When Wanda Sykes took the podium at last night's White House Correspondents' Dinner, she took shots at teachers, taxes, Governor Palin ("She pulled out at the last minute. Somebody should tell her that's not really how you practice abstinence."), even the president himself ("[The media] never caught you smoking, but they somehow always catch you with your shirt off.").

Still, the first African-American woman and the first openly gay person to perform jokes at the event had everyone in stitches, including President Obama, who looked genuinely amused at her candid and controversial quips.