With a second Super Bowl ring on his finger and a potential retirement looming, Peyton Manning has not lost his sense of humor.
The Sheriff opened a speaking engagement Wednesday night with a joke that might garner another kiss from Papa John.
Peyton: “Many have heard I have a significant announcement to make, so I thought I’d make it here… Papa Johns is offering 50 percent off.”
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) March 3, 2016
Manning is no stranger to drawing laughter from his audiences. His career off the field includes multiple appearances on Saturday Night Live and countless humorous, self-deprecating commercials with MasterCard, Nationwide Insurance, Buick and DirecTV. (RELATED: Peyton Manning Pees On Al Jazeera’s Ashes With Perfectly Delivered One-Liner)
According to NFL Network’s Jeff Darlington, Manning’s jokes at the Florida Forum Speakers Series continued.
Peyton just ripping off one joke after another. Forget football commentary. Stand-up comic, if he retires. Crowd is howling with laughter.
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) March 3, 2016
A shrewd businessman, Manning bought 21 Papa Johns locations in the Denver area after he joined the Broncos, and his close friendship with Papa John Schnatter has grown. So too, apparently, have the profits of Manning’s store locations. (VIDEO: Peyton Manning Reportedly Tells Friends He Will Retire After Super Bowl)
“Pizza business is pretty good out here believe it or not due to some recent law changes,” Manning told Peter King in 2014, three-quarters of the way through Colorado’s first year of legal recreational marijuana sale and use.