Senior Reagan administration officials help Walter Cronkite
[second from left] celebrate his last interview with the president
as anchor of the CBS Evening News, March 1981. With Cronkite are President
Reagan, Jim Brady [partially obscured], David Gergen, Ed Meese, Vice
President Bush, James Baker III, and CBS's Bud Benjamin [center].
"After Walter Cronkite's last interview with the
President as the anchor of the CBS Evening News, there was a little
celebration in the room off the Oval Office. I wish I had heard the
President's joke." -- Diana Walker
"Reagan was the best storyteller of all kinds of
jokes I've ever heard, ever met, with the possible exception of Al
Simpson. I remember many luncheons just alone with Reagan, where he'd
tell stories. I can't remember which one this was. One of the miracles
of being a good storyteller is that you laugh yourself. And this is
a good picture of that." -- George Bush
"Diana, I can't remember why we were so happy,
but I'm glad you captured the moment in time -- it will help as a
reminder. Just as a hint, can you remember who said what?" --
Ronald Reagan (1990)