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OY VEY

Why Being Jewish Is So Funny

A DOCUMENTARY

From the Farblongjid Mind of Jeffrey Schneider

Jeffrey SchneiderWriter, Producer & Director

• Grew up Jewish in Forest Hills Queens

• 30 Years of TV Production Experience

• 5 Time Emmy Award Winner

• Favorite Comedian: Don Rickles

• Favorite Movie Comedy: Blazing Saddles

• Favorite TV Comedy: Seinfeld

Milton BerleBorn: Milton Berlinger

Groucho MarxBorn: Julius Henry Marx

Buddy HackettBorn: Leonard Hacker

Mel BrooksBorn: Melvin Kaminsky

Jewish Movies

Woody AllenBorn: Allen Stewart Konigsberg

Jewish Movies

Robert KleinBorn: Robert Klein

Jewish TV Shows

OY VEYWhy Being Jewish Is So Funny

A Series of Vignettes

Act OneSenior Moments

Senior Citizens share their memories of “The Borscht Belt”… Summers filled by day with the fresh air of New York State’s Catskill Mountains… And by night, the smoke filled, alcohol fueled hotel nightclubs, featuring all of the top Jewish comedians.

Act TwoKid Komedy

Who tickles the younger generation’s funny bone? Is the Jewish humor gene handed down from generation to generation. Hey if you can do it with guilt, you can do it with humor.

Shh, Don’t Tell but AlsoA stand-up Rabbi ? Maybe we can see where in the Talmud it says that Jewish people would be good at making people laugh.

A vaudeville comedian tells us if humor helped him up the corporate ladder. From comedian to CEO.

Shh, Don’t Tell but AlsoThe next generation of Jewish comedian’s is out there. What lessons have they learned ? Have they figured out what works and doesn’t work?

Plus a surprise appearance by someone you shouldn’t know from, because I don’t know yet. ?

Production Schedule

Production Schedule