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Samantha Bee: Not the White House Correspondent’s Dinner

Will Ferrell made a surprise appearance at comedy event hot off the press.

On Thursday SBS VICELAND screens Full Frontal with Samantha Bee which is a special edition “Not the White House Correspondent’s Dinner.”

This took place in the US on the weekend at the same time as Donald Trump broke with tradition and did not attend the official White House Correspondent’s Dinner.

According to the Hollywood Reporter Will Ferrell made a surprise appearance as George W. Bush, and Steve Buscemi, Allison Janney, Norman Lear, Carl Reiner, Kumail Nanjiani, Billy Eichner, Patton Oswalt and Retta were among those in taped sketches.

Samantha, noted purveyor of ‘fake news’, will host the gala affair, welcoming journalists and non-irritating celebrities from around the world.

The Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner will answer the question ‘What if Washington DC’s annual nerd prom were hosted by a lady nerd and had way more curse words? Also, what if it actually honoured a free press and gave the finger to those who would try to diminish it?’ The event is sure to bring plenty of surprises, music, food, and laughter – and if you’re not careful, you just might learn something. Specifically, you’ll learn how screwed we’d be without a free press.

Though unrelated, Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is being filmed at the exact same time as the official White House Correspondents’ Dinner. What an incredible coincidence.

Samantha Bee brings her signature sassy, smart and satirical point of view to this special episode as she helps to navigate this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, with her succinct and on point political commentary.

8pm Thursday SBS VICELAND followed by the doco Trump: 100 Days at 9pm.

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  1. We have an over-abundance of comedic material in Canberra for our own Political satire show. Electric pylons made of gold so they wilt, buying our gas in Asia and shipping it back, money trickling down into the Caymans, de-centralising bureaucrats from Canberra into Melbourne and Sydney, using spare electricity in Perth to pump water in the Snowies, etc etc.

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