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Warning to anyone much over the age of 50: If you watch with comedian Zach Galifianakis, you may not get it.

Mrs. Clinton appears low energy, even a bit under the weather, and in a state of perpetual annoyance. The last part is intentional; the whole conceit of 鈥淏TF鈥� on FunnyOrDie.com is that the celebrity guest has to put up with one rude, out-of-it question after another for five whole minutes. The guest knows it鈥檚 coming, and plays along.

Which Clinton did. But was she funny? And did she win any 鈥渃ool鈥� points with Millennial voters, who on paper support her but threaten not to show up on Election Day? She just doesn鈥檛 have the mojo of a Barack Obama 鈥� or even a Bernie Sanders 鈥� and if young voters don鈥檛 bother to turn out, she鈥檚 in trouble.

We鈥檒l just say it straight up: The questions are funnier than the answers. But at least some Millennials beg to differ.

鈥淎re you excited to be the first girl president?鈥� Galifianakis asks. Clinton plays it straight, assuring the host that her election would mean a lot to both little girls and little boys. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 pretty special,鈥� she says.

Galifianakis follows up: "For a younger, younger generation you will also become their first white president, and that's pretty neat, too.鈥�

Then this: 鈥淎s secretary, how many words per minute could you type? And how does President Obama like his coffee? Like himself 鈥� weak?"

鈥淵ou know, Zach, those are really out of date questions,鈥� deadpans Clinton, the former secretary of State.

Then she鈥檚 asked what she鈥檒l wear next Monday at her first debate with Donald Trump 鈥� an opening for Clinton to note the double standard female candidates face, with attention to wardrobe that male candidates don鈥檛 usually face.

鈥淚 have no idea, so if you鈥檝e got suggestions, I鈥檓 open to them,鈥� she responded.

Galifianakis levels the playing field by asking what Mr. Trump might wear.

鈥淚 assume he鈥檒l wear that red power tie,鈥� she said.

鈥淥r maybe like a white power tie?鈥� Galifianakis quipped.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 even more appropriate,鈥� she shot back, a reference to Trump鈥檚 popularity among white nationalists.

鈥淭he Verge鈥� website declared the bit a smashing success. 鈥淗illary Clinton on Between Two Ferns is her campaign鈥檚 best youth play ever,鈥� . We suspected Ms. Tiffany was a Millennial, and a check of her social media accounts bears that out.

We also field tested Clinton鈥檚 BTF appearance with some friends, and got a range of responses. One older man thought she came across as prickly, awkward, cringing, and un-funny. 鈥淣either performed well,鈥� he said.

But a 40-something woman thought the whole thing was 鈥渉ilarious.鈥� Another, younger woman said Clinton 鈥渁ctually seemed human instead of robotic.鈥�

And it turns out she was under the weather. The day of the taping, Sept. 9, was the day she was diagnosed with pneumonia 鈥� a point she did not reveal publicly until two days later, when she was videotaped looking wobbly after having left a 9/11 commemorative event in New York.

For President Obama, two and a half years ago, the bit was pure gold. The goal was to promote young-adult enrollment in health insurance via the Affordable Care Act, and he knocked it out of the park. Healthcare.gov clocked more than 30,000 referrals from FunnyOrDie.com the day Obama鈥檚 appearance went up.

As of 4 p.m. on Thursday, Clinton鈥檚 appearance had gotten 8.2 million views 鈥� quite good, actually. That鈥檚 actually better than Obama did in the hours after his BTF bit was posted. So maybe we Baby Boomers are wrong. Maybe Clinton will get credit for being a good sport and going up against Galifianakis while not feeling her best. At the very least, she鈥檚 got people buzzing.