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Life Yid Vid: Sarah Silverman for the Writers
Beth of Jewlicious thinks this video just goes to show that Sarah Silverman’s “a moron.” I disagree. I think she actually makes the writers’ case pretty well, albeit in her typical comic faux-moron fashion. Read the comments on the Jewlicious post for a lively debate about whether Silverman is funny or just vulgar. (I say:…
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Culture Yid Vid: A Marxist Take on the Writers’ Strike
Groucho not Karl. Hat tip: Jewschool.
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Life Yid Vid: Jerry Seinfeld vs. Larry King
Which is more obnoxious: Larry King’s refusal to prepare for interviews or Jerry Seinfeld’s thin skin?
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News Yid Vid: She’s Got a Crush on Ann Coulter
Leah Kauffman, the singer-songwriter behind the “Obama Girl” video, has a new crush: Ann Coulter. Two differences between her “Obama Girl” video and her latest work: This time around, rather than using a lip-syncing model, Kaufman’s in front of the camera and she’s clearly only tongue-in-cheek in her affection for Coulter (a la Andy Samberg’s…
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Culture Yid Vid: Arlen Specter, Funnyman
The Chicago Tribune’s Josh Drobnyk has the story: Arlen Specter, the 77-year-old Pennsylvania senator and former Philadelphia district attorney, doesn’t exactly exude humor. But apparently he’s got a knack for stand-up comedy. The five-term senator won second place in the annual D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity contest last night, finishing behind an editor for the satirical newspaper…
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Life Yid Vid: His Socalled Video
Hip-hop-and-Yiddish fusionist Socalled’s new video for his song ” You Are Never Alone” is really, really weird (and actually kind of gross). But it’s also proven to be really, really popular: In the past nine days, it has been viewed a staggering 666,496 times on YouTube: The Montreal-based Socalled (aka Josh Dolgin) makes some amazingly…
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Life Yid Vid: Andy Samberg Hearts Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Of course, Andy Samberg is just joking. Others are more serious in their infatuation with Ahmadinejad. For instance, “sallykohn” recently wrote a diary entry on Daily Kos titled “Why I Have A Little Crush on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.” She wrote: I want to be very clear. There are certainly many things about Ahmadinejad that I abhor…
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