A Joke to Start the Week - "The Genie"

It's hard to believe that the month of holidays is over and that the next Jewish holiday is Chanukah in December. So for the next couple of months our posts will be holiday-free, but full of jokes and funny material, both old and new.

But today is Monday, and you know what that means. Time for a Joke to Start the Week. Once again we dip into the archives of Old Jews Telling Jokes, which we thank creator Sam Hoffman for making available on the Internet.

Today's choice is another classic told by motion picture producer and manager Mike Marcus. Mike was the President of MGM from 1993 to 1997.

Here's the setup: A guy is walking along the beach and he kicks something in the sand. He looks down to see what he just kicked, and lo and behold, it's a lamp. It looks just like Aladdin's lamp. And then...

Enjoy!

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