Famous

Kuttappa was bragging to his boss one day, "You know, I know everyone
there is to know. Just name someone, anyone, and I know them."
Tired of his boasting, his boss called his bluff, "OK, Kuttappa how about
Tom Cruise?" "Sure, yes, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it."
So Kuttappa and his boss fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom Cruise's
door, and sure enough, Tom Cruise shouts, "Babu! Great to see you! You and
your friend come right in and join me for lunch!" Although impressed,
Kuttappa's boss is still skeptical. After they leave Cruise's house, he
tells Kuttappa that he thinks Kuttappa's knowing Cruise was just lucky.

"No, no, just name anyone else", Kuttappa says. "President Bush," his
boss quickly retorts. "Yes," Kuttappa says, "I know him, let's fly out to
Washington." And off they go. At the White House, Bush spots Kuttappa
on the tour and motions him and his boss over, saying, "Babu, what a
surprise, I was just on my way to a meeting, but you and your friend come
on in and let's have a cup of coffee first and catch up."
Well, the boss is very shaken by now, but still not totally convinced.

After they leave the White House grounds, he expresses his doubts to
Kuttappa who again implores him to name anyone else. "The Pope," his boss
replies. "Sure!" says Kuttappa. "My folks are from Poland, and I've known
the Pope a long time." So off they fly to Rome. Kuttappa and his boss are
assembled with the masses in Vatican Square when Kuttappa says, "This will
never work. I can't catch the Pope's eye among all these people. Tell
you what, I know all the guards so let me just go upstairs and I'll come
out on the balcony with the Pope. And he disappears into the crowd headed
toward the Vatican. Sure enough, half an hour later Kuttappa emerges with
the Pope on the balcony.

But by the time Kuttappa returns, he finds that his boss has had a heart
attack and is surrounded by paramedics. Working his way to his boss'
side, Kuttappa asks him, what happened?" His boss looks up and says, "I
was doing fine until you and the Pope came out on the balcony and the man
next to me said, "Who's that old man on the balcony with Kuttappa?"