Ill at Ease With Comedy Central From: The Washington Post | Date: November 29, 1994| Author: Tom Shales | Copyright 1994 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Comedy Central, a basic-cable network, has been making jokes on the air about the fact that Ronald Reagan has Alzheimer's disease. The jokes take the form of 15-second network promotional announcements called "topicals," brief comments on current events read by an announcer and accompanied by on-screen captions.

In the first of the promos, which began airing before Thanksgiving, Comedy Central advertised its Tuesday night schedule, three reruns of old "Saturday Night Live" shows, w...

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