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An unmissable gift book, A Small Book of Jewish Comedians is a perfect (please God) post-pandemic pick-me-upA New York Times Book Review 2021 holiday gift guide pick In 1978, Time magazine estimated that around 80 percent of professional American comics were Jewish, and Jewish humor remains a foundation stone of American popular culture and humor. This book is not intended as a definitive tome but is instead a joyful and irreverent celebration of great photography and some of the greatest one-liners of the 20th century, ripe in satire, anecdote, self-deprecation and irony.
Featuring photographs of comedians such as Larry David, Fran Lebowitz, Mel Brooks, Sid Caesar, Lenny Bruce, Rita Rudner, Joan Rivers and George Burns, the book s portraits are accompanied by one-liners such as: Outside of a dog, a book is a man s best friend. Inside of a dog, it s too dark to read. (Groucho Marx); When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick. (George Burns); It was a Jewish porno film … one minute of sex and nine minutes of guilt. (Joan Rivers); You know who wears sunglasses inside? Blind people and assholes. (Larry David); I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel. (Fran Lebowitz).