Tag: Comedy
Residents of TV comedy ‘South Park’ get vaccinated for COVID, courtesy of Israel
Just weeks after “Saturday Night Live” aired a “news” segment that said Israel was only vaccinating the “Jewish half” of the country, another comedic television program, “South Park,” is being praised for its take...
Who’s legitimizing the vaccine blood libel?
Don’t put all the blame on “Saturday Night Live” and Michael Che.
One of the show’s head writers and the co-host of its “Weekend Update” skit was guilty of spreading a hateful smear of Israel during the show’s most...
A gag about Israel and vaccines is more than a bad joke
A comedian telling a bad joke that hurts someone’s feelings isn’t news. Or at least it didn’t use to be. But when the bad joke validates a lie that is fueling the latest anti-Semitic...
October 13th, 1925: Lenny Bruce, American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist, was born
Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider), who stretched the boundaries of free speech with comedy and commentary and taboo subjects, was born in Mineola, New York on this date in 1925. He first became controversial...
August 3, 1966: Pioneering comedian and free-speech warrior Lenny Bruce died
Pioneering comedian and free-speech warrior Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider) died on this date in 1966 at age 40 from a drug overdose. In the early 1950s he worked a double-act with his wife,...
Comedian and ‘Seinfeld’ actor Jerry Stiller dies at 92
Jewish actor and comedian Jerry Stiller has died at the age of 92, his son, actor and comedian Ben Stiller announced on Monday.
“I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from...
Sacha Baron Cohen slams social-media giants for hate speech on platforms
British Jewish actor Sacha Baron Cohen, upon accepting the Anti-Defamation League’s International Fellowship Award in New York City on Thursday, criticized social-media giants for allowing hate speech to flourish on their platforms.
He called the steps taken...
Episode in new Netflix series mocks diarist Anne Frank
The new Netflix series “Historical Roasts,” which mocks the young Jewish diarist Anne Frank, finds itself in the midst of a backlash.
One particular episode features actress Rachel Feinstein as Frank, Gilbert Gottfried as Adolf...
Mel Brooks: ‘Gas chambers’ off limits for comedy
Veteran Hollywood comedian Mel Brooks has said he can find comedy in almost everything, but that he would never use “gas chambers” or the death of the Jews in the Second World War for...