Who doesn’t love an O.J. Simpson joke?
Although the trial over the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, concluded 29 years ago this October (yeah, seems hard to believe), the case was such a cultural phenomenon for many Americans that summer, it still draws a deep reaction today. (It’s worth noting that Simpson was found guilty 10 years later, on unrelated charges of kidnapping and armed robbery; He spent nine years in prison.)
For example, one of my friends on the X platform made a joke connecting one of Sunday’s decisive NFL playoff games with “The Juice”s famous, slo-mo police chase in a certain White Bronco:
Ravens brought in Ray Lewis to pump up the crowd.
Maybe the Bills should’ve tried this with O.J.
🤔🤔
— Mav for POTUS (@TheMaverick21) January 28, 2024
Someone else who fancied a good O.J. joke was the late actor/comedian Norm Macdonald. Many…