Ronald Reagan's victory in the 1980 presidential election was welcomed by many professionals. "I'm glad Reagan is president," Will Durst declared. "Of course, I'm a professional comedian!"

["Reagan has done the work of two men," Joey Adams once declared. "Laurel and Hardy!"]

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[In 1949] we stayed with one of my friends who had a book in which people were asked to write down their secret ambitions," Patricia Neal once recalled. "Ronald Reagan wrote he'd like to be president. All those years ago!"]