Borsht-Belt Comedians

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My all-time favorite Henny Youngman joke: "I buy my mother-in-law all the latest electic machines and devices for her kitchen. You know: electric range, electric dishwashwer, super-size electric refrigerator. Then she complains she's got no room to sit down. So I buy her an electric chair."

They don’t make ‘em like Henny Youngman no more Borsht-belt comedians, vaudevillians before Delivered punch lines one after another and another Rat-a-tat-tat-touille ~ their tongues just like rubber

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Oliver Mckeithan

Date: 5/14/2025 2:23:00 PM

I remember Henny, and Rodney. Great one liner comedians. Masters of the pun and wit

David Crandall

Date: 5/9/2025 6:11:00 PM

Oh yeah, I remember Henny Youngman. Rodney Dangerfield kind of reminds me of him.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 5/9/2025 9:32:00 AM

A fine tribute to that lost type of humor, Gershon…

Daniel Henry Rodgers

Date: 5/9/2025 7:54:00 AM

Hello Gershon, your tribute....with the quick wit and rhythm of those legendary Borscht Belt comedians like Henny Youngman, whose rapid-fire punch lines and rubbery tongues kept audiences roaring. O' that vanished era’s charm and sharp humor and how those masters shaped comedy with relentless energy and timeless laughs. Spring Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/9/2025 7:17:00 AM

Cute one, Gershon!

John Lawless

Date: 5/9/2025 5:07:00 AM

...take my wife...PLEASE

Gershon Wolf
Date: 5/9/2025 4:16:00 PM

Consider her taken, John. LOL. ~ ICE Deportation Team

Heidi Sands

Date: 5/9/2025 3:43:00 AM

Lol. That is great Gershon. Yes so much has changed too :)