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Journeyman

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13. They did a show geared to adults on prime time TV. One skit involved Nancy & Ronald Reagan . . .

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 10:54 PM

5 hrs ago

In the skit, Nancy was waxing rhapsodic about the night Ronald proposed to her:

"I remember it so well, Ron. You swept me into your arms, gazed deeply into my eyes, shook me violently and said, 'Whatta you mean, the rabbit died?'"

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