Barack Obamas now-famous crowd size joke at theDNCthe other night?

The words themselves might have been expected by his speechwriters, but the leave-nothing-to-the-imagination hand gesture was a surprise.

Theres the childish nicknames, the crazy conspiracy theories, this weird obsession withcrowd sizes.

Barack Obama’s Trump joke at DNC was improvised

Barack Obama jokes at the DNCC-SPAN

I mean, the delivery on that?, Bash said.

You obviously practiced that over and over again.

He [wanted] that line in but we had no idea he was going to dothat.

Former President Barack Obama speaks on stage during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

He just put his hands on the podium, Favreau says on the podcast.

The line belittling Trump got big laughs at the DNC and nods of approval from late-night TV hosts.

Trump apparently wasnt laughing.

You know they always say, Sir, c’mon stick to policy.

And yet theyre getting personal all night long.

Axelrod, appearing with Favreau on CNN today, couldnt let well enough alone though.

We’re just a few hours away from the grand finale of the Democratic National Convention.

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