The Great Communicator Vol 4: The Man
The Great Communicator Vol 4: The Man
Edited compilation of speeches made by Ronald Reagan during his Presidency. All contain some type of joke or funny story, showing his sense of humor.
The Great Communicator Vol 4: The Man
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The Great Communicator Vol 4: The Man
Election night party, Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, 1980: two men show RONALD REAGAN & family a cake shaped like the United States when the top layer begins to slide, threatening to ruin Nancy Reagan's green & black dress. " Governor Reagan we just wanted to show you, what the map of the United States looks like as of 8:00 o clock tonight." (The cake starts to slide and at that time, Governor Reagan lunges at it to grab a hold of it.) Reagan, " Oh, All right. When that began to slide, I thought the world was going out as I was getting in."
The Great Communicator Vol 4: The Man
October 21, 1984. Debate Between the President and Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale in Kansas City, Missouri. MSs Ronald Reagan in debate with Democratic candidate WALTER MONDALE: "... I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." Draws big laugh, even from Mondale.
The Great Communicator Vol 4: The Man
May 17, 1981. Ronald Reagan Address at Commencement Exercises at the University of Notre Dame. Reagan speaking at graduation ceremony in 1981; makes flub, says class of 1881 instead of 1981. "You members of the graduating class of 18 -- or 1981 -- [laughter] -- I don't really go back that far" [laughter]
The Great Communicator Vol 4: The Man
February 6, 1984 Ronald Reagan Remarks at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois. "We've just come from Dixon, where I attended my biggest birthday party ever. It was the 34th anniversary of my 39th birthday. [Laughter] And I had what every man who has that many candles on his birthday cake needs around him -- a large group of friends and a working sprinkler system. [Laughter]" edit "You've heard, I'm sure, that I like to tell an anecdote or two. Well, life not only begins at 40; so does lumbago and the tendency to tell the same stories over and over again. [Laughter]"
The Great Communicator Vol 4: The Man
April 5, 1984. Ronald Reagan Remarks at the Conference Luncheon of the Women Business Owners of New York. A very funny anecdote about a Oklahoma priest's first sermon in a small cowpoke town. "Once, after making a speech, a minister, the late Bill Alexander of Oklahoma, took it upon himself to tell me the story of his first sermon. I've never forgotten it. I always suspected maybe it had something to do with the length of my speech. He said that he had worked for weeks after his ordination on this first sermon and had been asked to speak -- or to pray or preach at a small country church in Oklahoma, an evening service. And he arrived after working all these weeks on that first sermon that he was going to preach as a minister and looked out at a church that was empty except for one lone little fellow sitting out there amongst all the empty pews. And Bill went down, and he said, ``My friend, you seem to be the only member of the congregation that showed up. I'm just a young preacher getting started. What do you think? Should I go through with it?'' And the fellow said, ``Well, I wouldn't know about that sort of thing. I'm a little old cowpoke out here in Oklahoma. But I do know this. If I loaded up a truckload of hay, took it out in the prairie, and only one cow showed up, I'd feed her.'' [Laughter] Well, Bill took that as a cue, got back up on the pulpit, and an hour and a half later said, ``Amen.'' [Laughter] And he went down and said, ``My friend, you seem to have stuck with me and, like I told you, I'm a young preacher getting started. What do you think?'' And he says, ``Well, like I told you, I'm just a little old cowpoke out here in Oklahoma. I don't know about that sort of thing. But I do know this. If I loaded up a truckload of hay, took it out in the prairie, and only one cow showed up, I sure wouldn't give her the whole load.'' [Laughter]"
The Great Communicator Vol 4: The Man
April 15, 1986. Ronald Reagan Remarks at a White House Meeting With Members of the American Business Conference. Talking about Clint Eastwood after he was elected Mayor of Carmel, California. "You know, it was last year before this group that I told the tax hikers in Congress that if they wanted to send me a tax increase, well, go ahead, make my day. [Laughter] I got that line from Clint Eastwood -- [laughter]. Although now that the voters of Carmel, California, elected him mayor, I suppose I should say, Mayor Eastwood. [Laughter] I have to confess that I'm amazed that a Hollywood actor who costarred with a monkey could ever make it in politics. [Laughter]"
The Great Communicator Vol 4: The Man
January 25, 1984. Ronald Reagan Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union . He flubs a line during speech; recovers, saves himself with a smile. "... Congress helps -- or progress helps everyone -- well, Congress does too -- [laughter] -- everyone."
The Great Communicator Vol 4: The Man
August 23, 1982. Ronald Reagan Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner in Los Angeles, California, for United States Senate Candidate Pete Wilson. Ron in casual Western wear (string tie), actor ROBERT STACK to right. "In the tiny village of Ballyporeen in County Tipperary in Ireland, where my great-grandfather left from to come to America, they have named a pub after me. You see, if you're for free enterprise, the word gets around." [Laughter]
The Great Communicator Vol 4: The Man
September 23, 1986. Ronald Reagan Remarks at a Ronald W. Reagan Scholarship Fundraising Dinner for Eureka College. Ron in black tie: "I learned a lot at Eureka, and not just about economics, which was my major. I think the principal thing I learned about economics as a major was that if you could place all the economists end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion. [Laughter] That's a lesson that serves me well in my current occupation as an embarrasser of economists."
The Great Communicator Vol 4: The Man
May 4, 1982. Ronald Reagan Remarks at the Republican Congressional ``Salute to President Ronald Reagan Dinner.'' He is joking about a company economist jumping out of a window. "It reminds me of the sweet revenge that one businessman had recently when he told the company economist who was jumping out of an upper-story window, 'Don't worry, Herb. You'll be bottoming out soon.'" [Laughter]
The Great Communicator Vol 4: The Man
April 28, 1981. Ronald Reagan Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Program for Economic Recovery. Address to Congress after assassination attempt: reads from child's letter. "... I have a letter with me. The letter came from Peter Sweeney. He's in the second grade in the Riverside School in Rockville Centre, and he said, 'I hope you get well quick or you might have to make a speech in your pajamas.' [Laughter] He added a postscript. 'P.S. If you have to make a speech in your pajamas, I warned you.'" [Laughter]