CNN:[...] (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, JULY 18, 1988) RICHARDS: Poor George. (LAUGHTER) He can't help it. (LAUGHTER) He was born with a silver foot in his mouth. (LAUGHTER) (END VIDEO CLIP) (LAUGHTER) DOWNS: Do you remember that? RICHARDS: God, what a -- what a line. DOWNS: I saw that when it happened, too. That... (LAUGHTER) You know, you can be acerbic at times, but your humor seems to temper it a lot. RICHARDS: I hope so. DOWNS: Should a politician make use of humor? It's a weapon. RICHARDS: Oh, yes, absolutely. Absolutely, they should. But I'll tell you something sort of interesting. There's something, you know, there's something a little scary about funny woman. Well, they're threatening. And there was a survey done one time where they asked women what they were most afraid of from men. And the -- their response was they were most afraid of being hit or beaten or hurt from men. And they asked men what they were most afraid of from women, and they said being laughed at. DOWNS: Is that right? RICHARDS: I am kidding you not. I am kidding you not. DOWNS: Very interesting. RICHARDS: So you have to be kind of careful with it. DOWNS: I suppose so. Now, are you naturally funny or do you have a bunch of writers? Or what -- how... RICHARDS: My daddy -- my daddy was funny. And he used to tell the raunchiest, nastiest, dirtiest jokes you ever heard, and then he would just throw his arms back and he would just laugh all over you, you know. He would just -- and I picked -- I picked that up from him. And I learned that it was OK to be funny and it was OK to tell really, really funny jokes. And so I still do. [...]
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RICHARDS: Poor George.
(LAUGHTER)
He can't help it.
(LAUGHTER)
He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
(LAUGHTER)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
(LAUGHTER)
DOWNS: Do you remember that?
RICHARDS: God, what a -- what a line.
DOWNS: I saw that when it happened, too. That...
(LAUGHTER)
You know, you can be acerbic at times, but your humor seems to temper it a lot.
RICHARDS: I hope so.
DOWNS: Should a politician make use of humor? It's a weapon.
RICHARDS: Oh, yes, absolutely. Absolutely, they should.
But I'll tell you something sort of interesting. There's something, you know, there's something a little scary about funny woman. Well, they're threatening. And there was a survey done one time where they asked women what they were most afraid of from men. And the -- their response was they were most afraid of being hit or beaten or hurt from men. And they asked men what they were most afraid of from women, and they said being laughed at.
DOWNS: Is that right?
RICHARDS: I am kidding you not. I am kidding you not.
DOWNS: Very interesting.
RICHARDS: So you have to be kind of careful with it.
DOWNS: I suppose so.
Now, are you naturally funny or do you have a bunch of writers? Or what -- how...
RICHARDS: My daddy -- my daddy was funny. And he used to tell the raunchiest, nastiest, dirtiest jokes you ever heard, and then he would just throw his arms back and he would just laugh all over you, you know. He would just -- and I picked -- I picked that up from him. And I learned that it was OK to be funny and it was OK to tell really, really funny jokes. And so I still do. [...]