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
Jesus Christ, writing speeches for an actual President at age 24? Dude's got a lot going for him, props
He's a 🦄.
@Ali account why are you so upset?
Jesus Christ surely did not write any of Osamas speeches.
Franco Firewall Sorry. But the only person I would ever want vouching for me is... Jesus Christ. Not a president.
@@fredtalk5736 The comment says, "Jesus Christ, writing speeches for..." not "Jesus Christ writing speeches for..."
It's 2020, and I've forgotten that Presidents are supposed to speak in complete sentences with coherent thoughts.
You’re right, Biden is incapable of speaking in complete sentences with coherent thoughts.
Night Runner lmfao when was this?
Same both candidates for president this year get words and people mixed up.
@Night Runner "I'm going to beat Joe Biden" ~ Joe Biden
@@liaavery1748 look up bidens speeches or interviews. There tons of funny but sad moments
imagine telling your friends and family that you write Obamas speeches for a living? Bad ass
I would be embarassed to be writing some of the most garbage speeches for one of the most garbage men in history.
Saeed Vazirian okay, but this guy doesn't work for Trump
@Bubbles McGee childish
Hermann Schloffer von Graz come on man he ain’t hitler
@@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.
And who's Trump's speechwriter? A five year old?
Caius Marius 5? Don't disparage them PLEASE!
Caius Marius Alex Jones
Caius Marius that would be his wife's 🙊
Caius Marius yup
Caius Marius He must be a child prodigy since his speeches won him the election.
Most of you can't even write a comment grammatically correct, and you're bad-mouthing the president for having a speech writer?
I hope this is supposed to be ironic.
(edited)
+RatherBoard the edit option is there for a reason..
What's humor, right?
RatherBoard and I
Obama : Had a pretty young, 24 y/o person writing his speeches.
Trump : Gets Jealous.
*Hires a 5 y/O to write his speeches.*
LOL That was clever.
😩😂😂
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.
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.
I prefer bad-mouthing him for being a horrible person and president. Like every other President since Eisenhower, pretty much.
@@cl8804 hell of a lot better than trump
@@Dragoon710 I'll give you that. That's how bad U.S presidents are.
True Dat😎
All presidents have speechwriters, except donald trump, trump talk like he's learning how to talk.
🤣
You type like you have a tenuous grasp on the English language yourself)
Zach oh stop showing off your extensive knowledge of the English language, he or she miss-typed. Chill.
@@koa.a bull crap, he crao over one million jobs, did more than Nimrod trump.
Koala he couldn’t get shit done because of the split in Congress dummy did you forget ?
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.
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.
Oh my god who the hell cares
That 90's Guy haha you do apparently
@@gcg8187 well you care enough to leave a reply
Bernie doesn't use speechwriters because hes genuine
I always thought Obama's speeches were lit. Now it makes sense.
jhon doe And when did he say it wasnt?
jhon doe there was a joke you missed
Bubbles McGee the world loved and adored obama. still does. as for your current president-the entire world laughs at him.
Incidentally, the speech writer's name is David Litt. Nice pun xD
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!!🤣🤣🤣
"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.
“So how did you get to become a speechwriter?”
“I saw him make a speech on tv”
????
Yeah, I also thought there is some part of the story missing.
It's called nepotism
Lobbying
Probably daddy knows someone. Must have serious connections and skill
His dad knows someone.
Well, his name is litt, what did you expect?
BellSter Lol Louis Litt.
suits!!!
Lui ("he" in italian, "looy") is lit
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 👌🏾
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.
I can’t imagine how disappointed trumps speech writers are when he can’t remember them and just spouts shit lol
😂😂😂 Check the Videos "America first Netherlands second" and of all the other countries who Took over the idea 😉 the same argumentational Strategy!
It's like they're trying to make the word count 😂
Omg. 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
Tremendous fingers
Drake needs to hire this guy lol
lol brah
Tony Escopeta boy u crazy 😂
Yuvraj Singh You must need much more to write a correct sentence.
@@ficokr1673 sick burn dude
He was basically the president
Problem with trump is, he goes off script a lot lmao
The guy is a freebird. Sadly that freebird also thought the president job would be easy. Oh well.
Hahahahahahah
@@vivienetiu7935 Opps sorry original sentence was supposed to be he, not we. Most embarrassing typo I ever made.
Wait wait... Trump uses a script? xd
@@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.
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?
He's been trying out "dominate" lately.
TREMENDOUS
@@noorkhairul8820 that's what I was thinking lmao
...people are saying
rigged
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.
I know right, I was wondering as well. At least tell us his qualification or what he studied before that or something.
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
Seeker Stories Brilliant!
Like everything with the CRIMINAL Obama administration, it's corruption.
Ronald Nixon .... you are sooooo stupid. your father
Fun facts: you didn't search for this
Fun facts: you didn’t search for this
No, it was thought out for me. F@$king scary.
You did?
Yeah
Bruh! It was recommended to me!
I red 'Joke writer' accidently. Honestly that's why i clicked on it
it does say joke writer in the thumbnail
*read
It’s not a joke writer?
the video says more on writing speeches than writing jokes
Comedy fans always think that when they see "writer" ..same. 😉👌
3:36 wtf was that??
Bongkrek Acid good question
i think it was a joke from one of the white house correspondents dinners. Cant recall the year though =(
Bongkrek Acid im scarred for life
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.
lmfaooooo
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 ❤
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
@@S-K69 to bad trump did try harder to save his people from a pandemic that lead to the deaths over 100,000
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.
@@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!
@@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.
Well this will be a great thing to put on his resume
is this job under trump open ? where can I apply ?
I can write about making a huge wall and making China pay for it .
Can we call it the great wall of america made by china?
sam82154
You can't do that. Walls are not grabbable.
It sounds good to start with, but eventually he's going to rip you apart on camera to prove that he's authentic.
Alexis Pablo
Ugh. Southern republicans have such awful phrases. I don't even know what you're calling me!
Hey man I don't know if you notice....but I think that was sarcasm....
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.
That Islam reference was hilariously stupendous.
every time i see a glimpse of Obama, i start tearing up. i miss him so much!!
Why though? He screwed up our economy and screwed up national deals with America
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
@@ch-17vevo55 do some research imbecile dumbass.
lmfao so we're replying to my comment from 2 years ago... i see how it is lmfao
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
Amazing job, Obama's speeches gave me hope, you should work with him now and help bring us back to feeling safe again.
I bet when Obama writes a joke he says “I wrote this joke Obama self”
Shut up Jesus
jesus christ that was a bad joke
@@mynames7664 :(
Lol thats hilarious 🤣
Hahaha love it
Super humble guy. Goes to show you don’t have to be what is considered typically successful to do something remarkable.
Trumps speech writer must be really good at jokes then. Walls, China, Rigged Election. Those are good jokes!
funny
+Crusty_Shart You SERIOUSLY wanna talk making accusations of rigged elections when Hillary was the one who couldn't let the election go?
Trump is joke
The Cat Who Saw You Naked what does she have to do with anything
The Cat Who Saw You Naked Damn you just dumb, hope you are happy with your beautiful and human rights violating country
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.
Trump doesnt need a speechmaker to make a joke, he's already a joke
Nah trump is a joke
Nah trump is a joke
A joke that's not funny
Trump is an example of the reasons why a person would get fired from work...
LaBrunette831 but because he’s the son of the CEO, HR can’t fire him
This video is beautiful and moving. Speechwriting is a fascinating career.
"Speeches aren't meant to be read. "They're meant to be heard."
Damn, this comment section is such a break from normal RUclips.
So wholesome.
No it's not. It's full of politics
Donald Trump supporter.. "I love Trump cause he writes his own speech"
What speech though
When your second name is litt. You know shit is litt..
HARAMBE thank you for your service
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.
3:36 what
I saw this comment just as it came up like WTF
hahahaha
Trump's speechwriter is a toddler prodigy
People are really acting like every president doesn’t have writers.
Does trump? Or does trump utilize said person as often as he should
His speeches were Litt.
Sorry couldn't resist
That praying five times a day joke really made me laugh out loud! 😄
Me too.
This guy's a legend lmao
amazing person! so young, I feel hugely inspired and a little bit jealous xD. Great story!
Everyone vote Obama in for a third term
We must move forward with Clinton #ImWithHer
ApexPulsar she's fucking sick watch the videos on her fuck hillbilly Clinton and tronald dump #thirdyearobama
Forward?
+Levi Howell No thanks, I don't want terrorists in my city.
If only we could.
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
Remember the times when we had to make jokes for laughs and now the baby in chief is the joke?
The intelligent leader had a great speech writer; the no-so-bright one has a speech impediment.
Trumps speeches are trash and make you go “Huh?” “What tha?” “Really?” “Where’s the remote?”
His entire existence is a joke so not really surprised
"When you are absolutely sure you can change the world and you're pretty sure you can do it tomorrow."
24 years old and the lead speech writer for a President of the United States. That's a hell of a resume.
What an honor to work for the greatest nigga of all time.
Can we vote for this black dude again?
if you vote for hillary she will elect him into supreme court...so in a way/..yes!
no
This black dude? seriously? He was a fucking president, what are you?
@@sashmagosh :(
Don't refer to someone by their skin colour
Looks like Ned from BuzzFeed
fact of the day, this guy didn't actually write most of obama's jokes, he wrote the ones in 2008
This is actaully Drakes ghost writer.
A job so anonymous that your name doesn’t make it to the title of a video about you #introvertgoals
A really talented gentleman, his speeches are amazing 👍🏼
now his job is replaced by twitter! #Trump
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.
great point!
first time hearing "pray 5 times a day" joke
America. Get a re-up on Obama. Seriously.
obama i miss you already :(
He only looks good because anyone in between W. and Trump would look good. But he was only looks, negative substance.
@@simonrodriguez4685 great job! Your joke is very funny!
I especially miss his targeted assassinations of children in Yemen via drone strikes.
Really. People have to politicize everything these days. Just enjoy the video. It has nothing to do with politics.
This is so irrelevant but I love seeing ergonomic keyboard. Anyone type with normal keyboards, 🙄 not good for their fingers and wrists.
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.
love him 😍😍❤❤❤❤
Praying 5 times a day is my biological clock that regulates my day and makes me productive Aware of the time and the quality of things I do. Prayers are a blessing for a Muslim! I am proud to write this myself.
You should be:) A connection with our creator, whoever we may believe that is, is beautiful.
I've met Obama's speech writer. But it was another guy.
EchoVids2u most President's have more than one speech writer plus he said he left after 2008ish
What a great job !
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.
Follow this guy on Instagram ya'll! Not cardi b or kylie jenner! 🙄
He is not "the most powerful person on the planet" but good try
You don't get it. Obama is a puppet president, he is not in control of ANYTHING. He is definitely not the 'leader' of anything. He is a public relations officer for the Wall Street bankers he's subservient to, was given the position because he's a smooth talker and can sell bullshit to people and sound convincing.
People are easily fooled by any smooth talker in a suit and well practised smile because they just don't think or question, and that's what they get; a professional con-artist who has done NOTHING to make America a better place. He was given the Nobel peace prize after about 5 minutes of becoming president - for doing NOTHING where every other nominee in the history of it has a proven track record of decades of service to peace. What does that tell you?.. Everything about him is like a product people have bought, like the latest iPhone.
Benzie Smith ***** this guy Simon Vance just proved my point so sit down and shut up
***** i can do what i want
***** the same Forbes that has extreme us bias? the same Forbes that said Hillary would win? they seem to have very accurate information.
***** but who won? and by a lot.
24 and he was writing for the president, meanwhile i have to Google word's meaning just to make sure im using them right in a text. And I'm 25.
And this was how he met his mother
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.
awesome interviewer. It is hard to find someone who will ask just the right questions.
Lmaooo if I was a speech writer I’d write shit like
*LOL,HAHA,LMAOOOOOO*
"Speeches aren't meant to be read, they are meant to be heard."
Honestly the best president, maybe in American history, but certainly out of the last several presidents.
This guy is 32 years old?! His hairline appears to be receding, yet he doesn't look old enough to grow facial hair.
Some people don't grow body hair until they are 20-25...
Crispy Bacon or maybe he shaves..?
Crispy Bacon angles and lighting. you can see how old he looks
Any good writer can write a good speech, but its how you deliver it that matters
Genuine question: would Trump have a speechwriter who feels the same way after working for the president?
obama=stand for change= i see lots of people now standing at local stores begging for handouts, with cardboard signs. this is what obama will be remembered for.
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.
I especially miss his targeted assassinations of children in Yemen via drone strikes.
Wtf, everyone in the comments praising the man ? the president should be a man capable of writing a speech
I thought That I was a fan Of obama but david Litt You are THE MAN
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.
Imagine how proud this guy would be☺️
But the question is, Is he really Litt?
Trump doesn't need writer to write any joke for him because he IS the joke.
1:07 as you can see BOI
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!
I miss him!😥
Who wrote the kill orders for him?
Man, I will miss those jokes and most of all those pauses...
So that's the guy who wrote the Affordable Care Act...
I am not American. But I think Obama is the best president on the planet all the time. I miss him😪