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eppur_se_muova

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3. An anecdote from the old Tonight Show with Johnny Carson ....
Sat May 9, 2026, 07:36 PM
Saturday

Burt Reynolds was a guest, and he was describing an occasion when friends -- also show folk -- phoned up and asked if they could visit. When they got out of the car and walked up to the house, BR saw they had a really big dog -- probably Great Dane, but I can't remember for sure -- with them. He hadn't asked if they were bringing a dog, and they hadn't said. When he let his friends in the house, the dog eagerly came with them. So they were chatting about whatnot and he was trying to ignore the dog, who seemed a little ill-behaved. Finally, it got to be too much, and he had to say something, but put it as politely as he could: "Jim, (or whoever) I wish you'd told me you were bringing the dog." Jim looks at him in surprise and says "that's not my dog". So they were doubly glad to be rid of the dog.

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