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    Just for giggles

    A LITTLE-KNOWN FACT IS THAT WHILE JEWS MAKE UP ABOUT 2% OF THE U.S. POPULATION, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THEY MADE UP ~50% OF THE FAMOUS COMEDIANS
    (ACCORDING TO A UC BERKELEY PROFESSOR WHO STUDIES HUMOR).

    You may remember the old Jewish Catskill Comics of Vaudeville days:

    Shecky Greene, Red Buttons, Totie Fields, Joey Bishop, Milton Berle, Jan Murray, Danny Kaye,
    Henny Youngman, Buddy Hackett, Sid Caesar, Groucho Marx, Jackie Mason, Woody Allen,
    Lenny Bruce, George Burns, Allan Sherman, Jerry Lewis, Carl Reiner, Shelley Berman,
    Gene Wilder, George Jessel, Alan King, Mel Brooks, Phil Silvers, Jack Carter, Rodney Dangerfield,
    Don Rickles, Jack Benny, Mansel Rubenstein, and so many others.

    There was not one single swear word in their comedy.

    Enjoy a few examples:

    * I just got back from a pleasure trip.
    I took my mother-in-law to the airport.

    * I've been in love with the same woman for 49 years!
    If my wife ever finds out, she'll kill me!

    * What are three words a woman never wants to hear when she's making love?
    "Honey, I'm home!"

    * Someone stole all my credit cards, but I won't be reporting it.
    The thief spends less than my wife did.

    * We always hold hands.
    If I let go, she shops.

    * My wife and I went back to the hotel where we spent our wedding night.
    Only this time I stayed in the bathroom and cried.

    * My wife and I went to a hotel where we got a waterbed.
    My wife called it the Dead Sea.

    * She was at the beauty shop for two hours.
    That was only for the estimate.

    * She got a mudpack and looked great for two days.
    Then the mud fell off.

    * The Doctor gave a man six months to live.
    The man couldn't pay his bill, so the doctor gave him another six months

    * The Doctor called Mrs. Cohen saying, "Mrs. Cohen, your check came back."
    Mrs. Cohen answered, "So did my arthritis!"

    * Doctor: "You'll live to be 60!"
    Patient: "I am 60!"
    Doctor: "See! What did I tell you?"

    * Patient: "I have a ringing in my ears."
    Doctor: "Don't answer it!"

    * A drunk was in front of a judge.
    The judge says, "You've been brought here for drinking."
    The drunk says "Okay, let's get started."

    * Why do Jewish divorces cost so much?
    They're worth it.

    * The Harvard School of Medicine did a study of why Jewish women like Chinese food so much.
    The study revealed that this is due to the fact that Won Ton spelled backward is Not Now.

    *There is a big controversy on the Jewish view of when life begins.
    In Jewish tradition, the fetus is not considered viable until it graduates from medical school.

    Q: Why don't Jewish mothers drink?
    A: Alcohol interferes with their suffering.

    Q: Why do Jewish mothers make great parole officers?
    A: They never let anyone finish a sentence!

    A man called his mother in Florida, "Mom, how are you?"
    "Not too good," said the mother. "I've been very weak."
    The son said, "Why are you so weak?"
    She said, "Because I haven't eaten in 38 days."
    The son said, "That's terrible. Why haven't you eaten in 38 days?"
    The mother answered, "Because I didn't want my mouth to be filled with food if you should call."

    A Jewish boy comes home from school and tells his mother he has a part in the play.
    She asks, "What part is it?"
    The boy says, "I play the part of the Jewish husband."
    The mother scowls and says, "Go back and tell the teacher you want a speaking part."

    Q: How many Jewish mothers does it take to change a light bulb?
    A: (Sigh) "Don't bother. I'll sit in the dark. I don't want to be a nuisance to anybody."

    Did you hear about the bum who walked up to a Jewish mother on the street and said, "Lady, I haven't eaten in three days."
    "Force yourself," she replied.

    Q: What's the difference between a Rottweiler and a Jewish mother?
    A: Eventually, the Rottweiler lets go.

    Q: Why are Jewish men circumcised?
    A: Because Jewish women don't like anything that isn't 20% off.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    There was not one single swear word in their comedy.
    Apparently the author never heard Buddy Hackett's stand-up routine......Ben
    The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...

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    Surprisingly another one with a swear filled routine was Bob Newhart...

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    This gets me thinking about Howard Wolowitz on the Big Bang. His Jewish mother induced guilt daily, and he considered her his first love.

    My favorite living comedian is Adam Sandler.

    Hunter
    I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead

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    We used to go to Grossinger's, in the old borscht belt. My father would tell us about a really funny young man there, just starting out but funnier than hell named Mel Brooks.

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    "Did I tell you how Frank Sinatra saved my life? It's true. I was in Vegas, doing my act and made a few jokes about Frank Sinatra. He didn't like it, so he and five other guys came around to beat me up. They were laying into me good, beating the hell out of me and then Frank says 'That's enough boys, we don't have to kill him'". Helluva guy, that Frank Sinatra. I'll never forget what he did for me that night. Saved my life."

    Shecky Greene.

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    Mr. Greene may have been more accurate than thought.

    Looked him up on Wiki - now 95 years old. I like that he, "...led "humanitarian efforts" to create St. Judes Ranch, a shelter for indigent and neglected children in Boulder City, Nevada.

    Hunter
    I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead

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