I mean he had read the recently released novel and started asking around for someone to pay for him to make it into a movie. So maybe you are making a “clever” quip about how he must not have read the ending to get it that wrong but that’s not how your message sounded with that wording.
Dude I spent a good minute like… Because their names are all Al? I am surprised I never knew Humphrey was his middle name… Why does anyone think that’s a clever shower thought?