Barack Obama performs musical 'slow jam' with Jimmy Fallon - video
Published Apr 25 2012, 03:20 BST | By Kate Goodacre
Two preview clips from US president Barack Obama's appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon have been released.Obama joined Fallon and house band The Roots for a topically-themed "slow jam" addressing student loan interest rate increases. The skit has now been made available in full following its first transmission on Tuesday night (April 24).
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In a second short extract from the show, the president is seen discussing Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney, quipping that the pair are "not friends":
The show, marking Obama's first appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, was recorded on the campus of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon airs at 12.35/11.35c on NBC. Tuesday's show also featured special music guest Dave Matthews.
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ibama the peoples president.
he;s the only one I know that actually spends time with normal people, doing tv shows, doing movie cameos, doing comedy and music.
obama this president should be re-elected.
April 26th 2012 at 3:54am
Well I for one am glad David Cameron wouldn't do this sort of thing. The danger of politicians flaunting themselves as celebrities led us to elect that fool Blair, and look at the damage he did. Obama shouldn't be doing this sort of thing as an elected official, he just shouldn't.
April 25th 2012 at 11:12pm
Yeah just go on chat shows and dance you procrastinating *****.
April 25th 2012 at 8:39pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfkjvagVsRI This was our equivalent, I think as a country we all collectively agreed to keep our leaders out of comedy skits afterwards.
April 25th 2012 at 7:42pm
The most media-savvy President to date. What a cool customer!
April 25th 2012 at 7:37pm