--- --- # Watch President Obama on Zach Galifianakis' _Between Two Ferns_ by [Megan Gibson](https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Mar 11, 2014 12:06 PM UTC by [Megan Gibson](https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Mar 11, 2014 12:06 PM UTC [Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: President Barack Obama](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/18e820ec3f/between-two-ferns-with-zach-galifianakis-president-barack-obama) from [President Barack Obama](http://www.funnyordie.com/president%5Fbarack%5Fobama) In a bid to encourage young people to sign up for health insurance, President Barack Obama stopped by Zach Galifianakis’ _Between Two Ferns_ comedy show. The brief episode appeared on [Funny or Die’s website](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/18e820ec3f/between-two-ferns-with-zach-galifianakis-president-barack-obama) early Tuesday morning. In addition to the plug, there’s some good back-and-forth barbs throughout the episode, and Obama is quick on his feet. When Galifianakis asks him, “What’s it like to be the last black president,” Obama follows up with a sharp, “Seriously? What’s it like for this to be that last time you ever _talk_ to a president?” President Barack Obama on Zach Galifianakis 'Between Two Ferns' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/19645/obama-zach-galifianakis-between-two-ferns/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/19645/obama-zach-galifianakis-between-two-ferns/"},"headline":"Watch President Obama on Zach Galifianakis' Between Two Ferns","datePublished":"2014-03-11T12:06:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:41:49.064Z","description":"And he doesn't hold back. President Obama stops by the set, in an episode posted online Tuesday, to encourage American youth to sign up for health insurance. Keeping with the show's aesthetic, they trade barbs on topics including movies and foreign policy","url":"https://time.com/19645/obama-zach-galifianakis-between-two-ferns/","keywords":["Comedy","Barack Obama","Internet","Funny or Die"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/comedy/","name":"Comedy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/19645/obama-zach-galifianakis-between-two-ferns/","name":"Watch President Obama on Zach Galifianakis' Between Two Ferns"}}]}] ```