Jackie Mason

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

IMDb: 7.0
2017
52min

An offbeat, irreverent musical documentary that tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks, who wrote the soundtrack to Christianity’s most musical holiday. It’s an amazing tale of immigrant outsiders who became irreplaceable players in pop culture’s mainstream – a generation of songwriters who found in Christmas the perfect holiday in which to imagine a better world, and for at least one day a year, make us believe.

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When Jews Were Funny

When Jews Were Funny

When Jews Were Funny

IMDb: 5.9
2013
89min

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 your average Jew on the street? In this 90 minute documentary acclaimed director Alan Zweig will examine these questions and many others in this exploration of 20th century humour, cultural decay, and a search for a missing heritage.

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When Comedy Went to School

When Comedy Went to School

When Comedy Went to School

IMDb: 6.2
2013
83min

The birth of modern stand-up comedy began in the Catskill Mountains – a boot camp for the greatest generation of Jewish-American Comedians.

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Caddyshack II

Caddyshack II

Caddyshack II

IMDb: 3.6
1988
98min

When a crass new-money tycoon’s membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a tacky amusement park.

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