The headlines are full of doom and gloom these days. War. Crime. Taxes. Violence. Economic collapse. And more.

So what is there that’s amusing, entertaining, uplifting?

Perhaps a video clip of a “politician,” in this case, entertainer Johnny Carson pretending to be the Gipper, President Ronald Reagan, whose statements frequently cut through bureaucratic layers like a hot knife through butter.

For instance, his comment one time about Russia during a mike test that the “bombing begins in five minutes.”

This video is of Carson portraying Reagan doing a “Who’s on First” routine with Secretary of State “Jim Baker.”