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The Schmooze Rick Sanchez To Launch Talk Show
Former news anchor Rick Sanchez, who was fired by CNN last fall after implying that Jews control the media, has completed the next step of his professional comeback. The ex-cable host is developing a syndicated talk show that will shoot in Florida, TVNewser reports. The program will be shot in both English and Spanish, and…
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The Schmooze Larry David on How to Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Courtesy of HBO The more Larry David pushes the envelope, the more his fans love him — and the more fans he seems to attract. That could help to explain the ratings bump for the July 24 installment of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” in which David mines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for laughs. The episode, the highest-rated…
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The Schmooze Scandal at ‘Israeli Idol’ Raises Ratings Overnight
Crossposted From Haaretz “A Star Is Born,” Israel’s version of the hit TV show “American Idol,” has found itself at the center of a scandal over voting as its ninth season comes to a close — and its popularity has increased overnight. Tamar Yahalomi, a 17-year-old contestant with a sweet voice and an agreeable disposition,…
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The Schmooze How Larry David Creates a Jewish Universe All His Own
Jessica Miglio/HBO Larry David is a clown. Or the last schlemiel who found a way to make Jews the uncomfortable outsiders again. Or a man whose “imbricated” sense of humor “challenges essentialist categories of comic performance,” as well as the tenets of Judaism and Christianity. (By the way, I agree with that take.) And the…
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The Schmooze High School From Hell
Crossposted from Haaretz It is impossible not to have a certain reaction while standing at the entrance to the school where the Israeli comedy series “The Most Beautiful Years” is being shot. True, this is an abandoned school in Azur that was rented for the filming, and production people are running around feverishly moving decidedly…
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The Schmooze David Duchovny’s Hot (Hebrew) Cable Commercial
David Duchovny doesn’t appear to know Hebrew, which is part of what’s amusing about the actor’s latest TV commercial. The “Californication” star is now appearing on Israeli television in ads for Hot, one of the country’s major cable providers. The commercial, which appears to have been filmed in Tel Aviv, begins with Duchovny missing an…
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The Schmooze For ‘Royal Pains’ Star Mark Feuerstein, the Next Best Thing to Being a Doctor Is Playing One on TV
Courtesy of USA Network Mark Feuerstein did something he knew would thrill his, and every other, Jewish mother. Though lacking any aptitude for biology, Feuerstein became a doctor. Three times. Circuitously. “The only way I could find a way to a respectable profession was to come to an unrespectable one,” he said. By “unrespectable” he…
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The Schmooze My Call From Columbo
On June 14, 1997, I was assembling the Summer issue of The Columbo Newsletter when the phone rang. “Sheldon?” an extremely recognizable gravelly voice rumbled over the line. “This is Peter Falk.” I was surprised, but not shocked. I had written to Falk — who died June 23 at age 83 — to pose a…
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