Philadelphia-Born Larry Fine teams up with three Brooklyn brothers to create a classic comedy team. By Len Canter Could a nice, talented (a trained classical violinist) Jewish kid, indeed a favorite son of the City of Brotherly Love, become the raucous middleman of one of the legendary, and violent, comedy acts of all time? Why [...]
David Waldman owner of the UBER-delicious Rojo’s Roastery is seen here holding (and reading) the NEW copy of Chutzpah
Woody Allen Roseanne Barr Milton Berle Lenny Bruce Richard Cheese Myron Cohen Don Rickles Robert Klein Jerry Lewis in The Bellboy Richard Lewis Jackie Mason The Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera Mort Sahl Adam Sandler Jon Stewart Mel Brooks Jack Benny Sid Caesar Mel Brooks Ali G Billy Crystal Joan Rivers Rodney [...]
Listen To These Sounds Of Summer
Regarded as the founding father of Rock & Roll, Doc Pomus wrote nearly 500 songs for artists such as Ray Charles and B.B. King. Pomus has been elected to the Rock & Roll, Songwriters, and Blues Hall of Fame. Check out these classics: Little Sister by Elvis Presley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBS2NcFJBaE Save The Last Dance For Me [...]
The game of basketball was invented in 1891 by a minister, James Naismith, who believed that it would promote “muscular Christianity.” That game would be unrecognizable today with its peach baskets, players passing the ball but never dribbling (a minor adjustment never envisioned by Naismith) and final scores like 5-4. It wasn’t until Jewish immigrants [...]
You say macaron, I say macaroon
If you live in NYC you had the opportunity to taste a French macaron (as they say it) free on French Macaron Day, initiated here on Sunday March 20 by Francois Payard, one of the foremost émigré chocolatiers from the motherland. In a world where a single one of these cookies costs between $2 and [...]
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