[Verginius Rufus]

Art Linkletter had a program called House Party which had kids on it. He collected their funniest sayings in Kids Say the Darndest Things. Much later he published another collection which included this.

He asked a couple of kindergarten kids about Adam and Eve. Their teachers were a couple of nuns who were in the audience.

Their version went something like this: "Adam and Eve were a couple of bare people who loved each other. They were supposed to clean the pool but they kept eating berries off the bush. So God sent them straight to hell, and then he turned them into Protestants."

Obviously that was not what the nuns had taught them, but they found it hilarious.

Some years ago Bill Cosby had a version of House Party which included occasional clips from Linkletter's show, but it was mostly Cosby hamming it up. Tried watching it but found it tiresome.

[Danie_2023]

“He asked a couple of kindergarten kids about Adam and Eve. Their teachers were a couple of nuns who were in the audience.”

I can only wonder what kids think about Adam and Eve nowadays. I shudder to think what they’ve been “taught”.