and it was his lifelong dream to make the pope laugh with one of his jokes.
It's not easy to get an audience with the pope, but the man becomes successful and his admiration for the pope becomes known, and eventually he does it. He get's an audience.
He's so excited. He kisses the ring and everything and then decides to go right for his best joke. "Ok, your holiness... See, there was this Polish guy and--"
John Paul II cut him off there, and gently says, "Son, you must know. I'm Polish."
The man is horrified and embarrassed and stutters out apologies.
The pope is very gracious and just tells him to start again.
So the comedian takes a deep breath and slowly says, "Okay... There... Was... This... Polish... Guy..."
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