What's the funniest thing you've heard that wasn't meant to be funny?

Old time movie executive Jack Warner, according to legend, on hearing in 1965 that Ronald Reagan was planning to run for governor of California said this: “No, no, Jimmy Stewart for governor; Ronald Reagan for best friend.”

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HumanEarth · F

Not true, but when I was kid I thought it was true

That Richard Simmons and Gene Simmons are related

rinkydinkydoink · M

@HumanEarth

Maybe it was Fredric March instead of Jimmy Stewart. Or Zeppo Marx?
I just watched a RR movie on TCM this morning. I still can't believe he was the POTUS.

rinkydinkydoink · M

@HumanEarth

LOL - I know what you meant. The Warner/Stewart/Reagan quip probably wasn't true but it shoulda been.

Richard and Gene related? Just as odd - - Reagan and his son Ron ARE related.

HumanEarth · F

Like I never thought Opie Taylor and Richie Cunningham were cousins. But then I found out Don't Knotts is his real life cousin

rinkydinkydoink · M

@HumanEarth

Don & Ron are cousins? It's a small world after all.

HumanEarth · F

Knotts’ bio on the Hollywood Walk of Fame website states that he and Howard are sixth cousins.

rinkydinkydoink · M

@HumanEarth

I didn't know there was such a thing. Why do you always make me think unnecessary thoughts?! Now I'm wondering if there is such a thing as a tenth cousin...

HumanEarth · F

There is and we are related. We share a great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandparent

rinkydinkydoink · M

@HumanEarth

A farmer, no doubt...

HumanEarth · F

Or a logger

rinkydinkydoink · M

@HumanEarth

Further back there's always a chambermaid in someone's ancestry.

HumanEarth · F

I bet they stir the chamber pot to 🤣🤣🤣

rinkydinkydoink · M

@HumanEarth

I gotta stop... my sides are killin' me 😂🤣😅😄