One
aspect of Woody Allen's comic genius is his persistence at building a
character that audiences can recognize and sympathize with. Drawing on his own Jewish family, he builds an image with stereotypical Jewish characteristics.
His jokes, stressing his own weakness and neuroses, and those of his family, can appear to be intellectual and anti-intellectual at the same time.
Here is one of his classic standup routines about the time he was hunting in Upstate New York and shot a moose.
Enjoy!
(A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS:
THE VIDEO MAY NOT BE VIEWABLE DIRECTLY
FROM THE EMAIL THAT YOU GET EACH DAY ON
SOME COMPUTERS AND TABLETS. 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.)
#Throwback Thursday, #TBT
Posts
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteEric, thanks for your support, feedback, and attention to detail. Yes, we ran this in April 2013. While we're on our summer lecture tour through August 1, we are running a mix of new posts and some of the best of Jewish Humor Central. We had far fewer subscribers then, and we want all subscribers to see some of the best videos.
DeleteWonderful! Woody Allen at his best, a genius!
ReplyDeleteI remember this routine when he first did it. Pure comedy brilliance! It always puts me on the floor!
ReplyDelete