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March 30, 2009 By dadler

Timeline of WHCD Performances From Wikipedia

1945:Performers included Frank Sinatra, Danny Thomas, Jimmy Durante, Fanny Brice and Danny Kaye.

1969: President Richard Nixon personally requested the Disneyland Golden Horseshoe Revue.

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Wally Boagpecosbill from Golden Horseshoe Revue

1985: Rich Little and President Ronald Reagan in a dual press conference skit.

1988: Yakov Smirnoff

1993: Elayne Boosler

1994: Al Franken

1995:Conan O’Brien

1996:Al Franken

1997:Norm Macdonald

1998:Ray Romano

1999:Aretha Franklin, entertainment (NBC’s Brian Williams in skit)

2000: Outgoing President Bill Clinton mocked himself in the short film President Clinton: Final Days, which depicted him as a lonely man closing down a nearly-deserted White House, riding a bicycle, and learning about the Internet with the help of actor Mike Maronna as his character “Stuart”.

2001: Darrell Hammond and Survivor spoof

2002: Drew Carey (singer Ozzy Osbourne also attended)

2003:Ray Charles, entertainment

2004: Jay Leno

2005: Cedric the Entertainer, plus some jokes by First Lady Laura Bush

2006:  Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner

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Filed Under: WHCD History Tagged With: Al Franken, Alretha Franklin, Bob Hope, Brian WIlliams, Cedrick The Entertainer, Chevy Chase, Danny Kaye, Danny THomas, Darrel Hammond, Disneyland, Drew Carey, Elayne Boosler, Fanny Brice, Frank Sinatra, Gerald Ford, Golden Horseshoe Reveiw, Jay Leno, Jimmy Durante, Norm Macdonald, Ozzy Osbourne, Ray Charles, Ray Romano, Rich Little, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Steven Cobert, White House Correspondents Dinner, Yakov Smirnoff

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