Mark Schiff
Mark Schiff is a comedian, actor and writer, and host of the 'You Don't Know Schiff' podcast.
Q&A with writer-director Judd Apatow
August 17, 2007
The Journal recently caught up with Judd Apatow to talk about filmmaking, the plethora of Jewish characters in his films and working with his family in \”Knocked Up.\”
Traveling with my father
September 21, 2006
My dad loved my act. He thought I was the funniest person in the world.
Something to Laugh About
November 15, 2001
\”The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America\” by Lawrence J. Epstein (Public Affairs, $27.50).
\”I\’ll tell you. I don\’t get no respect. My mother stopped breast-feeding me as a kid. She told me she liked me like a friend.\” (Rodney Dangerfield)
For as long as I\’ve been a comedian, I\’ve been asked two questions over and over:
Why are there so many Jewish comedians? And why do you think Jews are so funny?
In
Rest in Peace
November 30, 2000
Whenever a wife says \”When you get a minute,\” it means it should have been done an hour ago, and if you don\’t do it now, there will be hell to pay.
I Used to Have a Life
September 14, 2000
What have I gotten myself into? I used to have such an exciting life.
The Nineteen Boxes
May 11, 2000
My mother died July 9,1999. I remember coming home that Friday afternoon from picking up Shabbat flowers.
Purim All Year
March 16, 2000
A year after my father\’s unexpected death from a kidney transplant, I returned home.
Six months earlier, my mother had sold our house, the one I had lived in my entire life. The synagogue was the same. The family was the same. Their friends were the same.
[authorpage]