Clearly, President Obama was thinking about his fantasy lineup. Don't worry, POTUS. We all are. (Is Cam Newton starting or not?! TELL ME!)
Anyway, Obama made a mistake during his year-end review address, and we got the birth of a new meme and a new Twitter trend.
Unfortunately, everyone made the same damn joke.
Long story short: Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco has been the topic of some fierce debate over the past couple of seasons over his status as an elite quarterback. He won a Super Bowl and he was the Super Bowl MVP, sure, but his QB ranking is usually somewhere in the middle. Does he deserve to be in the same sentence as Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers? You know, that kind of thing.
obama just called james franco ?james flacco.? he?s that from now on
? Jon Bois (@jon_bois) December 19, 2014
So when President Obama flubbed James Franco's name while discussing Sony pulling The Interview and called him James Flacco, the "elite" jokes were plentiful:
hold up is james flacco more #ELITE than joe flacco?
? Katie Dzwierzynski (@kdzwierzynski) December 19, 2014
Fact Check: James Flacco is not an elite quarterback
? Mark Berman (@markberman) December 19, 2014
James Flacco. No longer elite thanks to North Korea. :(
? Mustafa Redonkulous (@mredonkulous) December 19, 2014
James Flacco is a Super Bowl winning actor. #elite pic.twitter.com/R50i7Dmej7
? Andrew Joseph (@AndyJ0seph) December 19, 2014
he's an ELITE ACTOR, guys RT @AaronBlakeWP: James Flacco!!
? David A. Graham (@GrahamDavidA) December 19, 2014
IS JAMES FLACCO AN ELITE ACTOR OR QUARTERBACK OR BOTH?????? #5LIT5
? Ed Demaria (@Eddie_Dynamite) December 19, 2014
Obama called James Franco "James Flacco"
THE NORTH KOREANS CANCELED AN ELITE MOVIE
? Mike Tunison (@xmasape) December 19, 2014
Then there were the people who were making a joke about the elite joke already being made:
Searched "James Flacco elite". A million people already made the joke. Twitter, where cheap, easy jokes are stale within 30 minutes.
? Miller Time Podcast (@MillerTimePod) December 19, 2014
[dives through your window]
[catches breath]
BUT IS JAMES FLACCO ELITE? GET IT
[dives out of a different window]
? Brian J Pickett (@BrianPickett) December 19, 2014
Hey, has anyone made a joke about James Flacco being elite?
? Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) December 19, 2014
upon further review, everyone on twitter has already made a James flacco elite QB joke. my apologies, I thought it would be original
? Fausto Carmona (@Danny_Day15) December 19, 2014
However, some people on Twitter thought outside the box and thankfully made other jokes about Obama’s Adele Dazeem moment. Mostly using the Joe Biden window meme, which to us, never gets old.
President Obama referred to James Franco as James Flacco, probably because he's drastically overpaid too.
? KorkedBats.com (@korkedbats) December 19, 2014
dad will be dad RT @benshapiro: President Obama looks forward to seeing James Flacco's new film, "The Interception." pic.twitter.com/36lcXRUVTT
? Tanya Chen (@Tanya_Chen) December 19, 2014
"Am I 'James Flacco'?" pic.twitter.com/MpYpy1RzUn
? Diane N. Sevenay (@Diane_7A) December 19, 2014
Dammit. There are now 2 James Flacco Twitter accounts, and one of them didn't even spell it right. pic.twitter.com/igN8Kot5L2
? Ross Maghielse (@Maghielse) December 19, 2014
President Obama 'fumbled' when he confused James Franco with Joe Flacco, and called him James Flacco.
? Khaled Bey (@KhaledBeydoun) December 19, 2014
I thought James Flacco and Adele Dazeem were great in Philomania.
? Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) December 19, 2014
"James Flacco cost my fantasy team the championship..." pic.twitter.com/3ZFFNuKrDB
? Trent (@tmarsh83) December 19, 2014
James Flacco and Seth Rogano are about to drop the best mixtape of 2014..
? ANTHØNY (@SpeakingReality) December 19, 2014
"James Flacco was great in Mango Express..." pic.twitter.com/uhykp2WdbH
? Bridget Johnson (@Bridget_PJM) December 19, 2014
"Have James Flacco killed" --Kim Jong-Un, presumably
? David S. Bernstein (@dbernstein) December 19, 2014
Well, at least more people know who Joe Flacco is now.
.@barackobama It's James Franco, not James Flacco ;)
? Joe Flacco (@TeamFlacco) December 19, 2014
Welcome to the family, brother. @JamesFrancoTV
? Joe Flacco (@TeamFlacco) December 19, 2014