You Don'tHave to Be Jewish
36 sketches Old Time Comedy Radio Plays
Audio CD

Runtime: Approx. 70 Minutes 
 

Of all the comedy albums produced in the era of LP records, our favorite has always been You Don't Have to be Jewish. The album is a collection of blackout bits and extended one-liners which poked fun at the absurdities of American Jewish culture. 

It was recorded in a studio with a live audience in attendance, as a cast of actors performed scripted material much in the manner of a radio play. 

Comedy writers Bob Booker and George Foster had the good judgment to assemble a superb cast for this recording, and they transform what could have been ordinary Catskill shtick into something memorable.

The performers include Lou Jacobi, Jack Gilford, Betty Walker and Arlene Golonka, and their expert timing and feel for their characters is impeccable. You Don't Have To Be Jewish is a fine sampling of classic Borscht Belt humor performed by a top-notch cast. 

Actors / voices

Bob Booker; George Foster; Arlene Golonka; Betty Walker; Bob McFadden; Frank Gallop; Jack Gilford; Jackie Kannon; Joe Silver; Lou Jacobi

Recorded 1965

You Don't Have To Be Jewish

  1. A Call from Long Island - Betty Walker; Arlene Golonka
  2. Home From The Office - Lou Jacobi; Betty Walker
  3. The Reading Of The Will - Jack Gilford; Lou Jacobi; Jackie Kannon; Arlene Golonka; Betty Walker
  4. The Diamond - Arlene Golonka; Betty Walker
  5. Quickies: The Astronaut / The School / The Confession - Jack Gilford; Betty Walker; Bob McFadden; Arlene Golonka; Jackie Kannon; Lou Jacobi
  6. The Jury - Frank Gallop; Lou Jacobi; Arlene Golonka; Betty Walker
  7. The Presidents - Joe Silver; Bob McFadden; Jack Gilford
  8. The Cocktail Party - Frank Gallop; Lou Jacobi
  9. Final Discussion - Lou Jacobi; Betty Walker
  10. More Quickies: Cry For Help / Panic / Two Husbands - Lou Jacobi; Betty Walker; Frank Gallop; Jackie Kannon
  11. The Convicts - Bob McFadden; Jackie Kannon; Joe Silver; Jack Gilford
  12. The Housewarming - Arlene Golonka; Jack Gilford; Betty Walker
  13. The Luncheon - Arlene Golonka; Betty Walker
  14. Still More Quickies: The Storm / The Newspaper Reporter / The Home Remedy - Jack Gilford; Lou Jacobi; Jackie Kannon; Frank Gallop; Betty Walker
  15. Conversation In The Hotel Lobby - Lou Jacobi; Betty Walker
  16. The Agony And The Ecstasy - Betty Walker; Arlene Golonka
  17. My Son, The Captain - Jackie Kannon; Lou Jacobi; Betty Walker
  18. Secret Agent, James Bondstein - Frank Gallop; Jack Gilford; Lou Jacobi; Joe Silver; Betty Walker; Jackie Kannon
  19. Enough Already With The Quickies: Dinner / The Elevator / Classified Ad, Israeli Style - Betty Walker; Jackie Kannon; Arlene Golonka; Jack Gilford
  20. Goldstein - Joe Silver; Jack Gilford; Frank Gallop

 

When You're in Love the Whole World Is Jewish

  1. Would you Believe It
  2. The Hobby
  3. My Husband the Monster
  4. The Ballad of Irving
  5. The Shoe Repair Shop
  6. Divorce Kosher Style
  7. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
  8. Things Might Have been different.
  9. A call from Greenwich Village
  10. The Bank Robbery
  11. Discussion in the airplane
  12. Miami Beach
  13. Schtick
  14. The Kidnapping
  15. The Bar Mitzvah
  16. When you in Love



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