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When Jews Were Funny is an exploration of Jewish-American comedy and its influence on modern American humour. The film looks at the conditions that resulted in the high proportion of Jewish comedians in the 1950s and 1960s. The context of comedy is then used to begin discussions of Jewish identity.
- Canada
- Alan Zweig
- Sudden Storm Entertainment
- Alan Zweig
25 mar 2014 · When Jews Were Funny: Directed by Alan Zweig. With Marc Maron, Gilbert Gottfried, Rodney Dangerfield, Bob Einstein. Surveys the history of Jewish comedy.
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- Documentary
- Alan Zweig
- 2014-03-25
When Jews Were Funny 2013 1h 30m Documentary List 67% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 35% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Filmmaker Alan Zweig surveys the history of Jewish comedy.
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- Marc Maron
- Alan Zweig
- Documentary
Join us for this light-hearted documentary exploring the fundamental and perhaps impossible question of why so many 1960s and 70s comics were Jewish. From the Borscht Belt through the present day, Zweig interviews funny folks Shelley Berman, Jack Carter, Shecky Greene, David Steinberg, Super Dave Osborne and many others at the intersection of ...
When Jews Were Funny is a 2013 Canadian documentary comedy film, directed by Alan Zweig. It was produced by Jesse Ikeman and Jeff Glickman for Sudden Storm Entertainment. The film features two dozen interviews with a variety of Jewish comedy professionals in North America and explores the role of Jewish humour in the context of North American ...
15 nov 2013 · When Jews Were Funny: Exploring the defining characteristics of Jewish humour - The Globe and Mail. film review. When Jews Were Funny: Exploring the defining characteristics...
Alan Zweig's 2013 documentary "When Jews Were Funny" surveys the often colorful history of Jewish comedy in America. The documentary is insightful, often hilarious and packed with one-liners.
