Pulling a Sammy
The showbiz art of upstaging someone. It began when it was Sammy Davis, Jr.'s turn to move down on Johnny Carson's couch to make room for the next guest. WHen that guest said something funny, Sammy would react by laughing loudly, slapping his knee and falling to the floor. The audience would then begin laughing at Sammy and not the guest.
Next to the Candy Man, no one was better at "pulling a Sammy" than Milton Berle.
Pulling a Sammi
when your are slow at responding to a joke or comment because of lack there of understanding of topic being joked or commented about.
i was pulling a sammi while listening to a story from my friends. i was so lost