Mike Ditka inspired comedic gold. But the funniest riff was Ditka as Ditka.

Mike Ditka could bowl over a linebacker, make a sensational catch, motivate his players to greatness, dress down a reporter, out-heckle a heckler, sell you a refrigerator, coach “The Refrigerator,” and make an entire city laugh without ever telling a joke. And then he’d have a cigar. While Mike Di...