Name: Stupid Pet Tricks: Talking Dog Says "Obama" | David Letterman
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Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Stupid Pet Tricks: Talking Dog Says "Obama" | David Letterman' from Letterman on Comedy Buff. Published 2026-02-11. Transcript available.

Thank you so much. Look, ladies and gentlemen, we have, uh, you can tell, time
for stupid
pet tricks. They've positioned the urine-proof carpet. Of course. Uh, do me a
favor, say
hello to J.R. Bruton and Crown. Here they come, J.R. Bruton. Hi, J.R. How are
you?
Doing well. How are you? Pleasure to meet you. Where are you from, J.R.?
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Oh, nice town, Albuquerque, isn't it? Right there in
the
mountains. What range of mountains are you near? Uh, Sandias. Sandias Mountains?
Yes. And this is
Crown, your doggie? Yes, it is. And this is, is it a golden retriever? Yes. Hi.
His name is Crown?
Hi, sweetie. Hi. How old is Crown? Crown is six years old. Six years old. In
good shape. This boy
must do a lot of running, huh? He does. Hi, Crown. The dogs love me. Has he had
all his shots? Yes.
Hello, doggie. Hello, doggie. Hello. Hello, doggie. Hello. Hello, crown. Sit,
baby. Does he take,
does he know, does he thing? Hello, sit. Yes, sit. Crown. Crown. Sit. Sit. Sit.
Sit. That's a good boy.
Now speak, speak, speak. Uh, what do you do for a living in, um, Albuquerque? I
work for two
entrepreneurs Nick and Jimmy. Oh, Nick and Jimmy. Yeah. During football season,
I place a call to Nick
and Jimmy every Sunday morning. Uh, anyway, what are you kids going to do for
us here, JR? Well,
Crown's going to hold a beer on his head. Crown will hold a beer on his head.
And is that an actual
beer you have? It is. Okay. Are you ready, Crown? Are you ready, buddy? What a
handsome boy. What a
handsome boy. All right, come here. All right, current. Here we go. You want a
drum roll? You want music?
What do you want? Sure. Okay. Crown, come here. Sit. Oh. Come on.
Oh. Stay. Take a second for the garden. Yeah. Stay. Come on, buddy.
Stay. Wait. Stay. Yeah. Let's take another look. This is pretty impressive.
Crown with a beer on his head.
Atta boy. Thank you very much, Crown. You have a good trip back to New Mexico.
Nice meeting you, JR. Thank you very much. Oh, that's all right. Don't worry.
Don't worry. Crown and JR from New Mexico, ladies and gentlemen.
I bet most waiters, most bartenders can't keep a beer on their head. No, of
course not.
We've got a New Mexican dog who can do it on TV. That's right. That's right. It's
no mean.
It's no mean in feet. Now say hello to Kirby Easler and Grable. Here they come.
Kirby Easler and Grable.
Hi, Kirby. Hi, Kirby. How are you? I'm well. Pleasure to meet you.
You know, I rarely have heard the name Kirby as a first name and did not know
if it was a man or a woman. I think it's very unusual.
I get that a lot. Yeah, sir. Is it a family name?
No, sir. Where are you from, Kirby? I'm from St. Stephen, South Carolina, which
is an hour north of Charleston.
All right. Good to have you here. What do you do for a living down there?
I'm a musician. I play acoustic guitar and I'm a part-time book editor. Bill?
Paul? Bill.
Sorry. Sorry, Bill. Plays guitar. Bill? Yeah. Yeah. Nice. Bill. Yeah. Bill, I
love you so.
Do you know that song? All right. Stop it. I'm sorry. And this is Grable? Grable.
Named after? Um, his name was Gabriel, but my cousin just, she was a toddler
and she called him Grable.
We hear that a lot. That stuck. It's a tiny, tiny little bird of a dog.
What kind of a dog is this? He's a Yorkshire Terrier. A Yorkshire Terrier. How
old is Grable?
He's nine years old. Nine years old. And, and, uh, uh, I guess that's as big as
he's going to get.
Yes, sir. He's seven. Uh, what do you guys want to do for us tonight?
Well, Grable talks. When you ask him. Oh, my God, a talking dog, ladies and
gentlemen.
My God. Finally. Congratulations. 30 years. Whoa.
We finally have a talking dog. After all of these years. 32 years. A talking
dog.
This we got to hear. You are on easy street. Ah.
What will the dog say? Well, when you ask him who the president is, he says
Obama. Oh, my God.
All right. I'm going to step back and I'm going to listen to this. Quiet. Quiet.
It's our first ever talking dog. Ladies and gentlemen, get ready. Down.
Who's the president? Who? Who is it?
who's the president obama all right do i have a little thing do you have any
more
of this okay make it all right grable grable grable grable grable secretary of
state
secretary of state that a boy there you go that was delightful nice meeting you
thank you very much
it's kirby easler and grable ladies and gentlemen
uh mark farragoy and luck and riley come on out everybody mark farragoy
luck and riley hi mark how are you good to see you my friend where are you from
plainfield illinois
uh plainfield illinois what part of the state is plainfield near chicago near
chicago suburb of
chicago that reason generally speaking southwestern and these dogs we're not
kidding around these
are real this is the real deal i mean i hope they didn't get a look at that
last dog because
good girl these are there's some kind of australian cattle dog thing going on
here correct she is a
australian cattle dog and riley's a border collie border collie and all they
want to do is work
that's all day long i bet you have a time clock at your house they punch in
they work an 18-hour day and then they punch out uh what do you do there in uh
plain view plainfield
uh for work i'm a sales representative for republic services a waste and
recycling company
okay how's that going are we winning the war against waste and are people are
people recycling a lot
more than has in the past uh okay something exciting is about to happen here
look at them they can't
they can't take their eyes off of you who's the president oh hi
we got another we got another clip we got a classic letterman classic
i know that's all right that's right my question my fault for not knowing the
president's name
um i and i see oh i see what you got there okay i just do what you're going to
do this is going to be
fantastic this is mark farragoy luck and riley take it away guys good girl
riley good spot right over there yeah yeah that's a gross day look at these
guys
all right everybody everybody be quiet get back riley riley riley get back oh
yes twist come on let's go
come on all right come on all right come on back off
what do we do what do you think will they should we should we try it again i
think we can okay
if you want
if you want you could come back when the new guy is here
now don't do that don't do you understand what i'm saying you're making fools
of yourselves
and just do the trick and go back to the hotel
riley
look look come here my ears are bleeding right
look look
yes right right ready up twist up come on yes
let's take a look it happened right here here we go it's a thing of beauty
ladies and gentlemen
nice job
have a good trip back to a little all right get out of here
goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye go on now beat it beat it wow that'll be a that'll
be a nice drive back to illinois won't it