That's Hulk Hogan's son, could see where you got the two confused though......
Driver's Ed here, at least IMO, provides only the essentials that allow teens & whoever to survive on the road.......sure they might be good drivers for that first 6 months or that first year, but after they get the hang of it, I'm sure things start to slide.
For me, the 'ill-conceived joke' part comes in, because I was trained on an Automatic instead of a stick!!