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Posted: 9:38 AM Mar 4, 2008
Last Updated: 9:38 AM Mar 4, 2008
Reporter: Jeanne Moos

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Hillary Clinton's imagined 3:00 a.m. crisis wake-up call at the White House made for a dramatic campaign commercial, but it also launched dozens of parodies.

Smart aleks on the web are trying to re-imagine who might pick up the hotline and what they might say.

Not since this,

"It's 10:00 p.m. Do you know where your children are?"

Have kiddies and time combined to result in so much parody.

All Barack Obama has to do is make like he's picking up a phone, and his audience snickers.

What started as a very serious Hillary Clinton campaign commercial,

"It's 3:00 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep, but there's a phone in the White House and it's ringing."

Has launched a torrent of Youtube parodies.

And most answer this question with anything but Hillary.

"Who do you want answering the phone? Ghostbusters."

"Who do you want answering the phone? Jack Bauer for President."

"Who do you want answering the phone? That old Beach Boys song 'Bomb Iran, bomb, bomb, bomb.'"

They make fun of how Hillary stumbled over the name of Russia's new President.

"Um, Med...whatever."

They make fun of how put together Hillary looks answering the phone in the wee hours.

"She wears pantsuits at 3:00 a.m."

And of course, they make fun of Bill.

"No, Bill's not here. Like I said it's 3:00 in the morning."

Sure Obama gets a jab hearkening back to his kids saying he's all snore-y in the morning.

"Barack Obama doesn't hear the phone. Barack Obama snores too loud."

But, as usual, the Clintons take the brunt of the parodies.

Just for the record, we called the White House switchboard.

"White House."

"Can I ask, if someone called the White House at 3:00 a.m. who would answer the phone?"

"A White House operator."

"Even in the middle of the night?"

"Yes, ma'am."

One of the most professional parodies was by a comedy group.

"A phone rings in the White House. We're being attacked by terrorists, or a rogue nation, dad?"

"Oh, get out, get out! Kids never hear me. Get out, get out now."

Don't be afraid of their narrators anymore.

"Daddy, why do narrator people keep coming into my room and scaring the crap out of me?

"It's election season son."

The parodies seem to favor cheesy red hotlines, though Hillary herself answers a white phone.

Candidates generally must approve their own message, but in a parody 3:00 a.m. call, just leave one.

"I'm Hillary Clinton, please leave a message."

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