Picture a late-night TV show with President Trump as host and Mike Pence as his Ed McMahon-like sidekick. Now rub your eyes. It’s happening soon on Comedy Central.
“When I was first approached about this show I thought it would be about me, but on further thought, this makes way more sense,” said Kent Alterman, president of Comedy Central.
The at 11:30 p.m. Thursday series starting April 27 — called “The President Show” — was announced Monday but suggested via social media for weeks.
“Patriots can follow ‘The President Show‘ on Twitter, become a constituent on Facebook and follow the greatest host in late night on Twitter at @LateNightDonald,” said a news release.
“Laughing at the president is a proud American tradition and we hope not to disappoint anyone in that department,” Atamanuik said. “But our political system is too broken for us to be content joking about one man, even though he is a disastrous silly little toddler boy. Mostly I’d just like to thank Comedy Central for giving us this platform to speak truth to power and if we’re lucky, end up in prison!”
Who is Atamanuik?
Comedy Central says:
“Anthony Atamanuik has received critical acclaim and a fervent new fan base with his pitch perfect Donald Trump impression, skewering the candidate with razor sharp comedic activism on a nationwide, 40-city ‘Trump vs. Bernie’ tour with James Adomian, as well as in debate and sketch specials for Fusion. Their album, ‘Trump Vs. Bernie: Live From Brooklyn,’ debuted at #1 on iTunes in and was praised as a must-have album for 2016.
“He has also performed as Trump multiple times on The Howard Stern Show, ABC’s The View, CNN Newsroom and co-hosted a weeklong Trump takeover of Comedy Central’s @midnight with Chris Hardwick. He has also performed his solo show ‘Trump Dump’ at the UCB New York City theater, SXSW Festival, and Moontower Comedy Festival and was honored as one of Variety’s ’10 Comics to Watch’ at the 2016 Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal.
“Atamanuik has been performing and teaching improv at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade for 13 years. He had a recurring role on 30 Rock and recently appeared on Hulu’s Difficult People, Comedy Central’s Broad City. He was also a writer for Comedy Central’s 4/20 event series Time Traveling Bong.”