George W. Bush Explains His Deal with China

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  • Опубликовано: 11 сен 2013
  • President George W. Bush (Will Ferrell) brags about negotiating directly with the leader of China and lists details of the horrible deal he struck to get the Chinese to return a captured U.S. plane and its crew of 24. [Season 26, 2001]
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  • @kyleperlman
    @kyleperlman 5 лет назад +875

    “No translators” 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @iGeekozoid
      @iGeekozoid 5 лет назад +20

      Jiang Zemin has a decent command of English, so it likely wouldn't be much of an issue.

    • @ZhangtheGreat
      @ZhangtheGreat 5 лет назад +7

      @@iGeekozoid Haha, no he doesn't. I've heard the guy speak, and he might have a solid grammatical command, but his enunciation is subpar.

    • @iGeekozoid
      @iGeekozoid 5 лет назад +28

      @@ZhangtheGreat Welp, at least better than Bush's Chinese.

    • @elkinramirez1498
      @elkinramirez1498 4 года назад +9

      Mano a mano

    • @gabrielrubens4505
      @gabrielrubens4505 4 года назад +2

      ZhangtheGreat well I would love to see Bush try to speak Mandarin

  • @marcocassone5996
    @marcocassone5996 4 года назад +670

    Impersonating Bush is great because any slip-ups become apart of the impersonation. 😂

    • @dielaughing73
      @dielaughing73 3 года назад +37

      I liked him staring down the camera after 'drug treatment pro-fcility', daring us to guess if it was intentional or not

    • @BSin8413
      @BSin8413 3 года назад +1

      😂😂

    • @stantondinger5836
      @stantondinger5836 3 года назад +6

      part not apart or is that your strategery?

    • @deadpres9534
      @deadpres9534 2 года назад +1

      apart, noted.

    • @cvasirocket1401
      @cvasirocket1401 2 года назад

      It is why one should not bother try to understand such a man as one would come up short in his or her's philosophycally thoughts. One would think.

  • @zirak93-2
    @zirak93-2 4 года назад +245

    "Don't mess with Texas"
    "Don't ever mess with Texas"

  • @emmyelijah7395
    @emmyelijah7395 3 года назад +112

    I love how he starts sounding completely legit and serious. 🤣

  • @isaibarragan8328
    @isaibarragan8328 4 года назад +287

    "Don't mess with Texas"

  • @KR-qh5rs
    @KR-qh5rs 6 лет назад +544

    All in all, one of Bush’s better deals

    • @leesublett2240
      @leesublett2240 6 лет назад +14

      Yep, almost on par with Obama's $150 Billion Iran Sellout Deal.....Will Ferrell's imitation of Bush is absolutely hilarious though!!

    • @BrianSmith-ix3ns
      @BrianSmith-ix3ns 5 лет назад +3

      +Happy Hank nice echo echo echo effect there Hankycrank

    • @ryanjapan3113
      @ryanjapan3113 5 лет назад +17

      Happy Hank you mean where Obana gave Iran what they had purchased from America and they can’t have nukes for 10 years?

    • @lookbovine
      @lookbovine 5 лет назад +5

      Happy Hank Sanctions and nuclear deals are tricky, huh? We froze those funds decades ago, so that’s their money, genius.

    • @platinumpokitaru
      @platinumpokitaru 4 года назад

      @@lookbovine terrorist nations dont deserve money even if its theirs. Steal it away and carpet bomb yhe ayatollah

  • @indisbit9368
    @indisbit9368 6 лет назад +261

    This is by far the best Bush video ever.

    • @samreid6010
      @samreid6010 4 года назад +4

      Eh, axis of evil was better. This is pretty damn good though

    • @eb1247
      @eb1247 4 года назад +1

      Harold and Kumar Guantanamo Bay way better

    • @aussieaussie4848
      @aussieaussie4848 4 года назад +4

      Best Bush video is we will not negotiate with terrorists now watch this drive

    • @zirak93-2
      @zirak93-2 3 года назад +1

      Steve Bridges is as good or maybe even better.

  • @knockturnall
    @knockturnall 2 года назад +77

    For me, Will Ferrell's impersonation of W is the best impersonation of a president ever

    • @lockandloadlikehell
      @lockandloadlikehell 2 года назад +3

      Strategery

    • @orvillealtman8072
      @orvillealtman8072 Год назад

      nah there`s rich littles nixon and dan acryods carter that were just as good

    • @texandy89
      @texandy89 Год назад

      Nah the best impersonating for Bush was Steve Bridges watch bushes Correspondence dinner at the white house he was better Steve Bridges also did Obamas dinner as well Will Ferrell is second but Steve Bridges is way better unfortunately he is no longer alive.

    • @Ultizer
      @Ultizer 5 месяцев назад

      Darrell Hammond did much better as Clinton and Gore. Ferrel as Bush was funny but a bit too silly, like Adam Sandler level silly.

    • @knockturnall
      @knockturnall 5 месяцев назад

      @Ultizer it's very possible that others did better impersonations. From my European perspective, though, W was just as silly IRL, that's why I rate Ferrell so high.

  • @nachtegaelw5389
    @nachtegaelw5389 3 года назад +21

    I met one of the State Dept career officials involved in this negotiation. It was a very sticky and tense situation. It could have turned out much worse. I’m just glad everyone got out alive.

  • @buster53546
    @buster53546 4 года назад +72

    Will Ferrell is a comedic Legend!!

  • @garethhill7926
    @garethhill7926 4 года назад +808

    I miss when parodies of the President were more crazy than the President's actual behavior

    • @hansmarheim7620
      @hansmarheim7620 4 года назад +18

      Thanks. Couldn't Have said it better myself

    • @arunlewis4416
      @arunlewis4416 4 года назад +18

      Paul Boccuti *silence conservative*

    • @SilentCheechGaming1991
      @SilentCheechGaming1991 4 года назад +2

      @@JacobSnell1998 and he isnt trying to do that?

    • @JacobSnell1998
      @JacobSnell1998 4 года назад

      @@SilentCheechGaming1991 how?

    • @ameyas7726
      @ameyas7726 4 года назад +12

      @@JacobSnell1998 Donald Trump is not competent enough to destroy the United States of America...he has done a lot of damage but US will survive....let's face it, you'd never be happy with SNL unless they portrayed Trump like a second coming of Jesus....Alex Baldwin's Trump is actually the most popular ever and he actually brings out the narcissistic self-absorbed ego-maniacal petty pathological-lying side of Donald Trump..

  • @rjl7655
    @rjl7655 4 года назад +43

    you have to admit the President G.W. Bush did have a knack for strategery

  • @tktru
    @tktru 3 года назад +33

    Fun fact: Jiang Zemin speaks English fairly well (the only Chinese president so far able to do so)

    • @rosec_rose6661
      @rosec_rose6661 6 месяцев назад

      The only Chinese leader who wasn't too hostile to U.S lol
      Xi is 100x insane than he was

  • @dcg7139
    @dcg7139 2 года назад +10

    I love it when he blames Cheney and acts like the child...Hilarious

  • @maulrat588
    @maulrat588 Год назад +10

    SO good at doing that voice! Amazing job by Will Ferrell;

  • @calebstevens7487
    @calebstevens7487 2 года назад +5

    Pre 9/11 when this was our biggest issue, now hardly anyone remembers.

  • @cocomajoko1
    @cocomajoko1 3 года назад +82

    Both Bush’s would laugh 😂 at the SNL skits about them, that is class

    • @retroworld8090
      @retroworld8090 2 года назад +6

      Would be better if they laughed from a jail cell

    • @chrisbeebe7596
      @chrisbeebe7596 2 года назад +2

      Neither hosted snl however.

    • @pirategamer6630
      @pirategamer6630 Год назад

      @@retroworld8090 For what crimes exactly?

  • @tanks4nuthin964
    @tanks4nuthin964 5 лет назад +37

    Like if I ever get far enough in life that Will Ferrell plays me in a skit, I'll consider my life complete haha

    • @arthurmontana8791
      @arthurmontana8791 4 года назад +2

      Will usually rifs on fools who became notorious. You don't want to be among them.

  • @abegohr2576
    @abegohr2576 5 лет назад +183

    Live from a Chinese Labour camp it's Saturday Niiiiight

  • @snowjordan6822
    @snowjordan6822 4 года назад +13

    President Jiang speaks fluent English. No translator is fine.

  • @kingpin6989
    @kingpin6989 5 лет назад +147

    ...no translators...

  • @DakinRinone
    @DakinRinone 4 года назад +39

    I need this laugh right now

    • @TheNameTooSexyToShow
      @TheNameTooSexyToShow 4 года назад

      What happened?

    • @DakinRinone
      @DakinRinone 4 года назад

      @@TheNameTooSexyToShow life lol

    • @TheNameTooSexyToShow
      @TheNameTooSexyToShow 4 года назад

      ​@@DakinRinone
      Oh, maybe I can tell you about my shiit in private and make you realize there are others who have it much worse as you. My next birthday will end with the rope.

    • @TheDangleberries
      @TheDangleberries 3 года назад +1

      @@TheNameTooSexyToShow I guess im the only one who will say it:
      Stop with the pathetic attention seeking, do something with yourself and grow up.

  • @asmrcritique6565
    @asmrcritique6565 4 года назад +17

    Wow, Ferrell just kept getting a bit better every time he did Bush skit.

    • @bklynbam1978
      @bklynbam1978 Год назад

      This episode is from pretty early in the Bush Administration (pre-9/11). But that only shows that it didn’t take long for Ferrell to get good at impersonating him.

  • @robosullivan704
    @robosullivan704 3 года назад +3

    Pure Strategery

  • @samsunglg6671
    @samsunglg6671 5 лет назад +16

    2:14 - 2:51
    When you graduate from law school knowing the law.

  • @bewatermyfriends9254
    @bewatermyfriends9254 8 лет назад +197

    sharing photocopies of photocopies is permitted. lol
    this jokes would have been understood easily for Indonesian people
    will ferrel is just too funny to be watched

    • @andrewfilbert2808
      @andrewfilbert2808 7 лет назад +2

      lol

    • @jessenetsch1868
      @jessenetsch1868 6 лет назад

      be water, my friends “

    • @BrianSmith-ix3ns
      @BrianSmith-ix3ns 5 лет назад +1

      there is water at the bottom of the ocean, under the water carry the water

    • @UmarTahir
      @UmarTahir 4 года назад +3

      Why for Indonesian people? Storytime? 👀

    • @alippawwaz9718
      @alippawwaz9718 4 года назад

      @@UmarTahir seneng gua ada org indo liat SNL,😂

  • @user-wt8vv2hh5c
    @user-wt8vv2hh5c 9 месяцев назад +3

    No one can do impression of bush like will ferrell

  • @tanks4nuthin964
    @tanks4nuthin964 5 лет назад +9

    This is such a great damn skit lol I love the Bush skits with Ferrell hahahaha

  • @facethemountain6503
    @facethemountain6503 4 года назад +4

    this is pure gold

  • @akhilt9583
    @akhilt9583 5 лет назад +13

    I'm laughing so hard😂😂

  • @operationb.e.n6480
    @operationb.e.n6480 2 года назад +1

    Easily one of the top 5 best sketches from SNL

  • @finestfresh
    @finestfresh 4 года назад +11

    I'm a Chinese and I love all SNL series

  • @torbenmrk410
    @torbenmrk410 4 года назад +3

    😂😂😂 Will you are a genious.. 😂😂😂

  • @squigglydoo9386
    @squigglydoo9386 4 года назад +50

    It’s May 5, 2020 and I finally miss George W. Bush. President Budweiser was WAY BETTER than President Corona.

    • @brendenperry3770
      @brendenperry3770 3 года назад +6

      Trump couldn't prevent corona dude

    • @nunyabusiness3516
      @nunyabusiness3516 3 года назад +11

      I bet the Chinese government are rolling on the floor laughing that Trump KNEW the virus was deadly and contagious, AND believed it was sent to the U.S. by a contentious government, yet was too busy bragging to wear a mask or take even basic measures to prevent spreading or getting INFECTED by said disease and ended up with it. That REALLY showed them 😂😂😂

    • @gmnd1085
      @gmnd1085 3 года назад +11

      @@brendenperry3770 no, but he knew about it in January, lied/mislead us, and is still lying to the American people about it today. Couldn’t prevent it, could’ve done a hell of a lot more and admitted he dropped the ball, but he’s incapable of admitting mistakes

    • @kal-zor-el5801
      @kal-zor-el5801 2 года назад +2

      But i don't miss at all, he started alot of war and we are still fighting those wars. But i like Will's bush for sure

  • @malainfluencia126
    @malainfluencia126 6 лет назад +5

    That derek line got to me lmao

  • @bobwinters5572
    @bobwinters5572 6 лет назад +50

    It's interesting to see a cultural artifact from that brief twilight dream-like moment when the post-Cold War era ended and just before the post-9/11 era began. It was all so irrelevant and looking back on it, even the people living through it thought of it as irrelevant as they lived it.

    • @kidkique
      @kidkique 5 лет назад +7

      so you mean the 90s?

    • @mazze00
      @mazze00 5 лет назад +1

      Do you think we will look back on today thinking the same?

    • @mazze00
      @mazze00 5 лет назад +2

      @@kidkique yes...they were pretty random if you are honest to yourself...

    • @jonadams5547
      @jonadams5547 4 года назад +2

      But they were fun

  • @Lee.Higginbotham
    @Lee.Higginbotham 5 лет назад +83

    Anybody who doesn't find this skit funny will be sent to a Chinese labor camp!!

  • @poovaneswaransupramaniam19
    @poovaneswaransupramaniam19 2 года назад

    Nice one.....will ferrell is an amazing talent...period

  • @gocanuckurself1
    @gocanuckurself1 Год назад

    Will Ferrel as George Dubya is so classic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @samaboff5011
    @samaboff5011 5 лет назад +2

    Procility. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Sir_psylok
    @Sir_psylok 5 месяцев назад +1

    2024 and this is still hilarious and wildly accurate/ahead of its time.

  • @rohitschauhanitbhu
    @rohitschauhanitbhu 6 лет назад +1

    Laughed so bad watching this

  • @brosephyolonarovichstalin2915
    @brosephyolonarovichstalin2915 2 года назад +3

    I mean some people are famous and people kinda go….why!? They’re average at best!
    But it would be a crime if the world never saw Will Ferrell. So talented so funny so off the wall. Man I love this dude.

  • @bdog236
    @bdog236 3 года назад +1

    Too tall jones week should be a national event

  • @gilbertotabares8196
    @gilbertotabares8196 5 лет назад +4

    Looks like Reaganomics is makin a comeback.

  • @hatemalmuteiri4356
    @hatemalmuteiri4356 Год назад +1

    Man, this is so funny

  • @vernefits1953
    @vernefits1953 4 года назад +1

    photocopies of photocopies are permitted LoL

  • @jmb2956
    @jmb2956 4 года назад

    Love this guy.....bestttt

  • @lazurusjones1740
    @lazurusjones1740 2 года назад +1

    Why is it tht "bush" will ferrell told us more truth then the actual bushwacked fuck we had? Lmao 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

  • @timjthru
    @timjthru 6 лет назад +7

    He should of at least brought with him State Dept. attache' Jacob Silj to help communicate.

  • @joelgregorio-flores4379
    @joelgregorio-flores4379 4 года назад +2

    BRUH MOMENT 😂

  • @youkyouk7471
    @youkyouk7471 5 лет назад +5

    Mano a mano 😂😂😂

  • @pakde8002
    @pakde8002 3 года назад +1

    Roughly so. I remember it well. We saw how tough America is when faced with an enemy that actually has an army bigger than ours.

  • @sacundim
    @sacundim 6 лет назад +214

    To think this was a joke in 2001, but realism in 2018.

    • @kthcsh
      @kthcsh 6 лет назад +24

      sacundim has there been a hostage negotiation in 2018? I must have missed it. Last I remember was Obama’s $150billion dollar Iran sellout hostage negotiation.

    • @thekeepers15
      @thekeepers15 6 лет назад +2

      kthcsh
      Yeaa lol that’s what I remember to , we must be the only ones

    • @policerthought5649
      @policerthought5649 6 лет назад +19

      kthcsh Wow you still believe that shit, lol you trumptards are hilarious

    • @karanbrar1939
      @karanbrar1939 5 лет назад +4

      BrexMK you can’t believe that the Obama Administration gave Iran hundreds of billions in sanctions relief for barely anything? Well believe it.

    • @policerthought5649
      @policerthought5649 5 лет назад +8

      No, I won't believe it. Why? Because there's no evidence.

  • @Methodius93
    @Methodius93 Год назад

    The apology at 1:35 sounds more like Obama haha

  • @alessiodelcastillo1613
    @alessiodelcastillo1613 5 лет назад +2

    0:47 No Dick Cheneye😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @patrickblair1800
    @patrickblair1800 4 года назад

    LOL!!!!! Oh my goodness

  • @aMulliganStew
    @aMulliganStew 5 лет назад +14

    And it only got worse. MUCH worse.

  • @theseageek
    @theseageek 4 года назад +7

    Back when SNL parodies were not as crazy as the reality.

  • @olimpiasps
    @olimpiasps 4 года назад +8

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 MANO A MANO 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍

  • @tsarmichael3876
    @tsarmichael3876 6 лет назад +2

    So true...

  • @daniellawton3831
    @daniellawton3831 4 года назад +2

    We get screwed n that deal

  • @biffalobull2335
    @biffalobull2335 5 лет назад +17

    Even funnier in todays context. We've come a long way.

  • @TheContrariann
    @TheContrariann 4 года назад

    Ferrel bhai🙌

  • @dilibau
    @dilibau 8 лет назад +7

    Can some1 please tell me what is the exact date at which this sketch aired? I know it is below the vid, but I am confused as I am non-English. Thanks in advance

  • @angelcitygirl
    @angelcitygirl 5 лет назад +14

    DUBYA.

  • @SoulSearch11110
    @SoulSearch11110 6 лет назад +4

    Lol is this a Will?

  • @Qqxx22
    @Qqxx22 2 года назад

    Will Ferrell is great.

  • @basedacid2290
    @basedacid2290 3 года назад +1

    My grandma watched this live when it came on for the first time ahe thought it was real

  • @vmaund33
    @vmaund33 2 года назад +4

    Imagine if they came at Biden this hard on SNL… it’d be hilarious!!

    • @ADavis-oq4et
      @ADavis-oq4et 2 года назад

      yeah, but snl isn't a poltical sketch show. so

    • @shaggydogj
      @shaggydogj Год назад

      They came close with Jim Carrey.

  • @shaggydogj
    @shaggydogj Год назад

    Mr. Jiang will be responsible for pool maintenance.

  • @jwbures
    @jwbures 4 года назад

    Don’t mess with TEXAS!

  • @Cunninghamily
    @Cunninghamily Год назад

    4:11

  • @thankyou6184
    @thankyou6184 3 года назад +1

    Say hello

  • @killsins3263
    @killsins3263 5 лет назад

    Hahahahaha

  • @godzillamothra2223
    @godzillamothra2223 4 года назад +3

    2020 anyone?

  • @mostafanafi8494
    @mostafanafi8494 6 лет назад

    SNL is the best

  • @ummmidunno8308
    @ummmidunno8308 6 лет назад +8

    I still ask God daily why did you go and take this miracle away from SNL?

  • @saps1850
    @saps1850 2 года назад +2

    I keep waiting for Biden to say this at one of his press conferences.

  • @ViceCoin
    @ViceCoin 3 года назад

    "Is our children learnin?"

  • @MrRiley-Is-Not-Amused
    @MrRiley-Is-Not-Amused 3 года назад +1

    The subject matter is strangely ironic in 2020.

  • @alisavdagic8116
    @alisavdagic8116 4 года назад +3

    Ah when you could distinct parody from presidential behaviour.

  • @danp1471
    @danp1471 4 года назад +6

    And Trump says he's the best negotiator.
    I don't think so.

  • @omarsatar2003
    @omarsatar2003 4 года назад

    Funny.

  • @averyzucco220
    @averyzucco220 5 лет назад +6

    Suddenly relevant again...

  • @lukekendrick100
    @lukekendrick100 Год назад +1

    Gonna tell my kids this was George Bush no doubt

  • @alessiodelcastillo1613
    @alessiodelcastillo1613 4 года назад

    ". . . . . Chinese labor camp . . . . . . "

  • @gb5085
    @gb5085 6 лет назад +4

    I guess these are George Bush's 14 points.

  • @dickpark9807
    @dickpark9807 5 лет назад +2

    Funny how seriously relevant it is... Mocking but decidedly humorous... Ferrell is a comedic genius, in a Gump sorta simplistic style. He is attendant to all manner of historic moments. In his own interpretation of events

  • @MrAce-lm8es
    @MrAce-lm8es 3 года назад

    You Really Don't Wanna Mess .. With Texas.

  • @oaw972
    @oaw972 4 года назад

    👍🏻🇺🇸😂😂😁

  • @kimmolaine8069
    @kimmolaine8069 5 лет назад

    Believe in Bushy!

  • @qwertyu8832
    @qwertyu8832 4 года назад +2

    Is seriously nobody watching this right now?!

  • @Mr.Takahash1
    @Mr.Takahash1 3 года назад +1

    Will Ferrell plays a better President Bush than Bush himself. Will Ferrell for president.

  • @bubblerum69002
    @bubblerum69002 5 лет назад +2

    Trump makes me miss Junior. A lot.

  • @garyr7027
    @garyr7027 2 года назад

    He just described how america sells out.

  • @LarsLiveLaughLove
    @LarsLiveLaughLove 6 лет назад

    um

  • @BEUSA42
    @BEUSA42 Год назад

    Funny as hell
    But scary shit too

  • @biro24
    @biro24 10 лет назад +4

    Lolol

  • @alisonabuhadema659
    @alisonabuhadema659 3 месяца назад

    What happens when you mess with Texas?