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'Gilmore Girls' Creator Makes A Very Jewy TV Pilot
Forward Sherman-Palladino's father was Jewish gag writer Don Sherman, and his better known contemporaries, including Lenny Bruce, get shout outs in the pilot. The show is chockablock with Jewish content. Among the cast are Tony Shalhoub (“Monk”), who plays … Stream It or Skip It: 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Is Amy Sherman … Pilot · The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel · TV Review Amy Sherman … |
Pilot · The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel · TV Review Amy Sherman … – A.V. Club
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Pilot · The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel · TV Review Amy Sherman …
A.V. Club From the minute it starts, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is pure Amy Sherman-Palladino. Who else has such an affinity for self-possessed brunette women, the kind … Stream It or Skip It: 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Is Amy Sherman … 'Gilmore Girls' Creator Makes A Very Jewy TV Pilot Is The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel a Worthy Gilmore Girls Successor? |
Gilmore Girls Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino Explains her … – Vanity Fair
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Gilmore Girls Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino Explains her …
Vanity Fair Joan Rivers may be gone, but her spirit lives on in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel—a remarkable pilot that premieres on Amazon Friday. The show charts the … |
Gilmore Girls Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino Explains her Marvelous New TV Series – Vanity Fair
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Gilmore Girls Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino Explains her Marvelous New TV Series
Vanity Fair Amy Sherman-Palladino: Weirdly, my dad was a stand-up comic. So I grew up with a bunch of Jews sitting around trying to make each other laugh. And I knew Lenny Bruce's mother when I was a kid, because she was sort of the godmother to all the comics. |
How 1940s mob culture gave us the phrase ‘stand-up comedian’ – CBC.ca
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How 1940s mob culture gave us the phrase 'stand-up comedian'
CBC.ca Wednesday March 15, 2017. How 1940s mob culture gave us the phrase 'stand-up comedian'. Frank Fay and Lenny Bruce, two of history's earliest stand-up comics. (Wikipedia, Getty Images). Listen 11:41 … |
RIP Fred Weintraub Owner of The Bitter End 1928-2017 – Noise11
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RIP Fred Weintraub Owner of The Bitter End 1928-2017
Noise11 Weintraub was responsible for starting the careers of such artists as Peter, Paul and Mary, Lenny Bruce and Randy Newman with appearances at the club along with featuring early performances of many other acts including Neil Diamond, Woody Allen, Frank … |
Review: ‘Booty Candy’ at Montgomery College – DC Metro Theater Arts (press release) (blog)
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Review: 'Booty Candy' at Montgomery College
DC Metro Theater Arts (press release) (blog) A series of sketches featuring mature language, sexual themes and self-referencing meta-theatrics, Booty Candy, written by Robert O'Hara, is Lenny Bruce meets Harvey Fierstein—with a touch of Michael Jackson. Semi-autobiographical, it follows Sutter, … |
Fred Weintraub, 88, who showcased future greats at the Bitter End – The Boston Globe
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Fred Weintraub, 88, who showcased future greats at the Bitter End
The Boston Globe After showcasing a panoply of virtually unknown performers in the 1960s — including Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Bill Cosby, Randy Newman, Nina Simone, and Peter, Paul and Mary — Mr. Weintraub became a Hollywood producer. He introduced … |
Fred Weintraub, 88, Dies; Showcased Future Greats at the Bitter End … – New York Times
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Fred Weintraub, 88, Dies; Showcased Future Greats at the Bitter End …
New York Times The Greenwich Village impresario advanced the careers of Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce and others, and later became a Hollywood producer who … Passings: Fred Weintraub, Owner of the Bitter End, Producer of "Woodstock" (1928 – 2017) |
President Trump promotes the cause of free speech: Letters – The Daily Breeze
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President Trump promotes the cause of free speech: Letters
The Daily Breeze When I was young, attending UC Berkeley during the 1960s, it was conservatives who seemed the most repressive. Free-speech pioneers like Lenny Bruce were actually jailed for using profane language that offended their sense of decency or decorum. |