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Quick thing about Tommy Lasorda: I worked for the Dodgers from 2008-2010. Tommy absolutely roasted me every single day.
He called me "Rickles" because he knew I wanted to be a comedian. He would tell anyone who would listen how unfunny I was. I loved every single minute of it.
Once, we were eating at an Italian restaurant in San Diego with some other Dodgers employees and Tommy says to me, "hey Rickles, tell a joke."
I didn't want to obviously. And Colin, Tommy's assistant, says "he's not going to stop until you tell a joke."
And Tommy goes "tell a goddamn' joke, Rickles." And because I was 19 and terrified, I cave and tell some street joke.
Tommy laughs and laughs and laughs and then he says "THAT is the worst fuckin' joke I have ever heard in my ENTIRE life."
Tommy laughs and laughs and laughs and then he says "THAT is the worst fuckin' joke I have ever heard in my ENTIRE life."
He loved the Dodgers so much and he loved Dodger employees and Dodger fans and when I left after the season to go back to the East Coast, Colin handed me an envelope and said "this is from Tommy."
I got it framed.
By the way, I'm sorry to do this, but here's the joke:
A penguin gets a day off from the zoo and decides to take a road trip. A few hours in, his car breaks down in the desert, but he manages to get it to a garage. The mechanic goes "it's going to take a while" so...
A penguin gets a day off from the zoo and decides to take a road trip. A few hours in, his car breaks down in the desert, but he manages to get it to a garage. The mechanic goes "it's going to take a while" so...
the penguin goes to get some lunch. He has ice cream afterwards - given that it's so hot outside - and heads back to the garage. When he walks in, the mechanic comes out from under the car and says to him, "hey pal, looks like you blew a seal."
and the penguin goes "Oh! It's just ice cream! It's just ice cream!"
