--- title: Larry Wilmore Nails Barack Obama's 2015 State of the Union Speech description: "Barry got his groove back" canonical: https://time.com/3678376/larry-wilmore-obama-state-of-the-union/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-22T16:20:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:10.620Z og:title: Watch Larry Wilmore Nail the Secret of Obama's State of the Union Speech og:description: "Barry got his groove back" og:url: https://time.com/3678376/larry-wilmore-obama-state-of-the-union/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08d8463288ffc16d/69877b49cd6848092a09943c/screen-shot-2015-01-22-at-11-01-54-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-01-22 at 11.01.54 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Larry Wilmore Nail the Secret of Obama's State of the Union Speech twitter:description: "Barry got his groove back" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08d8463288ffc16d/69877b49cd6848092a09943c/screen-shot-2015-01-22-at-11-01-54-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Larry Wilmore Nail the Secret of Obama's State of the Union Speech by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jan 22, 2015 4:20 PM UTC  by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jan 22, 2015 4:20 PM UTC When reviewing President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Speech on Wednesday’s episode of _The Nighty Show_, host Larry Wilmore noted with glee that “Barry got his groove back.” The President touted job growth, deficit cuts, and a plan to go to Mars. But why, Wilmore pondered, was Obama so positive? “Doesn’t he realize he just lost an historic election, both houses, by historic margins?” he asked. “Even his own party was deserting him? Doesn’t Obama know he won’t be able to get anything done in his last two years?” What could possibly going on in Barry’s brain? “Oh wait!” Wilmore exclaimed. “He doesn’t give a f–k. No wonder he’s throwing Mars at us, man. Why not Jupiter, Obama. Jupiter’s got more moons!” See the full clip below. [**The Nightly Show**](http://www.cc.com/shows/the-nightly-show) Get More: [The Nightly Show Full Episodes](http://www.cc.com/shows/the-nightly-show/full-episodes),[The Nightly Show on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/thenightlyshow),[The Nightly Show Video Archive](http://www.cc.com/shows/the-nightly-show/video-clips) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3678376/larry-wilmore-obama-state-of-the-union/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3678376/larry-wilmore-obama-state-of-the-union/"},"headline":"Watch Larry Wilmore Nail the Secret of Obama's State of the Union Speech","datePublished":"2015-01-22T16:20:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:10.620Z","description":"\"Barry got his groove back\"","url":"https://time.com/3678376/larry-wilmore-obama-state-of-the-union/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","Obama","comedy central"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08d8463288ffc16d/69877b49cd6848092a09943c/screen-shot-2015-01-22-at-11-01-54-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08d8463288ffc16d/69877b49cd6848092a09943c/screen-shot-2015-01-22-at-11-01-54-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-01-22 at 11.01.54 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3678376/larry-wilmore-obama-state-of-the-union/","name":"Watch Larry Wilmore Nail the Secret of Obama's State of the Union Speech"}}]}] ```