He was in a good mood, and they joked about his new status at the bank.

"Leave it to you to joke at a time like this."

And one said that Empire officials joked about the two sets of numbers at a party.

But will I have the strength to joke at that moment?

Why did he joke at this time of all times?

Only moments before they had been joking at the curious machine.

Steve, I often joke to my friends at the bank.

Still, he was able to joke at one point about the way prisoners were released in the old days.

"Good that you can joke at a time like this," he said.

It was his 99th, he joked at Tuesday's opening night show.