One of the great thing about growing up Jewish is the many great humorists and comedians who are Jewish.
Jewish humor is subtle sometimes, self-deprecating at times, but always funny.
My favorite Jewish joke of all time (Though it is not on the above pictured record)
It's lunchtime and 70 year old Moshe walks into Minky's Diner for his daily bowl of matzo ball soup. Moshe always goes to Minky's for his soup. He is also always punctual - so much so that the waiters always know he is coming in and always have his table and his soup ready for him.
As usual, Moshe sits down at his table and smiles at Steve, his regular waiter. Almost immediately, a bowl of soup is placed in front of Moshe. But this time, as Steve is walking away, Moshe quickly calls him back to his table.
"Please taste this soup." Moshe says to Steve.
"Why?" asks Steve. "What's the matter with the soup? It's the same soup as you always have."
"Please taste the soup," Moshe says again to Steve.
"But there's nothing wrong with your soup. It's been made the same way we always make it," says Steve.
"For the third time, Steve, I ask you to please taste the soup," says Moshe.
"Alright then… if you insist," says Steve, looking around the table. "But where's the spoon?"
"Ah hah," shouts Moshe with a big smile on his face.
I grew up with :You don’t have to be Jewish” the record. I think I wore it out I played it so many times. It consists of many short and sometimes a bit longer than short, skits. Here are some…
My favorite...
Please watch the above videos and let me know which one you like most. If you want to buy the album it is available online.
So… what is your favorite comedy LP of all time?