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When Jews Were Funny

Item number (ISN):

573479

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

573479

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADA MEDIA FUND

Accession:

2018-0091

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

2013

Production company:

Master
Sudden Storm Entertainment
Funny Jews Inc.

Production credit:

director/scenario, Alan Zweig; producer, Jesse Ikeman, Jeff Glickman; executive producer, Perry Rosemond, Ted Fass; photography, Naomi Wise; editing, Randy Zimmer; sound editing, Elma Bello; music, Michael Zweig

Description:

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 documentary 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. <1h 28mn 50s>

Language:

English

Original number:

129664

Notes:

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1. Produced with the participation of the Canada Media Fund (CMF).~2. The subject description was sourced from the website of Sudden Storm Entertainment.~3. With closed captioning.~4. Date on cassette: 23 Sept 2013

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Vault ISN:

1115917

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

54213AV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

88:50

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Funny Jews Inc.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of copyright owner. No donor restrictions.

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