Paulie's New Joke

"A man goes to a gallery to sell some of his paintings. He leaves about 12 or so with the operator there and calls in a couple weeks later.

'How's my show goin?' he asks him.

'Well, I got some good news, and I got some bad news,' says the curator. 'The good news is, I had a guy come in who was very interested. He wanted to know if I thought the paintings would appreciate after your death. I told him I thought they would, an' he bought 'em!'

'Wow!' says the artist, 'that's great! So what's the bad news?'

'Bad news is, he's your doctor!' "