So, aren't we all through with all the coverage of Reagan's Life and Times? I have searched through quite a lot of media coverage this weekend, looking for any mention of the irony that Reagan spent his last days as a mental patient in extreme comfort and on the taxpayer's bill, as opposed to all the mentally ill patients that were turned out on to the streets in the 1980's when he cut funding for the upkeep and maintenance of federally funded mental institutions.
A true comic genius has passed away today. One of the first comedy albums I remember listening to as a child is "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart." His most famous shtick was the telephone conversation where the audience hears only his end of the call. The most famous and best of this is the " Introducing Tobacco to Civilization " skit.
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