The Ankler

The Comedy Problem

Rob Long says, sorry, it isn’t ‘woke’ culture but media companies that killed the genre

This is Rob Long with Martini Shot for The Ankler.

Does anyone remember the big, star-studded television special celebrating the Reagan second inaugural in 1985. Do you remember that?

It was President Reagan and Nancy Reagan, up on a throne, and the audience was in the round, as I recall. A lot of celebrities and singers, and Emmanuel Lewis, TV’s Webster, for some reason. But also: Don Rickles.

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