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sitcom
CBS to adapt British sitcom about Jewish family
Jewish Journal
August 22, 2014
CBS will adapt a British sitcom called “Friday Night Dinner” about a Jewish family.
Must-see TV: Sitcoms, sex top Fall lineup
Jewish Journal
September 6, 2013
It’s September at last, when summer reruns and C-level realty shows cede their timeslots to returning favorites and new contenders. This fall’s offerings include Jewish connections galore, on and off camera; prolific producers J.J. Abrams, Jerry Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman are just a few of the series’ creators.
Yom HaAtzmaut special: California on Hebrew [VIDEO]
Jewish Journal
May 9, 2011
KassemJEW is on the streets of Westwood to talk to Angelenos about Israel Independence Day. Happy Yom Ha\’Atzmaut!
California on Purim [VIDEO]
Jewish Journal
March 16, 2011
KassemJEW on the streets for Purim. What do you know about Purim?
Enter Elijah, designated drinker
Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
April 4, 2008
Passover is a holiday near and dear to Marc Jaffe\’s heart. So when the \”Seinfeld\” and \”Mad About You\” writer went to a friend\’s house for a seder last year, he was let down when an Elijah\’s entrance gag bombed.
\”They shook the table. I thought, \’You gotta be kidding me,\’\” he said. \”You gotta have better effects than that.\”
You’re Lucky You’re Funny: How Life Becomes a Sitcom
Phil Rosenthal
October 19, 2006
The following excerpt is the prologue to \”You\’re Lucky You\’re Funny: How Life Becomes a Sitcom,\” (Viking, 2006) a memoir by Phil Rosenthal, creator and executive producer of \”Everybody Loves Raymond.\”
An Ode to Parents and Other Strangers
David Finnigan
September 15, 2005
When Paul Reiser co-created and starred in the 1990s hit sitcom, \”Mad About You,\” — about a secular Jew married to a Christian — he helped spur a new trend in TV comedy: the cute but neurotic Jewish leading man.
Spectator – How Sweet She Is
Naomi Pfefferman
June 16, 2005
At the beginning of her risqué comic monologue, \”Sugar Happens,\” Rachel Bailit struts onstage wearing a tight black corset, a skimpy skirt, garters, thigh-highs and an attitude.\n\n\”I know what you\’re thinking: Big boobs … big lips. Bimbo. Starlet. Slut,\” she says. \”But don\’t judge me; you don\’t really know me. I\’m just a nice Jewish girl from Needham, Mass.\”\n\nWhile laundering her costume at her rent-controlled Santa Monica apartment recently, the cheery actress says she intends her introduction to confront the bimbo stereotype and to declare, \”I\’m a lot more than that.\”
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