Dear Rich. You are fantastic. What a tough crowd,but you kept right on working,and finally they gave in. Reagan,Carter,Bush and Nixon were spot on !!

How he carried on with this audience shows his professionalism

"No, I'm an asshole." One of the best punchlines ever

That had to be one of the HARDEST gigs Rich has ever performed. My hat's off to him. He looked like he performed in front of storefront mannequins! The thing about the tapes should have had them rolling in the isles!

His Reagan impersonation is PERFECT.

He was too good for this crowd

RICH WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A BETTER RESPONSE IN A MORGUE

That is the toughest crowd I have ever seen. Rich is brilliant!

This guy was the king impressionist in the 1970s when I was a kid. He has been the best since the early 60s. I remember when he was scheduled to be on Johnny Carson I would beg my mom to let me stay up and watch him. She would let me and it was the best. Great memories. I don’t think this crowd is appreciating him.

Holy crap Rich's Andy Rooney bit had me seriously laughing my ass off. Sounds Just Like Him. And his Reagan and Bush senior is perfect.

Rich Little has always been a class act, but the audience is a bunch of dolts. "Is this thing on?"

Must have been a room full of lawyers.

I thought he was good, but the audience was not responsive at all. I felt bad for him!

Imagine what don rickles would've done with this audience. He probably would've killed them

Wrong audience Rich! You're great!

what a rotting crowd of reporters!!! havn't changed a bit!! he did it his way

What a shame for such a talented entertainer to perform for such a dead crowd.

Worst audience ever. I thought maybe some of his jokes were not hitting but alot of his jokes were and crowd was just not with it.

He was great, the audience however seem to require the humor to be explained to them. I guess if it is clean and fun and not in your face they don't get it.

Little was spot on. Unfortunately, 90% of the audience were either too ignorant to know, or too young to remember, anyone he was impersonating! Many probably didn't even know what an impersonator is.

Pulseless audience! Wow what a stiff atmosphere! Took a trooper to get through this!

The wheelchair joke is utterly savage. 10/10 Rich!

Rich Little REALLY sounded like Reagan! So much talent 😄

welcome back, tbry! "Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country!" -President Ronald Reagan

Why so many dislikes on this video? Rich's material is good. I think some of you KZfaq trolls will just dislike anything that includes President George W. Bush.

It was great to grow up in this era! great comedians. None like this anymore!

Rich Little was a Fabulous comedian, The Best Impressionist. Now, I admire him for "going on with the show" under almost impossible conditions!! What a man, what a gentleman, what a great Professional!!!

Tough crowd, Rich. No sense of humour and too politically correct to laugh at anything.

If you are over 30 years old, not a member of the liberal press, are slightly aware of history, and have an attention span that hasn't been totally conditioned by instant messages (both commercial and personal) and self-gratification you're gonna love Rich Little at the Washington Correspondent's Dinner.

The Andy Rooney section is right to be the most replayed. It is an hilarious and underrated part of his act.

What a difficult audience!

Love Rich Little, He's the best!

What a horrible crowd. Little must have been crawling out of his skin.

He's still the best and his routine was very entertaining....

this guy still rocks

Really hard for a comedian to follow such a somber mood set by Bush.

When he said "Oh my god, I'm having a jowl movement" i laughed so hard that i woke up my flatmates :D

"...but what did you do with his wheelchair?" LOL

This audience doesn't know when a good thing comes.

All the respect to you Rich from me as usual. What a crap audience,they didn´t help you at all.

That was good!!! He came to that event to try to bring out the best in those people.... He definitely tried his best after the tragic incident at Virginia Tech just a few days before... Nerves of steel and great courage to see him perform up there...

I don't know if Rich's timing was off, or if it was the pall of the Virginia Tech shooting, or a combination of the two that threw off most of his act, but his Nixon was hilarious, and made the whole thing worth watching. Now that he's older, he actually looks more like Nixon as he impersonates him. It was great! 8-) I definitely got more laughs out of this half hour than I could from most all the junk they put on TV today. Thumbs up from me.

His material was great. The audience didn't appreciate his talent.

the audience were a bunch of boring stuffed shirts just how politician crowds are what normal people imagine them to be, rich littles act was great

One of the funniest men of all time!

What a cold audience for a great impressionist.....

This was over 10 years ago. Damn time flies.

A great performance by a talented performer.....too bad the audience wasn't at all hip!

These audiences are the worst as it can be for a comedian show

Souless crowd.

I think there is a certain Rich Little who showed a lot of balls to do a GW impersonation while GW was actually present and president:)

For years-the legendary, multi-talented, multi-faceted comedic impressionist Rich Little did EXCELLENT impressions of Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Stewart, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, Cary Grant, among MANY others! Additionally-I had the pleasure and enjoyment of seeing Rich LIVE in an outdoor concert at the Alemeda County Fair-in Pleasanton, California-in July of 1994. In addition to the aforementioned impressions-he and his female comedic partner did an EXCELLENT routine portraying the legendary husband & wife comedy team of George Burns and Gracie Allen! Rich could do it ALL- vocal impressions; vocal inflection, and physical mannerisms. Incidentally-several years later-Rich and his comedic female partner fell in love and got married! How nice! :)

Poor Rich...I haven't seen a bombing this bad since the Blitzkrieg!!! That was a horrible room!!!

Yes Johnny was the best!!!

A dead audience for sure......

The crowd needs to lighten up.

Rich Little shone some light from a barely bygone era and the darkness of the future Just absorbed it.

I had the pleasure of seeing Rich Little due his excellent impersonations at the 1994 Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, California!

I'm republican and I thought it was hilarious, he's an impersonator that's his job and expertise.

This is great! What a talented performer and to such a difficult audience too. Some of them need to get a life and a sense of humor.

when I was growing up, Frank Gorshin and Rich Little were the best out there. His joke about the war on poverty and the poor lost was classic, but it fell on deaf ears. I really felt for Rich performing in front of a bunch of muppets

Oh, man, these people just didn't get it ... AT ALL!!! They had the good fortune, and the honor, to be entertained by a comedy LEGEND, impersonator, Mr. Rich Little! I really felt for Mr. Little, as some of his jokes fell flat. Some of these stiffs barely looked comatose! Rich nailed it, as always. You still got it, Rich - May God bless ya!!! Dave Lounder IMDb.me/DaLo TheDriveInGuys.com

That Andy Rooney material was gold. lol

What's the matter with that audience? Are they asleep?

a really tough room, and a really tough man; I had all of his albums in the 70's. He almost made me believe in "Richard" Nixon "Superstar."

What a dead crowd

the crowd is bunch of goons

Way to set the tone talking about tradgedy, George.

Great to see Rich Little again here (I think he's 69 then). He was just a joy to watch when I was a kid. And he reminded me of my father and me wishing he was just as funny. ;-)

I remember when he interviewed with Carson and talked about being introduced as buddy rich by Ed Sullivan ..lol.. that was so hilarious 😂 because. I can't believe how good he is at impersonations. Crowds getting on my nerves just a little, but I love his Johnny Carson always have.

Tough room!!! Rich Little is a genius. Think his political impressions (which were great) was touching nerves, so he might have been better off doing only non-political impressions. That said, loved his incredible performance (even though it falls flat with the assembled audience - can't believe at points no one gets the jokes - scary if this the top-level of the USA brains trust). Found it interesting that George W, was open enough to be lampooned, along with his Dad. Could a comedian get away with this in every other country on our planet? Maybe democracy is actually a good thing.

This Guy is So good I have always Loved him ..Love you Rich..Talent beyond Words...

Rich Little is alive and well as of today September 2,2015.I saw him over the weekend for lunch in Los Angeles with our families. I have known him all my life. I thought his material was pretty good. The 'dislikes' come because the stuffy crowd that was Rich's audience at this event were not laughing . And people in general are SHEEP!! They need to see other's laugh in order to think something is funny!! This is why Sitcoms use an audience's laugh tracks, its the power of suggestion. Its purposely used to boost ratings.Thank goodness comedies are now closed set one camera rigged shows without an audience , or canned laugh tracks added (IE Brady Bunch, Love Boat). Its sad that a lot of people can't think for themselves. But shows like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm" were among the first to give me hope that people were deciding what was funny for themselves. As an actor and a cast member of a couple successful sitcoms, (No not Peter Brady from the Brady Bunch, just my alias) I think audience laughter is too much. Give people credit. I always thought it was almost embarrassing to see the audience in the bleachers of our show's almost bursting veins with laughter to be heard on television. it wasn't THAT funny. Im not saying this video was top notch comedy by any means, but it was not bad at all.

The crowd is too serious for the jokes. You were great Rich Little!

The audience was too young to know who he was or any of the people he impersonated. The turning of the page. A giant retires . God bless this great talent! Rich...You're rich !

Rich was funny. The crowd was a dud.

Hahaha oh man I could be an impressionist! And so topical!

Brilliant and I loved his Nixon impersonation, perhaps the most gentle ever done by anyone.

"I think that a society that can poke fun at its political leaders is a confident society and a free society." I was never much a fan of George W but these were words well spoken. Remember when we used to laugh at comedians and took out politicians seriously?

One of the best of his kind!

He is a Canadian. He impersonates so many celebrities so well. Truly funny.

@Rasta311 Does it usually take you a full year to come up with a reply that clever?

"And when this, when this warrathon thing against all extreministic fractions is concludified.......... The hell did that mean...idk" Love it!

Paced perfectly for President Bush's wit.

Why are there so many dislikes, I love Richard little. Besides, you try performing in front of congress, senators, and the president.

"Some people live their entire lifetime and wonder if they ever made a difference to the world.... Marines don't have that problem". President Ronald Reagan - September 23, 1983

This guy is hilarious... Awesome

We need to fire this audience! Rich Little you were spot on and amazing as always!

That was terrific. Hands down the best Jimmy Carter impression I've ever seen. (The worst Bill Clinton though). I got a lot of good belly laughs on it.

that 60 minutes gave me a lot of belly laughs! Sadly, the performance bombed. Tough crowd!

Lawyer joke was killer.

Little should have gone with this: Hey Helen Thomas is here. Nice to see you. Moses called the other day and told me you were a great lay.

People don't Realize how difficult it is to be a comedian. He spoke that long, all memorized, didn't need 1 drink of water, and had no need to make political Points like today's late night so called comedians

My right ear is lonely...

I too thought perhaps the crowd was dead then I remembered what his opening act was.... Remembering the dead students . How can you follow that?

That's what ya expect from the so called journalist at a correspondent dinner. No wonder Trump didn't go to his .

tough crowd

After this video, I am firmly convinced that the White House Correspondents are totally devoid of anything even approaching the approximation of a sense of humor. What a bunch of dim bulbs.

The Switzerland joke made bush uncomfortable....??? LOL

Yikes, that was one rough audience, Rich still shined through.