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Live Poll: Jewish Humor Icons
Wit, profundity, psychology, black humor, tales about arguing Rabbis, overbearing mothers and existential dilemmas, not to mention hilarious self-deprecating comments working as the best defense against Anti-Semitism... humor has been an endearing tradition of Jewish culture that expressed itself wonderfully through the legacy of many Jewish entertainers over the course of Hollywood history.
Which of these notable ambassadors of Jewish humor do you think is the funniest?
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls092017053/
https://www.imdb.com/poll/eEE1FI6XcVs/
Note from the author: just because the comedian is Jewish doesn't make all his jokes Jewish of course... except if they're funny, witty and quite thought-provoking.
Which of these notable ambassadors of Jewish humor do you think is the funniest?
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls092017053/
https://www.imdb.com/poll/eEE1FI6XcVs/
Note from the author: just because the comedian is Jewish doesn't make all his jokes Jewish of course... except if they're funny, witty and quite thought-provoking.
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dan_dassow
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For your consideration:
Moe Howard, the "Boss Stooge" and brother of Stooges Curly Howard and Shemp Howard, began his acting career in 1909 by playing bit roles in silent Vitagraph films. At 17 he joined a troupe working on a showboat and also appeared in several two-reel comedy shorts. In 1922 he, brother Shemp and Larry Fine joined roughhouse vaudeville comic Ted Healy, forming the act that would become The Three Stooges. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_Howard#Early_life
Howard was born as Moses Harry Horwitz on June 19, 1897, in the Brooklyn, New York neighborhood of Bensonhurst to Solomon Horwitz and Jennie Gorovitz, the fourth-born of five brothers of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry. He was named Moe when he was younger and later called himself Harry. Howard's parents and brothers, Benjamin (“Jack”) and Irving, were not involved in show business, but his older brother Shemp Howard, younger brother Curly Howard, and he, eventually became known as members of the Three Stooges.
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gitte_l_yche
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dan_dassow
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a year ago
For your consideration:
Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner was one of the great comic geniuses of the 20th century, ranked with Lucille Ball and other comedy legends of the highest caliber.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilda_Radner#Early_life
Radner was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Jewish parents, Henrietta (née Dworkin), a legal secretary, and Herman Radner, a businessman.[1][2]
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Fanny Brice
Fanny Brice was a popular and influential American comedienne, singer, theatre and film actress, who made many stage, radio and film appearances but is best remembered as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series, The Baby Snooks Show. Thirteen years after her death, she was portrayed on the Broadway stage by Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl. The show was made into a musical film in 1968
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Brice#Early_life
Fania Borach (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951), known professionally as Fanny Brice or Fannie Brice, was an American illustrated song model, comedienne, singer, theater, and film actress who made many stage, radio, and film appearances. She is known as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series The Baby Snooks Show.[1]
Thirteen years after her death, Brice was portrayed on the Broadway stage by Barbra Streisand in the 1964 musical Funny Girl; Streisand also starred in its 1968 film adaptation, for which she won an Oscar, and in the 1975 sequel, Funny Lady.
Fania Borach was born in Manhattan, New York City, the third child of Rose (née Stern 1867-1941), a Hungarian-Jewish woman who emigrated to America at age ten, and Alsatian immigrant Charles Borach.
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kyle_perez_8yd0eqcwxu1mz
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Jessica
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https://www.imdb.com/poll/eEE1FI6XcVs/
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dan_dassow
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