List of Previous Talent: From Sykes to Nixon’s "Disneyland Golden Horseshoe Review"

March 30, 2009 By WHC Insider

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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