No matter who winds up winning on Nov. 8, President Obama is going to be out of a job in January. Fortunately, Stephen Colbert—as Randy, the mustachioed office manager—is ready to help the president make the transition to unemployment by helping him polish his résumé and practice his interview skills. Randy posed some tough questions, like why the president was leaving office and why he hadn’t been promoted in eight years. “Honestly, there wasn’t a lot of room for advancement in my last job,” Obama told him. “The only one with a more powerful position was my wife.”
The interview was a good opportunity for Obama to list his in-office accomplishments—like climate change initiatives, Obamacare, and reopening relations with Cuba—while also poking fun at himself, like when Colbert asks why he won his Nobel Peace Prize. “I still don’t know,” the president deadpanned. And even though they were on network television, where political endorsements are forbidden, Colbert did get the president to choose his favorite snack, a “fiber-nutrient bar,” over a bile-filled, shriveled tangerine with hair. Very subtle.
