Gossip Friday: They’re Not So Much

From June 1936:

Not until you have been out with some of the better known screen favorites can you fully appreciate how many imbeciles there are among the fans.

One night Carole Lombard and Clark Gable and a few others were ankling along a boulevard when a crowd gathered. Gable and Lombard were surrounded by them, shoved and pushed and otherwise mangled. The both tried to smile and groped for a way out. Their obvious predicament amused the crowd, which responded with happy cracks, which is what usually follows when people are self conscious. Finally one greasy-looking man pushed forward–close to them and shouted: “Hmph. They’re not so much.”

He probably had more dun the next day telling friends about it.