The federal government shouldn’t be in the comedy business

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Dan Cashman was the long-time host of The Nite Show, a Maine-based late night television talk show.

I still remember the joke: “Our guest tonight on the show is Marden’s second most popular employee behind Birdie Googins … Gov. Paul LePage.“

Among the gales of laughter from our studio audience, do you know who laughed the hardest at “The Nite Show” taping that night? Gov. Paul LePage.

Back then, we were recording our Maine-based late night talk show in Brewer. LePage sat in the audience before his appearance that night and laughed loudly at the joke — then later told me to “keep doing what you’re doing.”