Old Is the New Young
By Dan Friedman February 4, 2009
What happens when the Apple advert aesthetic hits a bunch of white-haired Jews with jokes? Pretty much this.
The editor’s knife is so much kinder than the plastic surgeon’s. These short, funny pieces make you want to have Sam Hoffman (the director and editor) around to edit your parents friends after-dinner stories down to a minute each.
Here’s a sample:
And another:
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