Clay Jenkinson: Prof named best Jefferson impersonator
Selecting the nation's best Thomas Jefferson impersonator came down to a coin toss — a Jefferson head nickel, of course.
Clay Jenkinson, a Dickinson State University scholar and host of a weekly radio show about Jefferson, was declared the winner Wednesday on "The Colbert Report," a satirical news show on the Comedy Central channel.
Jenkinson appeared with two other Jefferson impersonators, Bill Barker and Steven Edenbo.
Steve Colbert, the show's host, asked the trio about slavery, and asked if Jefferson was under the influence of drugs when he designed the rotunda at the University of Virginia. One of his statements implied Jefferson had sex with his slaves, to which Jenkinson replied: "If it were true, (it) would be none of your business."
At the end, Colbert, after two coin flips, determined Jenkinson was "King of the Jeffersons." Jenkinson, who was playing a man who was a fervent anti-royalist, had a crown placed on his head, a robe on his shoulders and a scepter in his hand.
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Clay Jenkinson, a Dickinson State University scholar and host of a weekly radio show about Jefferson, was declared the winner Wednesday on "The Colbert Report," a satirical news show on the Comedy Central channel.
Jenkinson appeared with two other Jefferson impersonators, Bill Barker and Steven Edenbo.
Steve Colbert, the show's host, asked the trio about slavery, and asked if Jefferson was under the influence of drugs when he designed the rotunda at the University of Virginia. One of his statements implied Jefferson had sex with his slaves, to which Jenkinson replied: "If it were true, (it) would be none of your business."
At the end, Colbert, after two coin flips, determined Jenkinson was "King of the Jeffersons." Jenkinson, who was playing a man who was a fervent anti-royalist, had a crown placed on his head, a robe on his shoulders and a scepter in his hand.