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Favreau, Axelrod and Lovett Write Obama Comedy Hit

May 11, 2009 By Tammy Haddad

The Examiner’s Jeff Dufour got the scoop of the night: Who wrote the President’s comedy routine? Jon Favreau, the president’s chief speechwriter. Favreau told The Examiner it took him two weeks, working with speechwriter Jon Lovett, Obama political adviser David Axelrod, and a team of joke writers, to craft the punch lines. He also said they spent several hours on Friday, working out Obama’s opening sight gag with the teleprompter screens.

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Filed Under: White House Staff Tagged With: David Axelrod, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Obama, The Examiner

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