Rufus Washington was the greatest standup comedian without actually standing up.
He did his routines from a wheelchair, spinning tales from the ghetto on the other side of the tracks.
Drug dealers, hookers, pimps, corner stores instead of grocery stores.
Now, he traveled in a limo or a tour bus, with gorgeous assistants to help him into the chair… or bed… or the shower.
When the limo got in a wreck, Rufus woke up in the hospital, screaming that he couldn’t feel his legs.
Turned out, he’d been faking his paralysis just for a schtick.
Also, he’d faked being black.