Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Betty Walker and Valerie Harper in "My Shirley"

Of all the comedy albums produced in the era of LP records, our favorite has always been You Don't Have to be Jewish. The 1965 album is a collection of blackout bits and extended one-liners which poked fun at the absurdities of American Jewish culture.
 
It was recorded in a studio with a live audience in attendance, as a cast of actors performed scripted material much in the manner of a radio play.
 
Comedy writers Bob Booker and George Foster had the good judgment to assemble a superb cast for this recording, and they transform what could have been ordinary Catskills shtick into something memorable.
 
The performers include Lou Jacobi, Jack Gilford, Betty Walker and Arlene Golonka, and their expert timing and feel for their characters is impeccable. You Don't Have To Be Jewish is a fine sampling of classic Borscht Belt humor performed by a top-notch cast. The response to the album was so great that the same writers and cast produced a sequel called When You're in Love, the Whole World is Jewish. The two albums are now being sold together as a single CD.

We previously shared two of the funniest routines on the first album and one from the second album. Today we're posting another bit from the second album titled My Shirley featuring Betty Walker and Valerie Harper. It's as funny 55 years later as it was when the record was released in 1965.

Enjoy!

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