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Transcripts For CSPAN3 The Presidency Humor In The White House 20240712

And so if i wanted to say, well, the presidency in humor, humor in the white house didnt quite do it. But then i thought about it some more and actually it does work because neither of the first two president has a sense of humor. So it gets me out of that problem. But, im going to follow the lead of perhaps the most successful humorist in the white house. It might not be the person youre thinking of by doing what he always did, in most cases what he did at the beginning of a talk, he started with a joke. Again, some of you will have heard this joke, but please pretend you havent heard it before and laugh at the appropriate point. So this is a joke and this is a key to part of my story. That Ronald Reagan used to tap. And the key is, as youll see, Ronald Reagan was effectively telling the story on himself. It related to a time in his career when he didnt know sort what he was d ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 The Presidency Humor In The White House 20240707



,,. as i was thinking of this title, i realized, this is a potential problem, because i was really talking about the presidents and jokes and humor, and i know enough about the history of the presidency, and some of you psrhaps will have caught on, there is a potential problem there. there were two presidents who served before the white house was the official residence of the president. and so if i wanted to say the presidency and humor, humor in the white house didn t quite do it. but then i thought about it s more, and actually, it does work. neither of the first two presidents had a sense of humor. [laughs] [laughs] so it gets me out of that problem. but i m going to follow the lead of perhaps the most successful humourist in the white house. it might not be the person you are thinking of, by doing what he always did, or in most cases, what he did at the beginning of a talk, he started with a joke. some of you will have heard this joke. please pretend you haven t he ....

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