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When Jews Were Funny. 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. [1] [2] The film features two dozen interviews with a variety of Jewish comedy professionals in North America and explores the role of Jewish humour in ...
Mar 25, 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
It is also possible to rent "When Jews Were Funny" on Amazon Video online and to download it on Amazon Video. Synopsis From the 1930's to the 1970's, pretty well every comedian or comic you might see on TV or the movies was Jewish.
- Alan Zweig
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- Shecky Greene
- 89 min
Rated: 2.5/5 Dec 20, 2013 Full Review Jason Gorber ScreenAnarchy On the whole, I think When Jews Were Funny is a strong testament to a lost age, a kind of elegy to the self-deprecation and ...
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- Marc Maron
- Alan Zweig
- Documentary
Sep 16, 2013 · Not getting the response he wants there, Zweig moves on to performers of his own age and younger. Here, he gets some of the answers he expects: “Jews owned humor,” says David Steinberg ...
Apr 1, 2014 · 2.0 out of 5 stars When "When Jews Were Funny" was funny. Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2020. Verified Purchase.
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When Jews Were Funny DOCUMENTARY Insightful and often hilarious, the latest from documentary filmmaker Alan Zweig surveys the history of Jewish comedy, from the early days of Borsht belt to the present, ultimately exploring not just ethnicity in the entertainment industry, but also the entire unruly question of what it means to be Jewish.
