On Jun 23, 12:24Â pm, Mack A. Damia
hotmail.com> wrote:
> George Carlin (b. NYC), your hippy, dippy weatherman (Al Sleet)1937 -2008>>> I recall him on variety shows in the 1960s dressed in a suit and tie> with short hair.
> He was a class act.> 'Now for some temperatures around the> nation........78.........67........98 (oooh, there's a hot> one).....and a mild 56."> mad>>
I always thought of him as the Gentile version of Lenny Bruce (b.
Leonard Alfred Schneider, umpteenth sweet, Jewish NY). ehe Along with
Bruce, Carlin was one of the first pioneers of topical shock humor.
BTW, is it fair to assume that estrogen-driven Jane wasn't too fond of
Carlin's blue humour..err humor?eheh -D, NYC "Comedians/Entertainers:
American humor - theatre, film, television -would have lost much of
its punch without Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx, Milton Berle, Fanny
Brice, George Burns, Sid Caesar, Eddie Cantor, Judy Holliday, Zero
Mostel, Henny Youngman, and even yes, The Three Stooges (Larry Fine,
Moe Horwitz, and Jerome "Curly" Horwitz). The tradition continued with
New York natives Danny Kaye and Phil Silvers in the 1950s & '60s.
Woody Allen and Mel Brooks in the '70s & '80s, and Jerry Seinfeld in
the '90s" - NEW YORK CITY'S JEWISH ARTISTS, excerpt from "Jewish NY:
Notable Neighborhoods & Memorable Moments" by Ira Wolfman.."In New
York, even if you're Catholic, you're Jewish. If you live in Butte,
Montana, you're going to be Goyish, even if you're Jewish" ehe - LENNY
BRUCE (insert you know what here!ehe).."In 1979, Time Magazine
estimated that whereas Jews made up only 3%% of the American
population, fully 80%% of professional comedians were Jewish" - THE
HAUNTED SMILE: The Story of Jewish Comedians In America By Lawrence J.
Epstein.."You know...my impression of Howard has changed dramatically
over the years. I've really gone through 3 phases with the guy. When I
1st heard him on NBC, then on 92.3, I thought this guy is a true
asshole. All he does is insult people, attack people, gouges at their
weak points. He's really a slime dog. But then, I must admit, after
listening for a while, I came to my own opinion. I saw real
humor...real clever objective stuff, that really was a commentary on
our times." - GERALDO RIVERA (umpteenth sweet, Jewish NYer - mother is
Jewish), excerpt from HOWARD STERN'S NEGLIGEE & UNDERPANTS PARTY, PPV,
1988.."Perhaps my own personal early background, a thoroughly anti-
Semitic culture, enables me to perceive more clearly than most certain
realities of Jewish-Gentile relations in the US. Anti-Semites, whether
of the truly vicious or almost casual type, perceive Jews as
inferior...On the contrary, they are superior" - STEVE ALLEN (from his
introduction to Tim Boxer's Jewish Celebrity Hall of Fame, 1987).."The
rest of the country looks upon New York like we're left-wing communist
Jewish homosexual pornographers. I think of us that way sometimes and
I live here" ehe - WOODY ALLEN (b. Konigsberg, Bklyn - umpteenth
sweet, Jewish NY)
