[Michael.SF.]

He was FUNNY!

That he was. I remember him from the Ed Sullivan show. My favorite joke of his was the one of the Jewish businessmen talking in Miami, both now long retired.

"So how did you come to retire to Miami?"
"Well, after 50 years in the clothing business, I was flooded out, collected the insurance money and moved for the warm weather. and You?"
"Similar story. 35 years I ran a deli, on east Fifth. Three years ago, wouldn't ya know, a fire wipes me out and here I am."
"A fire? wow that is too bad."
Long pause, then the second man asks:
"one thing, I am curious about. How do you start a flood?"

[ishabibble]

I am old enough to remember George Jessel. My dad loved Jewish comedians...Alan King, Stiller and Meara, Myron, and the young Robert Klein. Woody Allen was very funny before he was creepy crazy and so was Richard Pryor. Ed Sullivan used to showcase talent like that, way back when.

Funny that comedians back then could make an entire family (Mom, Dad, eight kids) all howl with laughter and not use a single bad word or sex scenario.
I watched Rodney Dangerfield on TV all the time and he was hilarious. I saw him perform in concert and he was unbelievably raunchy.

I don’t know why anyone thinks Rosie O’Donnell is a comedian. I’ve never found her to be funny at all. Just gross.

[Cacique]

ping

[wideminded]

I remember a Myron Cohen joke that went something like this:

Two Jewish tailors were talking:

Tailor #1: I went on vacation to Rome last year and I got to meet the Pope!

Tailor #2: What sort of man is he?

Tailor #1: 46 long.