Anthony Anderson Lost $300 in a Golf Game with Barack Obama

-But, first of all, I want to hear about the golf trip.
I know you're a golfer. I've golfed with you before.
-Yes. Yes. -You're a great golfer.
I love playing with you.
You went out in a foursome, golf, recently.
-Yes. I was on a family vacation in Cabo.
Phone rings. Look at it, oh, Chris Paul is calling me.
What's up? Yo, C.P., what's up?
He said, "Yo man, where are you at?"
Because of the international ring.
I was like, "I'm on family vacation in Mexico."
He was like [Smacks lips] "Oh, never mind."
I was like, "No, everything cool?"
He was like, "Yeah." I said, "What's up? Tell me."
I was going to invite you to play golf
with Barack and me tomorrow."
[ Audience oohs ]
I was like, "Um,
I can be on a plane in a minute!"
[ Laughter ]
-Everybody out of the pool? All right, cool.
All right, bye. -Then I was like,
"Oh, man, I can't do it. I'm on the family vacation, man.
Thanks for the invite." And I hung up.
And my wife and my kids were looking at me, there.
And they were like, "Yo, what are you talking about?
Call him back and tell him you're on your way!"
[ Laughter ]
And I was like, "You sure?" He was like, "Yeah!"
Okay. "Hey, hey, C.P.,
don't give my spot away, I'm on my way home."
I called to get an airline ticket.
It's 5:35 in the afternoon.
The last plane leaving Cabo is at 5:45.
[ Audience ohhs ]
No way I'm going to make it. So, I hang up.
And I said, "Guys, there's no more flights leaving."
And my daughter is like, "Dad, you got to go.
It's President Obama. You got to go."
And I was like, the only way to go is if I charter a plane.
She was like, "It's a renegotiation year.
You'll get it back."
[ Laughter ]
-What?! She's a genius. -I was like, "Ohh."
-Do you wanna be my agent? -I was like, "Okay."
[ Laughter ]
-Emmy nominated. Go for it, man.
-So, long story short, it was most expensive
round of golf I've ever had to play in my life.
-Here's you, Chris Paul,
Barack Obama, and Michael Phelps playing golf.
-That was our foursome.
[ Cheers and applause ]
That was our foursome.
-How cool is that? -Yeah, it was cool.
Uh, President Obama talked trash all day.
-Did he really? -Five and a half hours,
nothing but trash talk.
-Does he really talk trash? -Yeah, yeah, I was like,
"Man, if these secret service dudes wasn't here right now..."
[ Laughter ]
He talked trash all day and took all of our money.
[ Laughter ]
Wait. So he -- he won? -He won.
He's a great golfer, man.
He doesn't hit the ball long off the tee,
but he's a straight as an arrow, man.
220-30 yards every time. Played one ball the entire time.
Didn't lose a ball. It went straight as an arrow,
very consistent. -Oh, that's not me.
-Yeah, he took $700 from Phelps.
He took $600 from Chris Paul.
He took $300 from me.
-The president? -Yeah. I was like,
"Man, is this even right?"
I was like, "You're the president.
Can you take money from civilians?!"
[ Laughter ]
He was like, "Anthony, I'm a civilian now.
So, yes, I can take it."
[ Laughter ]
I was like "All right." -How fun was that?
-Yeah, great time. -And how's Phelps?
He's just great, right? -Phelps was great, man.
Yeah, he raced a shark.
-I know, exactly.
-Or a cartoon shark... -Whatever it was, yeah.
-...or animated shark or something.
-He tried to do it. -Yeah.
-Let's talk about the shows.
"To Tell the Truth," there is a new episode August 21st.
You're great at that. -Thank you.
-Do you like doing that? -I love it, man.
But I love most about it I get to work with
my mother every day.
-You really do. -Yeah, yeah.
[ Audience awws, applause ] -Your mom is on the show.
-Yeah. Mother's on the show.
She started out as a score keeper,
and my mother really can't count past six.
[ Laughter ]
So, we had to take that away from her.
So now she's just my sidekick.
[ Both laugh ]
-She was there when you got word that you
got nominated for an Emmy.
-We were in rehearsal on "To Tell the Truth,"
and we got word that I got the nomination this year.
And my mother, being my mother,
opened up her purse and pulled out
a single bottle of champagne and two red cups.
[ Laughter ]
It was like, "Baby, let's celebrate!"
She had two red plastic cups in her purse.
-And a bottle of champagne is more impressive.
-But I think the bottle of champagne came from
her best friend, Drunk Bobby.
[ Laughter ]
No, that's my mama's best friend.
My mother has an entourage right now.
Drunk Bobby is the ring leader.
-Oh my goodness. -Drunk Bobby is the ring leader.
She got one lady that travels with her that works on her wigs.
And then she got -- my mother is a property manager
at a senior citizen complex.
So, at any given time,
she'll have two to three 80-, 90-year-old women
just hanging out with her. -Yeah, that's the entourage?
-That's the entourage. -That's the entourage.
Want to give a shout-out to where they are?
-What's up, Bellflower Senior Citizen Complex?
My mama.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Hi, Bellflower!
-[ Laughs ]
-And let's talk about "Black-ish."
You got nominated.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Yeah. Thank you. -Let me tell you something.
-Thank you. -You deserve this Emmy.
You've been in the business, you earned this.
-Thank you. -Come on.
-I appreciate it. Jimmy, just go out and vote!
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, I'm gonna! I'll do it!
-Tell your 18 million fa-- No, they're not part of the union.
-They can do it, yeah -- -Just tell them to vote.
Tell them to write a petition. -You got to do it.
-I just want to see your speech.
-Yeah, man, yeah. It is very humbling.
It's very humbling.
-But the show got nominated, as well.
-Show got nominated. Tracee Ellis Ross is nominated.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Wanda Sykes nominated
as a guest star on our show. Yeah.
-How exciting is that? -It's exciting, man.
-It's a big show. It is reaching a lot of people.
-Thank you. -I have a thing that
I saw you posted this online.
I just thought it was pretty cool.
You were at the airport and somebody slipped you
a napkin and it said, "Hey, man, I don't want to bother you.
I just wanted to say you're awesome, and thank you.
My friend uses your show to teach social justice.
Thanks, Alex." -Yeah, yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-But here's the cool part. Tell them, yeah.
-No, that right there is why we do our show.
And, so, I went over to Alex. You know, he was leaving.
I said, "Are you the one who left me this note?"
He was like, "Yeah." I was like, "Call your friend."
So he called, he FaceTimed the professor,
and she's a professor at a college
I believe in Pennsylvania someplace, if I'm not mistaken.
And we FaceTimed for about five minutes.
She just talked about how she uses it as a tool
to teach her students.
And told me
to keep doing what we're doing.
So thank you, Alex,
thank you, your friend.
Thank you, America, for watching our show.
-How cool is that, right? -Yeah.
-Hey, man, I'm excited about you for the Emmys.
We're rooting for you, man. -Aw, thank you, baby.
I appreciate that. -Anthony Anderson, everybody!
Watch him on "Black-ish," and "To Tell the Truth."

Anthony Anderson Lost $300 in a Golf Game with Barack Obama

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