Every afternoon, a group of retired ladies gathered on the same park bench. The biggest attraction wasn’t the pigeons or the sunshine—it was 87-year-old former actress Gloria.
Without fail, she’d clear her throat dramatically and begin:
“Ladies, did I ever tell you about the time I slapped the leading man so hard during filming that the director yelled, ‘Cut!’… and the hero yelled, ‘Call my dentist!’”
The women laughed.
The next day she announced, “On another movie set, the director told me, ‘Gloria, give us a look that melts hearts.’ Three cameramen forgot to press the record button!”
The ladies applauded.
On Friday she sighed and said, “My biggest fan once waited outside the studio for six days just to get my autograph.”
One woman asked, “Six days? That’s incredible! What happened?”
Gloria smiled proudly.
“He finally got tired… and became the studio security guard.”
Just then an elderly gentleman walking past stopped, smiled, and said,
“Excuse me, ladies… everything Gloria said is absolutely true.”
The women gasped.
“Were you one of her co-stars?”
He chuckled.
“No… I was the studio accountant.”
“So you remember all those movies?”
“Oh, I remember them.”
He grinned and added:
“I wrote the checks for her imagination every afternoon right here on this bench!”
