Clark Gable

Clark Gable and the Pope died on the same day.  Due to a celestial bureaucratic snafu, the Pope was sent to hell.  And Clark Gable went to heaven.

The Pope, obviously in the wrong place, wasn't there five minutes before he had convinced those in charge of the mistake.  In the blink of an eye, the Pope was whisked to the pearly gates.  As he walked through the portals, he encountered Gable coming out.

"I'm truly sorry about this, by son," said the sympathetic pontiff, "but I've waited my whole life to kneel at the feet of the Blessed Virgin Mary."

Gable flashed his world-famous grin.  "Too late, padre," he said.