No, we’re not kidding. This week it’s not “A Joke to Start
the Week,” but 15 jokes. Why 15? That’s how many we counted in the video clip
below.
It’s a TV report about the Chicago incarnation of the off-Broadway hit Old Jews Telling Jokes that played for a couple of years at the Westside Theatre on 43rd Street in New York City.
It’s a TV report about the Chicago incarnation of the off-Broadway hit Old Jews Telling Jokes that played for a couple of years at the Westside Theatre on 43rd Street in New York City.
With an all-new cast and some of the same jokes, the show made its move even further off-Broadway, actually some 800 miles off-Broadway to the Royal George Theater in Chicago, where it played through March 30. Now the show has moved on to San Diego.
In this video clip, Ruth Wisse, Harvard Yiddish scholar and author of No Joke, a new book on Jewish humor, explains the universal appeal of Jewish humor while examples of humor from the show abound.
Enjoy!
(A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS: THE VIDEO IS NOT VIEWABLE DIRECTLY FROM THE EMAIL THAT YOU GET EACH DAY. YOU MUST CLICK ON THE TITLE AT THE TOP OF THE EMAIL TO REACH THE JEWISH HUMOR CENTRAL WEBSITE, FROM WHICH YOU CLICK ON THE PLAY BUTTON IN THE VIDEO IMAGE TO START THE VIDEO.)
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