When Jews Were Funny

When Jews Were Funny

Actors:  Shecky Greene, Howie Mandel, Shelley Berman, Norm Crosby, Jack Carter, David Steinberg Directors:  Alan Zweig

From the 1930's to the 1970's, pretty well every comedian or comic you might see on TV or the movies was Jewish. Jews came to dominate the world of western‐society comedy on radio, stage and screen alike.Why did Jews dominate comedy in this period? And why did that domination end? Were Jews just funnier back then? And if so, did that extend to y...