regardless of what his naysayers say, this man will go down in history as one of the greatest presidents ever.

[@32stevo]

why?

[@theazrael4423]

32stevo, if you live long enough, you will see.,

[@irabedoya]

JewsLikeFunk Yes :)

[@WriterofWorlds]

JewsLikeFunk trump will be the best

[@iKeto_gal]

Go ask a few of your history professors and ask them if Obama will go down as one of the greatest. Don't ask the bias media, don't ask your mom and dad... but actually go ask a few historians if that's true. I believe you'll hear otherwise.

[@joshn1678]

Amazing job, Obama's speeches gave me hope, you should work with him now and help bring us back to feeling safe again.

[@LindaDulcinea]

This video is beautiful and moving. Speechwriting is a fascinating career.

[@buhbarterrduton8676]

In my thinking, a good joke is a reflect of a combination of high intelligence and good literature skill. And in this case, luckily he served the right leader, the joke he made might have risen the country a bit which a lot politicians not able to do.

[@k1d55]

Problem with trump is, he goes off script a lot lmao

[@dwarfie24]

The guy is a freebird. Sadly that freebird also thought the president job would be easy. Oh well.

[@vivienetiu7935]

Hahahahahahah

[@dwarfie24]

@@vivienetiu7935 Opps sorry original sentence was supposed to be he, not we. Most embarrassing typo I ever made.

[@7ababa9lawa86]

Wait wait... Trump uses a script? xd

[@dwarfie24]

@@7ababa9lawa86 "Uses" is a generous word. Someone labours for a whole week putting their soul into what they hope will captivate and delight, but his brain is like a little kid chasing butterflies, and changing direction each time he sees a new one. I must say what a fascinating specimen he is.

[@JesusChrist-kh3by]

I bet when Obama writes a joke he says “I wrote this joke Obama self”

[@noriekawatsuki1226]

Shut up Jesus

[@mynames7664]

jesus christ that was a bad joke

[@JesusChrist-kh3by]

@@mynames7664 :(

[@marvlarc]

Lol thats hilarious 🤣

[@jathonthompson7809]

Hahaha love it

[@abhijitnair4494]

His speeches were Litt. Sorry couldn't resist

[@atomic8681]

Damn, this comment section is such a break from normal KZbin. So wholesome.

[@geckogeico2212]

No it's not. It's full of politics

[@DixOutForHarambe]

When your second name is litt. You know shit is litt..

[@ryannewman9759]

HARAMBE thank you for your service

[@NaturalDivineGoddess]

"Speeches aren't meant to be read. "They're meant to be heard."

[@ritnim8353]

3:36 what

[@awsomemagic16]

I saw this comment just as it came up like WTF

[@cgs8729]

hahahaha

[@foreverCaroline2]

Behind an amazing man, there are amazing people.David Litt, it is a pleasure to know of you. Your story on the plane is beyond inspiring. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@ikhanisation]

3:36 wtf was that??

[@dbd978]

Bongkrek Acid good question

[@tantegreta]

i think it was a joke from one of the white house correspondents dinners. Cant recall the year though =(

[@-TK-]

Bongkrek Acid im scarred for life

[@ChristopherBix]

It was a joke graphic at the time that right wingers were losing their minds because Michelle started wearing bangs. Just like they flipped out completely when she wore a sleeveless dress. But Mrs. Trump posing nude with another woman... that's fine. Not a peep.

[@maxonite]

lmfaooooo

[@kingtime2079]

Fun facts: you didn't search for this

[@worstgamer1162]

Fun facts: you didn’t search for this

[@jaxson7267]

No, it was thought out for me. F@$king scary.

[@worstgamer1162]

You did?

[@worstgamer1162]

Yeah

[@worstgamer1162]

Bruh! It was recommended to me!

[@chrissstophr]

amazing person! so young, I feel hugely inspired and a little bit jealous xD. Great story!

[@NaturalDivineGoddess]

"When you are absolutely sure you can change the world and you're pretty sure you can do it tomorrow."

[@iconicon5857]

I would never utter someone else's words as my own. And always speak from the heart. That's a true organic leader.

[@denny8360]

This guy's a legend lmao

[@Radtastical]

24 years old and the lead speech writer for a President of the United States. That's a hell of a resume.

[@nobodysdarling346]

I love David. I drove him in Louisville last year and he is just as charming, nice and funny as this video is telling. I tell people constantly about this guy and my short time getting to pick his brain. When asked “what do you want to be when you grow up?” (like I would ask everyone who I drove), he said “This.” I’ve found the people who are content in life are the best kind of people, and he seems to be just that. Great guy!

[@addisonavery9204]

When I grow up, I’d love to be a speechwriter for a president, or someone of a high status. My parents say that they’d love for me to be a writer at some point. So, I’ve put my real dream of becoming a cartoonist on the back burner in order to learn more about speechwriting.

[@AGWeblinks]

A really talented gentleman, his speeches are amazing 👍🏼

[@sam82154]

is this job under trump open ? where can I apply ? I can write about making a huge wall and making China pay for it .

[@logictruth1]

Can we call it the great wall of america made by china?

[@logictruth1]

sam82154 You can't do that. Walls are not grabbable.

[@ethanm2597]

It sounds good to start with, but eventually he's going to rip you apart on camera to prove that he's authentic.

[@ethanm2597]

Alexis Pablo Ugh. Southern republicans have such awful phrases. I don't even know what you're calling me!

[@kevinportillo1971]

Hey man I don't know if you notice....but I think that was sarcasm....

[@alemacm5742]

“...When I walk into a room, that doesn’t happen” 😢 I feel you, man. I feel you

[@c_dubz9401]

Trumps speech writer must be really good at jokes then. Walls, China, Rigged Election. Those are good jokes!

[@soafilms]

funny

[@NeonPegasus1979]

+Crusty_Shart You SERIOUSLY wanna talk making accusations of rigged elections when Hillary was the one who couldn't let the election go?

[@lelaki79]

Trump is joke

[@cinnamon.5772]

The Cat Who Saw You Naked what does she have to do with anything

[@felipemarquez8102]

The Cat Who Saw You Naked Damn you just dumb, hope you are happy with your beautiful and human rights violating country

[@StratKat1998]

Well he was in a plane, and thought it was cool, but how did they pick him with the qualifications and experience he had in the early 20s? Certainly we missed an important part of his progress in this interview: the actual recruitment phase.

[@camainechi]

I used to sit down with popcorn and watch every new speach Obama made, I just love when he talks, I miss him so much.

[@clayburnlennardlacy5959]

I especially miss his targeted assassinations of children in Yemen via drone strikes.

[@sophie7162]

wow im so hooked on these videos

[@scorpinope]

This dude is the best. He's proud of his work, but so much of his answers were talking about teamwork and praising the people he worked with. Legend.

[@LadyHashZ]

What a great job !

[@sophiamoreno648]

KZbin algorithm bringing this back because even they know we need this rn

[@magwacela]

Hahaha I don’t need it. But here I am

[@natalyaizergina8837]

Such a lovely, eloquent, brilliant and modest person. Bravo to him

[@nikhilsahu164]

Soo many other places you can make videos on - Bengaluru, Goa, kolkata, jaipur, hyderabad, Chennai, agra, ooty, shimla, manali, darjeeling, pondicherry, munnar, mysore, pune, nainital, leh, udaipur, kodaikanal, kochi, new delhi, chandigarh, kanyakumari, gangtok, varanasi, jaisalmer, mussoorie, shrinagar, shillong, jodhpur, port Blair, amritsar, dharamsala, haridwar, lucknow.

[@HariRauMurthy]

awesome interviewer. It is hard to find someone who will ask just the right questions.

[@dennis_duran]

People are really acting like every president doesn’t have writers.

[@dombraswell8104]

Does trump? Or does trump utilize said person as often as he should

[@LaurenBrocious]

Okay this is great and all but I would love to know more about HIM. He’s remarkable. I hope he continues to do this.

[@JIYkp]

Just turned 25. Good on David Litt. Feeling motivated.

[@beansntoastyt2616]

Trump's speechwriter is a toddler prodigy

[@maymccarthy1880]

There's a bunch of comments saying that every president has a speech writer... but I know Trump doesn't! Unless you count Barry B. Bensen from the Bee Movie, I don't even know where he would hire someone that could compete with his crazy

[@ipekkomurcu]

How amazing to see things like that , how a person's life can change going with the flow and listening to your instincts

[@dats_it929]

...and he's just getting started! Talk about impressive! 😱 Wow! Kudos to him! 👏🏼

[@BSKX17]

first time hearing "pray 5 times a day" joke

[@CarterSeapiII]

Donald Trump supporter.. "I love Trump cause he writes his own speech"

[@cerebroso]

What speech though

[@ruthmelicharles5062]

If only 8 years could have been 16. He was a freaking awesome man and a wonderful presidents. 👏 young man, on your impeccable writing skills.

[@dylanjwebmusic]

The coolest thing about this is you can tell this guy is so stoked with his job, and humbled to be able to do it

[@IanG99]

Remember the times when we had to make jokes for laughs and now the baby in chief is the joke?

[@Chickymovie]

love him 😍😍❤❤❤❤

[@gilmoremccoy6930]

President Obama ❤️ is the epitome of expressive speech, passion, and great belief in humanity! This guy shares in the possibility of it as well, at the age of 24 yrs!

[@dcw127]

Obama's 'Yes We Can' speech in Chicago, Illinois when we won the Presidency is quite possibly the greatest speech written in my lifetime, maybe since 'I Have A Dream'. It captured a nation and instilled hope where there seemed to be none. Also the way Obama delivered it was impassionate and heartfelt. I'll never forget it.

[@julihouser7468]

I miss him!😥

[@danielfadavi]

Looks like Ned from BuzzFeed

[@MminaMaclang]

Oh, my heart. 😭 What a sweet team.

[@prettybrowneyez3338]

I've been watching Ms. Ling since I was in high school. Love her pieces!!

[@isabellac3598]

I definitely needed more information on how he actually landed the job

[@akjr8923]

I thought That I was a fan Of obama but david Litt You are THE MAN

[@justmemadison]

You go from being a fan of someone's to not being a fan just because of a 5 minute video that does not provide any basis to how the speeches are written, what and/or how much the president actually contributes, etc. Nice. Also, if you want to know the guy that actually writes Obama's speeches with him (yes, with the president) it's Jon Favreau - not the actor. Watch some videos from him and you''ll have a better understanding of how it works and this guy will still be impressive, but he is barely a player in the game.

[@westcoastkitties]

You are amazing , incredible talent. I wish I could write like you. I Love it.

[@Ryan-sj4of]

I need one of these

[@DDD033]

obama i miss you already :(

[@simonrodriguez4685]

He only looks good because anyone in between W. and Trump would look good. But he was only looks, negative substance.

[@DDD033]

@@simonrodriguez4685 great job! Your joke is very funny!

[@clayburnlennardlacy5959]

I especially miss his targeted assassinations of children in Yemen via drone strikes.

[@junkrat1]

fact of the day, this guy didn't actually write most of obama's jokes, he wrote the ones in 2008

[@fabianlawstudies9497]

Wow-this is pretty cool....I’ve always wanted to know how a President gets behind the scene writers to help express a idea of policies that are potential solutions to resolve problems within our communities. It’s awesome that have a writing team to help the President to publicly speak to the public in the most effective way possible so the public would believe the ideas will work.

[@advocacynaccountablity]

Iowa speech from 2008. Need to put that on replay.

[@wd3451]

Kinda misleading here... yes the title talks about the speechwriter behind his best jokes but if we're looking into who really had a significant say in his speeches early days and in 2008 it was Jon Favreau (speechwriter not actor) who wrote his more inspirational stuff that got him elected and which this guy refers to as inspiring him.

[@Alic4444]

great point!

[@AboutThings_byTarif]

A job so anonymous that your name doesn’t make it to the title of a video about you #introvertgoals

[@kya_farak_padega]

Waao man that was some quality stuff right there.

[@sallylomidze8654]

Loved the interviewer 💛

[@karebeechuah]

Trump doesnt need a speechmaker to make a joke, he's already a joke

[@Faith-wp9du]

Nah trump is a joke

[@nicholassandoval5701]

Nah trump is a joke

[@barbsgualvez2135]

A joke that's not funny

[@chihuahuense831]

Trump is an example of the reasons why a person would get fired from work...

[@oaa43]

LaBrunette831 but because he’s the son of the CEO, HR can’t fire him

[@cooljust805]

"Speeches aren't meant to be read, they are meant to be heard."

[@jenniferwhalen9809]

"Writers Tears" a great scotch! A great behind the scenes video.

[@gokul41123]

Imagine how proud this guy would be☺️

[@RobinsM]

This is actaully Drakes ghost writer.

[@niloyahmed7792]

Man, I will miss those jokes and most of all those pauses...

[@chasejohnson3645]

I love David Litt! His interview with Malcolm Gladwell (I think?) was amazing

[@ImBennji]

Big shoutout to this guy!