Talk:Henny Youngman

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Contents 1 Goodfellas 2 Jewish heritage 3 Henny's "Judaism" 4 Citation for Gore Gore Girls 5 Fly in soup

[edit] Goodfellas

there was a comedian in Goodfellas, who was shown holding a violin, and using the jokes mentioned in the article. Is this supposed to be Goodman??--Macca7174 21:01, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

According to IMDB, Youngman played himself in that movie. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.252.164.90 (talk) 11:07, 9 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Jewish heritage

" with a number of other New York comedians of the mid-20th Century, Youngman’s Jewish heritage led him to fit the profile of many comedians who treat their profession as a working job, one where it is difficult to make a living and getting paid for their work was all-important. In numerous interviews, Youngman’s advice to other entertainers was to “get the money.”"

I'm not sure how I feel about this paragraph. It's difficult to understand, but the implication appears to be that Youngman's Jewish heritage led him to focus on "getting the money." I am inclined to find this at least mildly offensive. Anyone want to take a crack at rephrasing this before I delete it as irrelevant and incomprehensible? Dslawe 18:16, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

While you may find it offensive, the line "Get The Money" was pure Henny. He used that statement of work consistently over his entire career. Measl 01:57, 22 May 2008 (CDT)

Lemme see...You are 'inclined to find' this offensive...wow...really... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.127.163.141 (talk) 19:31, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Henny's "Judaism"

While Sadie was truly a practicing Jew, Henny was widely known to be almost anti-religious in private. His belated Bar Mitzvah was undertaken entirely as a publicity stunt, in an attempt to use the ceremony to obtain wide ranging news coverage (this is fist hand personal knowledge, as I was part of the project).

Henny did assert his Jewish ancestry in public, but in private he was far less than "assertive" - at best, he was dismissive. How does this, or should this affect Henny's association with Judaism? I cannot say myself, but I think it should be discussed here prior to having this entry made part of the formal Judaism "collection".

Well, Henny undertook a *massive* advertising campaign on three separate occasions over 15 years to "celebrate" a "belated Bar Mitzvah". Each of these occurred during unusually slow periods in Youngman's bookings. He used his ancestry as a highly visible stage prop for close to 50 years, and is widely believed to have been a active and pious Jew. This is clearly a significant part of Youngman's life (albeit for all the wrong reasons), and he is in fact a "very famous Jew". How does that sit? Entered by Measl 01:57, 22 May 2008 (CDT)

[edit] Citation for Gore Gore Girls

On the commentary track for this film, director Herschell Gordon Lewis made the claim that Youngman denied being in the film. How would one cite a commentary track?Anonymoustom 06:05, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fly in soup

Wasn't he also associated with "Waiter, there's a fly in my soup" jokes? AnonMoos 20:10, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes. Measl 01:57, 22 May 2008 (CDT)