Will Ferrell Showed Up As George W. Bush To “Not The White House Correspondents Dinner”

1. On Saturday in Washington, DC, Samantha Bee hosted a special taping of her late night show called Not The White House Correspondents Dinner.

The show was taped in the afternoon in front of an audience, but won’t air on TBS until 10:00 p.m. ET.

2. The show takes aim at President Donald Trump, as well as other members of government and media. But the most exciting thing to come from the taping was…Will Ferrell showed up as a surprise guest!

3. Ferrell took the stage on Saturday afternoon and received a standing ovation before he started to perform his George W. Bush impression.

4. “How do you like me now?” Ferrell/Bush joked. “The prodigal son has returned.”

5. ‘Bush’ joked that now he’s a “better painter than he was a president.”

6. And showed off a painting he did of Trump.

7. “For a long time I was considered the worst president of all time,” he mused. “That has changed, and it only took 100 days.”

8. The audience was filled with laughter, and give Ferrell another standing ovation as he walked off stage, too.

9. Even Samantha Bee gushed, “I love Will Ferrell so much” in between filming.

10. It really doesn’t get funnier than this guy.