Sammy Davis Jr. converted to Judaism in 1961. Not surprisingly when the Dean Martin Celebrity Roast honored Sammy in 1975, his conversion was joked about repeatedly by the amazing comedians. (It's on YouTube, well worth checking out.)
When Joey Bishop took the podium he told the following story:
(To Sammy): "You remember 12 years ago this very month, we were down South doing a benefit together? We got on the bus----the driver said to you, 'You'll have to sit to the rear of the bus,'
"Sammy says: 'I'm Jewish!' The driver says, "get off!"
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