XPost: rec.arts.tv, alt.stupidity, rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc
From: weberm@polaris.net
atropos@mac.com wrote:
> Ubiquitous wrote:
>> Actor Mark Hamill crashed Friday's White House press briefing-- the day
>> before STAR WARS Day (May the Fourth)-- and instead of taking questions
>> about the popular Sci-Fi/Fantasy franchise, all he wanted to do was gush
>> about President Joe Biden.
>>
>> Hamill, who played the role of Jedi Luke Skywalker in George Lucas'
>> original trilogy, joined White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
>> at the lectern and told reporters how happy he had been to meet the
>> president's staff.
>>
>> He opened with a joke, saying that when Biden had invited the actor to
>> call him "Joe," he'd asked whether he could call him "Joe-Bi-Wan-Kenobi".
>>
>> WATCH:
>>
>> Mark Hamill is at the White House press briefing today making cringe
>> Star Wars jokes.
>
>> "Look, it's all good," Hamill continued, praising Biden's staff and raving
>> about how much work the president did day-to-day. "I mean, I was really
>> thrilled to meet the entire staff because, you know, it's not just one
>> person. It's like a composite endeavor and all these people, my goodness,
>> you know, I mean, I have no idea-- I had no idea. Just what went into what
>> is on his plate on a daily basis."
>>
>> "So, that's pretty much it. I/m open to questions, although no Star Wars
>> questions, please," Hamill concluded.
>
>Why the fuck do you think you're even there, Mark? You think if it
>wasn't for STAR WARS you'd have been invited to the White House and
>standing at the podium in the press briefing room? But now you don't
>want any STAR WARS questions as if the reason they brought you there is
>because being an actor makes you some kind of brilliant policy advisor
>or something?
Hamill's enthusiastic brown-nosing was the biggest cringe of the year.
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Let's go Brandon!
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