In 1979, Johnny Carson told millions of television viewers he wanted to have sex. But only about a hundred people knew what he was talking about.
“If I was going to ‘burlap’ somebody, would that be good or bad?” he asked his guest, Bobby Glover, a resident of Boonville, California.
“I’d say it would be good,” Glover replied.
“Those people up in Boonville know what I’m talking about, huh?”
“They are rolling on the floor right now,” said Glover. The audience, who finally understood the joke, roared.
-Timeline
