An excerpt from last night’s Daily Show:
Stephen Colbert: Yesterday Reagan’s casket was flown here, ironically not to his namesake Washington Reagan National Airport, but rather nearby Andrews Air Force Base, which today was renamed Andrews Reagan Air Force Base. The casket was then driven into the city up Gipper-chusetts Avenue, and now lies in state under the Capitol Reag-tunda.
Jon Stewart: Stephen, they’ve already renamed everything? I mean, Reagan already has an airport named after him, and I believe, isn’t the Ronald Reagan Federal Office Building…
Stephen: Actually, they’re renaming that, Jon. It’s now going to be called the Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Federal Office Building.
Jon: I see. Well, obviously tomorrow is going to be the funeral. It’s been a tough week. I guess that brings all of this process to a close.
Stephen: Far from it, Jon. Saturday and Sunday there will be round-the-clock coverage of the ceremonial police-barricade removal ceremony, followed on Monday by the post-memorial rebuffing of the Capitol floor. From what I am told, that will involve a backwards waxer pulled by a riderless horse. Of course all that is a mere prelude to the launch of C-SPAN Reagan. And finally, three weeks from now I will bring you my special report of all the retrospectives thus far, Reagan: Farewell to Coverage–A Look Back Remembered. I’m sure my memories of the future coverage will have been poignant.
Jon: Thank you, Stephen Colbert, for that moving report.
Streaming video is available on the Daily Show website, under “Reagan Remembered.”