Bill Clinton

Before every joke about Bill Clinton was related to his sexual improprieties, he was known for playing the saxophone (though the jokes are more along the lines of how quickly it was that Bill was ready to pull it out and start a jam session with musicians and somehow not come off as Totally Radical pandering or just that with the sax and sunglasses he looked the part of a jazz or blues musician and rarely about the quality of the music. Clinton was a really good player for a hobbyist), to the point that the theme song for Animaniacs had a line about it in their Theme Song (though this was more because "While Clinton plays the Sax" somewhat rhymes with "Animaniacs" when sung).

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The Performer King