Posted on 07/24/2021 6:54:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Hey, he made it to 93.
He’s still laughing at us.
RIP
RIP, Jackie. A funny man he was.
A funny,funny guy!
I guess. It’s not derogatory, though. Just descriptive.
I suppose it’s a context thing.
“Friend” can be fighting words if said just so.
I knew a lot of Jewish kids growing up, and many of their parents, and I can think of exactly one that was loud and obnoxious. And he really was loud and obnoxious, he was a (slightly) famous physics professor at the university I attended, but I knew him from childhood.
A non-practicing Jew originally from NYC, he was a vehement, outspoken, completely intolerant atheist. A childhood friend told me (at his funeral) a story about how he was at their house for dinner one night with his family (he and my friend's father were friends from way back) and this guy started daring G-d to strike him dead while he said G-damn over and over. This is in front of the kids, everyone, at the dinner table. My friend's father finally shushed him, but the whole thing must have been incredibly obnoxious and unsettling.
I don't have to tell you where on the political spectrum this professor was located.
Anyway, he was the only one. Most of my Jewish friends were professors, or engineers. They were quiet, studious, sincere, and all men I looked up to and admired. Even the professor I mentioned above, who when I was in fifth grade asked me a question that — because it was very hard to answer — literally set me on my path in life, which continues to this day.
Schvartze
He was a very funny man.
RIP, Jackie.
Those were the days!
Yes indeed they were.
You can’t live or work in/near NYC and not pick up strong elements of the culture even if you’re a Christian (like me). I tried to get whitefish salad once in New England - they made it out of cod, and put tobacco sauce and capers in it. It was criminal. Then an employer outside of the tristate area seemed to not take Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur into account and I almost flipped. Finally, I was on a call with people from the Midwest and said “oy vey” and had to explain it.
I didn’t say it was a valid stereotype.
It’s just what it is.
I did not get the Jewish-Gentile subtext in Caddyshack, but I admit to not having watched the movie all the way through. When it came out, I was a bit too old for it I guess. I've only watched the "making of" documentary about it.
Yes, it comes from the German word for black: schwarz.
I take it that you are under the age of 20, or have spent most of your life in the Outback of Australia?
Regards,
RIP
Anyone who can make “Caddyshack 2” watchable is a talent.
93. RIP to one of the good ones.
Talented. Relevant. On target. I’m a long time fan.
Remember him on Sullivan, so long ago. A good man and a funny guy. May he Rest in Peace.
Anyway, he was the only one. Most of my Jewish friends were professors, or engineers. They were quiet, studious, sincere, and all men I looked up to and admired. Even the professor I mentioned above, who when I was in fifth grade asked me a question that — because it was very hard to answer — literally set me on my path in life, which continues to this day.
It is such comments that make me wish more Freepers had invested in an “about page” for further explanation of their path in life.
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