It’s been over 80 years since Al Jolson’s dark turn in The Jazz Singer, but that doesn’t mean white guys imitating black guys isn’t still high-larious. Presidential contender Barack Obama may be half-white, but these YouTube impersonators are all white. And not in the good way, like bread and doves and roses and Castles and blood cells and fence pickets.Who says integrity is dead? The white kid impersonating Obama in “50 Impressions (not perfect)” admits his shortcoming right there in the title. And he’s correct:

The three stiff words in his Obama riff go by quicker than you can say, “Does he look 14 or 15?”. The other 49 are not perfect either. Like the great white northerner in the thesis-titled “Impersonations of 2008 primary contenders,” these guys follow a certain line of logic to its natural conclusion: if you’re no good at any one impression, why not do lots of them? And throw in a Canadian flag backdrop to enhance the realism. Uncanny!

The real Obama is easily recognized by his well-groomed look, so if you didn’t recognize his snakeskin cowboy hat, Transitions lenses, and shoulder-length dirty blond hair in Barack Obama Impersonation, we don’t blame you:

What’s the opposite of impression? Depression? But who says an accurate impersonation needs to get the looking and talking right? No matter what you think of Obama’s speeches, everyone can agree that they are rarely short. If nothing else, this white guy’s “Obama Impersonation” totally nails that whole being really long thing:

the truly blacker Obama knows, the essence of good marketing is selling your message. So when “Perfect impression of Barack Obama!” loads up, you have good reason for hope. But much like life itself, your dreams are ultimately dashed and it all ends quite badly:

You’re not cynical for doubting Dad does Barack Obama impression, because he doesn’t. It’s hardly clear what the hell Dad is doing:

All the wisdom in this family lies with the his off-screen son, whose supple young mind is the only one among YouTube’s whitest Obama impersonation clips to grasp the obvious: “You can’t, you’re white.” Some barriers don’t need to be broken.