Film

When Jews Were Funny

2013 · 1h 29m · Documentary

IMDb

6.0

Rotten Tomatoes

71%

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.

Shecky Greene

Howie Mandel

Shelley Berman

Norm Crosby

Jack Carter

David Steinberg

Andy Kindler

Himself

Elon Gold

Gilbert Gottfried

Bob Einstein

Judy Gold

Marc Maron

Himself

Eugene Mirman

Himself

David Brenner

Himself

• Alan ZweigDirector · Screenplay

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Release date

November 14, 2013

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

18A

Genres

Documentary