Old Jews Telling Jokes
5,000 years of funny bits and not-so-kosher laughs
$53.79
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
7 September 2010
Summary
Old Jews Telling Jokes: A Treasury of Borscht Belt Humor
Schtick happens. For five thousand years, God’s chosen people have cornered the market on knee-slappers, zingers, and knock-knock jokes. Old Jews Telling Jokes mines mothers, fathers, bubbies, and zaydes for comic gelt.
What we get are jokes that are funnier than a pie in the punim:
- Abie and Becky jokes
- Hilarious rabbi, doctor, and mohel tales
- Bits just for Mom (Q: What’…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345522351 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0345522354 |
| Author: | Sam Hoffman, Eric Spiegelman |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 7 September 2010 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 155mm x 14mm |
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“Chock full of funny stuff!” – Mel Brooks, director and author ofThe 2000 Year Old Man
“Chock full of funny stuff!” – Mel Brooks, director and author of The 2000 Year Old Man
About The Author
Sam Hoffman
Sam Hoffman has produced, directed, or assistant directed numerous films, shorts, second units, and commercials, including The Royal Tenenbaums, School of Rock, The Producers Musical, Donnie Brasco, Dead Man Walking, and Groundhog Day, during a twenty-year career in the New York film industry. Currently, Hoffman is Executive Producing “The Oranges” starring Hugh Laurie and Catherine Keener.
In January of 2009, Hoffman partnered with Jetpack Media to launch OldJewsTellingJokes.com – a website devoted to video portraits of Old Jews Telling Jokes. Since then, the videos have been viewed over 7 million times and have been released on DVD by First Run Features. The site has been featured in New York Magazine, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal.
Hoffman graduated with Honors from the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in New York City with his wife Andrea Crane, a modern art specialist with the Gagosian Gallery, their son Jack and daughter Juliet.
Eric Spiegelman produces original Internet content for Jetpack Media, a production company founded by GreeneStreet Films in 2008. Before that, he was a lawyer.
Eric graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and from Boston University. He lives in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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