Schlubby Funny People Win Over Attractive Women In Real Life, Not Just in Judd Apatow Movies
The Comic's Comic has a cute (and hopeful) post about comedians who attract beautiful leading lady actresses. It was sparked by the recent news that comedian Owen Benjamin and actress Christina Ricci have agreed to tie the knot.
As Owen Benjamin announced on Facebook overnight: Thanks for all the best wishes everyone. our goal is to one day have normal sized children. 6'7 plus 5'0 = normal kids. psyched
The post goes on to mention several different couples like David Cross and Amber Tamblyn, Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fischer, and Fred Armisen and Elizabeth Moss.
I'm pretty sure this list is an exercise in positive thinking. If you're unpopular with women, but you're funny, maybe one day when you are making millions of dollars starring in Marmaduke: The Movie, Jennifer Love Hewitt, who is voicing the CGI character of Sexy the Cat, will fall in love with your immense wit and small penis. And then you'll get married and have lots of sex every day forever and you'll live sexily ever after.
If you believe in that strongly enough, it will happen. It's just like The Secret. Just be careful and don't think, "I hope I don't end up marrying and divorcing boring and unattractive people out of desperation and loneliness." Because then that will happen to you. Because that's how The Secret works.
The post did get me thinking about old school comedians who courted leading ladies. Click after the jump to see some classic comedians and their famous lady lovers.
1. Jerry Lewis and Lucy Australopithecus
Get it? Because he's old.
2. Charlie Chaplin and Christina Ricci
Get it? Because she's not very tall.
3. Fatty Arbuckle and a giant bottle of champagne.
Get it? Because the untrue rumors involving him, an unfortunate young woman, and a bottle of champagne ended his career, got his films banned for years, and indirectly lead to the sterilization of the Hollywood films of the period, and then when Arbuckle finally got his career back, he signed a contract to make a feature-length film at Warner Brothers, claiming it was the best day of his life, but then died of a heart attack that same night. Get it?
I just made myself very, very sad.
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