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Q&A with Nikki Levy
Ryan Torok
September 27, 2012
“Don’t Tell My Mother!” creator Nikki Levy is a producer at 20th Century Fox who grew up in a Jewish household in New York — with a stereotypical Jewish mother. During a series of interviews, she described how, for her, the show’s best stories are wild without being mean-spirited, salacious but still enlightening. The following is an edited and condensed version of those interviews.
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.\”
How to Get Jews on TV
Naomi Pfefferman
March 24, 2005
Rosenstock is one of six Jewish screenwriters who will appear on a panel to discuss how Judaism affects their work as part of The Jewish Screenwriter Speakers Series on March 29 and May 3 at B\’nai David-Judea.
Life After ‘Sex’
Amy Klein
September 11, 2003
\”I would prefer to marry someone who\’s Jewish,\” Cindy Chupack said, because most Jews have a \”built-in sense of humor, just because we\’ve had to develop one; it\’s one of our survival instincts or something.\” She finds humor really sexy, and likes Jewish family values, \”but we haven\’t cornered the market on that,\” she said.
A Graceless Will?
Keren Engelberg
December 19, 2002
Is Jewish the new gay? That\’s how it\’s looking this season on NBC\’s \”Will and Grace.\”
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