President Obama was in Los Angeles on Monday night, this time his campaign fundraiser took him to the House of Blues, where the evening's festivities were emceed by Emmy winner and "Modern Family" funnyman Jesse Tyler Ferguson. President Obama confessed, "Michelle and the girls love them some 'Modern Family.'"
Early on, the Commander-in-Chief was interrupted by a heckler, who shouted, "Jesus Christ is God!" before being physically removed from the event. The President, keeping his cool, laughed, "First of all, I agree that Jesus Christ is the lord. I believe in that."
Once the interruptions subsided (another man yelled, "Don't forget medical marijuana!") the President got down to business, saying, "We will remind the world why America is the greatest nation on Earth. God bless you!"
Obama also appeared at the Fig and Olive restaurant in West Hollywood and spoke in front of Hollywood executives and celebrities, who paid nearly $18K each to attend the high-profile fundraiser.
Some giant A-list players included Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenburg, who introduced the President, Jack Black, Danny DeVito, Quincy Jones and Eva Longoria. Longoria expressed her support for Pres. Obama, saying, "If people would untie his hands, he could do a lot more."
20 Entertaining Facts about President Obama
Pres. Obama is primarily of Kenyan, Irish and English ancestry.
Pres. Obama is the eighth left-handed U.S. President. The others are: Garfield, Hoover, Truman, Ford, Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Clinton.
Pres. Obama is a fan of the TV show "The Wire."
Pres. Obama is the first U.S. President born in Hawaii.
President Obama has a half sister, Maya, born to his mother and stepfather in 1970.
Pres. Obama is a die-hard Chicago White Sox fan!
In 2005 and 2007, President Obama was named one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World."
Pres. Obama enjoys playing basketball and poker.
Pres. Obama quit smoking before his campaign for the Democratic nomination — at Michelle's suggestion.
During President Obama's childhood in Hawaii, his classmates knew him as Barry. Now, he goes by the nicknames Bama and Rock.
Pres. Obama attended Columbia University and Harvard Law School.
Barack Obama became the first African-American President of the Harvard Law Review.
In 2006, Pres. Obama won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Recording. The award was for the audio version of his autobiography "Dreams from My Father."
The President and First Lady went to see "Do the Right Thing" on their first date.
President Obama admitted in his memoir that as a teen, he experimented with drugs. He said he is not proud of it and considers it a mistake of youth.
Every night President Obama is at home, he reads the "Harry Potter" books to his oldest daughter Malia.
Pres. Obama is a Christian, but his father, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was an atheist, and his mother, Ann Dunham, was agnostic.
President Obama's first name comes from the word that means "blessed by God" in Arabic.
Pres. Obama was the 27th lawyer to be elected president.
President Obama is related to actress Park Overall.
