On the surface, a movie about a New York radio sportscaster might seem a niche project of limited appeal. But Marty Glickman was no ordinary play-by-play announcer, and the documentary “Glickman” is much more than a sports biography. Lovingly made by first-time writer-director James L. Freedman, who worked for Glickman as a teenager, the film is a tribute to a genuine Jewish hero.
For Jews who are not necessarily Israel Firsters, she carries some positives and negatives. Positives: she is a crusader for good government and a fiscal conservative. She is smart and successful and patriotic. Jews like all these things.
Irv Kaze, a KRLA Sportscaster and longtime sports executive, died suddenly from a heart attack Saturday, June 29, at the age of 75.
When \”Inside Schwartz\” creator Stephen Engel was in college, dating was relatively easy. He\’d meet a girl in class, hang out — and presto! — he had a girlfriend.\n\nBut when Engel\’s college flame dumped him when he was 25, the Jewish writer entered alien territory: the singles scene. \”I didn\’t have a lot of experience formally calling women and asking them out,\” he says. \”I\’d never been \’fixed up.\’ I\’d never been on a blind date. I had some horrific experiences.\”
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