The Klopman diamond is a fabulous, legendary, apocryphal, and huge diamond, said to have a curse associated with it.
Origin of the Klopman diamond
The Klopman diamond was originally the subject of a traditional joke, a typical version of which is:
Due to the use of the name "Klopman" and the somewhat dark humor, and the fact that it was one of Myron Cohen's standards, this joke is sometimes characterised as Yiddish in origin. Some commentators maintain that names other than Klopman would not be as funny, and point to the fact that this joke has survived essentially unaltered for decades.
Media references to the Klopman diamond
Garfield and Friends
The Klopman Diamond was used as a running gag in the animated television show Garfield and Friends . For example, there would be a giant diamond in a museum display case, which Garfield, as the museum tour guide, would casually identify in passing as the Klopman diamond; or Nermal would be required to polish the Klopman Diamond as one of a series of tricks during the obedience event of a cat show. At one point, Garfield even mentioned it as a "rare and valuable gem…as well as a pointless running gag on a popular Saturday morning cartoon show." There was a segment devoted to it in the episode "The Curse of Klopman" (see List of episodes of Garfield and Friends).
Mark Evanier claims credit for adding references to the Klopman diamond to Garfield and Friends .
Follow-up joke
A later joke of Myron Cohen, similar in nature, goes as follows:
External links
- Mark Evanier discusses adding references of the Klopman diamond to "Garfield and Friends"
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