History ActuallyPrettyFunny / RealLife

* The UsefulNotes/FurryFandom [[PopularWithFurries actually liked]] ''Website/CollegeHumor'''s ''Furry Force'' series, which was intended to make fun of the [[{{Yiff}} sexual parts of the Furry Fandom.]] The second and third parts came about from suggestions they made for it, even.

** During a debate against his 1984 election opponent, Walter Mondale, Reagan was asked a question about his age. The 73-year-old Reagan replied, "I will not make age an issue of this race. I will not exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." Both Mondale (age 55) and the debate audience burst out laughing at that quip.[[note]]Mondale, born January 5, 1928, had served as a senator from Minnesota from 1964 to 1976, and was UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter's vice president. After losing the election by a [[CurbStompBattle pretty significant margin]] (he was only able to carry D.C. and his home state of Minnesota, and he just ''barely'' won there) Mondale would say that in retrospect this was the moment that he was officially dead in the water.[[/note]]

* In January of 2024 after GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy dropped out of the presidential primary and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump implied he was planning to appoint him to a cabinet position, the Website/BabylonBee posted a joke announcement of Trump appointing Vivek to the White House 7-Eleven. The joke received backlash online for being rooted in stereotypes, but Vivek himself thought it was funny and made a post on Twitter telling his supporters to stop getting offended on his behalf.

* Likewise, jokers are said to have been the only people who could get away with insulting the king or queen. Even today it's considered bad form for a political leader to be [[NoSenseOfHumor unable to take a joke at their expense]].

* Similarly to the John Bytheway example above, Creator/TimAllen copped a lot of jokes when he was a kid resulting from his real full name -- Timothy Allan Dick. Yes, you read that right. In ''Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man'', he commented that most of the resultant jokes were terrible, except one time when he was telling a woman about it, and she came back with "Too bad you don't have a sister named Anita."

* Similarly, animals. One episode of ''Series/Rescue911'' featured a dog who got his head stuck in a vent. The kids who went to check up on the dog thought it was actually ''quite'' funny before calling 911 to get the dog free.

* Similar to the Creator/AndrewHussie "Witch of Space" to "Waste of Space" confusion, cricketer Ashley Giles found that mugs created for his Testimonial were printed as "King of Spain" instead of "King of Spin". But instead of getting on his high horse, Giles asked whether they could print more mugs with that mistake on it, and was nicknamed "The King Of Spain" by fans ever since. But don't ever compare him to a [[BerserkButton Wheelie Bin]]...[[note]] He also received a letter from the real King of Spain, imploring him - in jest, of course - not to commit ''lese-majesty''. Giles found this ''hilarious'' and the letter is one of his prized possessions [[/note]]

** During a debate against his 1984 election opponent, Walter Mondale, Reagan was asked a question about his age. The 73-year-old Reagan replied, "I will not make age an issue of this race. I will not exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." Both Mondale (age 55) and the debate audience burst out laughing at that quip.[[note]]Mondale, born January 5, 1928, had served as a senator from Minnesota from 1964 to 1976, and was UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter's vice president.[[/note]]

* ''Series/TheBoys2019'' took a pretty big swing at Creator/ZackSnyder with its InUniverse movie "Dawn of the Seven" parodying much of ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', including by posting [=#ReleaseTheBourkeCut=] on Twitter. Snyder himself took the joke in strike and even played along by congratulating the movie's fake director, complete with saying he's excited to "see your vision realized" (a phrase he had often used regarding the making of his own movie).

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'' famously features "Blame Canada," a song about how Canada is the cause of all of America's children's problems. When the number was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song in 1999, the press asked Kim Campbell, the Consul General and first (and, as of August 2014, only) female Prime Minister of Canada, about her thoughts on the piece. She said that it was clearly meant to be funny, and wasn't offended in the slightest. Similarly, one of the lines in the song targets Anne Murray, a famous Canadian singer. Murray reportedly thought this hilarious and was willing to sing "Blame Canada" at the Oscars after Trey Parker and Matt Stone invited her, but couldn't due to a prior commitment.

** During a debate against his 1984 election opponent, Walter Mondale, Reagan was asked a question about his age. The 72-year-old Reagan replied, "I will not make age an issue of this race. I will not exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." Both Mondale (age 55) and the debate audience burst out laughing at that quip.[[note]]Mondale, born January 5, 1928, had served as a senator from Minnesota from 1964 to 1976, and was UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter's vice president.[[/note]]

* During the development of ''Series/FamilyTies'', NBC Entertainment president Brandon Tartikoff was skeptical of casting Creator/MichaelJFox as Alex P. Keaton, relenting only when creator and executive producer Gary David Goldberg fought hard for him. Tartikoff insisted that his was "not the kind of face you'll ever see on a lunch box". Fast forward a few years to 1985, and Fox personally sent a ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' lunch box with, you guessed it, Marty [=McFly's=] face on it, and a note saying "Brandon, they wanted me to put a crow in here but... Love and Kisses, Michael J." Tartikoff took the gesture in stride and kept the lunchbox on display in his office.

** When he watched ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', he got so amused with the scene where [[ItWillNeverCatchOn the 1955 Doc Brown balks at the idea of Reagan becoming President by 1985]][[note]]"Ronald Reagan? The actor? Then who's Vice President? Creator/JerryLewis?! I suppose Creator/JaneWyman is the First Lady! And Creator/JackBenny is secretary of the treasury!"[[/note]] that he told the projectionist to stop the film and replay the scene.

** While filming ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', Creator/DavidProwse requested that he not do too many takes of him carrying Patrick Magee in his wheelchair, quipping "You're not exactly known as One-Take-Kubrick, are you?" The crew was shocked that someone would speak to the director like that, but Kubrick saw the funny side and agreed.

** While filming ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', Creator/DaveProwse requested that he not do too many takes of him carrying Patrick Magee in his wheelchair, quipping "You're not exactly known as One-Take-Kubrick, are you?" The crew was shocked that someone would speak to the director like that, but Kubrick saw the funny side and agreed.

* Creator/ChuckNorris was quite flattered and amused by the countless "Website/ChuckNorrisFacts" ascribed to him, so much so that he capitalised on the meme by incorporating it in some of his works, among them a Creator/{{Gameloft}} mobile game based on the actor and a reference in ''Film/TheExpendables2''. Though being a staunchly conservative Christian, he doesn't take kindly to those facts which make irreverent references to God and/or Jesus Christ.

* At a Music/LanaDelRey concert, one guy in the audience ''YELLS'' at the top of his lungs "Lana, ''[[RefugeInAudacity SIT ON MY FAAAAAAAAACE!]]''" Lana proceeds to absolutely lose it and crack up laughing on stage, along with the rest of the audience.

* In 1951, Screenwriter and producer Creator/PaulJarrico was embroiled in legal conflict with Creator/HowardHughes, who had fired Jarrico from the ''Film/TheLasVegasStory'', for which he had written the script, over Jarrico's Communist sympathies. During a hearing in the case, Jarrico's lawyer got a shot in at Hughes by quoting a Times article from 1948, that said that Hughes would "never die in an airplane, he'll die at the hands of a woman with a .38!" Hughes' lawyer protested this, but Hughes himself, who was present at the hearing, reacted by laughing heartily at the quip.

* Similar to the Creator/AndrewHussie "Witch of Space" to "Waste of Space" confusion, cricketer Ashley Giles found that mugs created for his Testimonial were printed as "King of Spain" instead of "King of Spin". But instead of getting on his high horse, Giles asked whether they could print more mugs with that mistake on it, and was nicknamed "The King Of Spain" by fans ever since. But don't ever compare him to a [[BerserkButton Wheelie Bin]]...

* The Swiss footballer Bernt Haas was a much loved left-back for West Bromwich Albion, and inspired the "Ooh, ah, I've gone and Bernt my Haas" chant amongst both WBA and away fans. Although Bernt was puzzled by it at first, he found it ''hilarious'' once it was explained to him, and would occasionally "conduct" the chanting with a big beaming smile on his face.