<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;ANDY LEVY, MAURA QUINT &amp; CHARLES STAR return for a latke contest and a little HANUKKAH ON RYE (&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22307422/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;2022&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;) but first...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Everyone is being disrespectful to the story of Hanukkah.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THEME:&lt;/strong&gt; "&lt;a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Fuck-You-Dont-Like-Christmas/dp/B004BF78WI" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas&lt;/a&gt;," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PART ONE&lt;span class= "Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Minyan introductions … Jewish menu check … Podcast Goy … Hallmark Hanukkah History … Jewishness at 11.5, for future museums … Instant Bubbe, chocolate syrup … "Hollywood" … Peter DeLuise, James Caan Rule … Pandering, mockery, Batman … Dissociation, grandparental Jewishness…&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PART TWO&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span class= "Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cast Rundown&lt;/strong&gt; ... &lt;strong&gt;The Expositional Challenge:&lt;/strong&gt; You've Got Mail Crossing Delancey ... &lt;strong&gt;Plot Mop-Up:&lt;/strong&gt; Lisa Loeb and Hanukkah songs; the actual plot; the Battle of the Bubbes … &lt;strong&gt;Spot the Angel:&lt;/strong&gt; Mrs. Mizansky; Perd Hapley, Kermit doorman … John Wick…&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PART THREE&lt;span class= "Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eat Your Heart Out:&lt;/strong&gt; The Great Yiddish Bake Off; all Jewish food; teeming latkes; sufganiyot again; donut grievances; the Jewish Hidden Valley; egg cream; wax catharsis; corned beef sample, sad lox; rotating deli glamour shots; CGI; not kosher; "Gilberts"; rancid takeout swans; match game: food; concentration…&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PART FOUR&lt;span class= "Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hallmark Expanded Universe:&lt;/strong&gt; "Earth Jew" … &lt;strong&gt;Overdetermined:&lt;/strong&gt; "Fiddler on the what?"; East coast culture snobbery … &lt;strong&gt;Crossover:&lt;/strong&gt; Marvel, Candyman, Dr. Sleep, Harry Met Sally orgasm deli … &lt;strong&gt;The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test:&lt;/strong&gt; The Bubbes, potato lip…&lt;span class= "Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PART FIVE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who's the Real Villain:&lt;/strong&gt; Not making grandkids; NYC commercial real estate; no villains … Cloned bubbes, uncomfortable cousin vibes … &lt;strong&gt;Title/Sequel&lt;/strong&gt; … &lt;strong&gt;Rating:&lt;/strong&gt; 3.5 … Constant deceit, prayer … No to Andie MacDowell … Pokemonides…&lt;span class= "Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PART SIX&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Leftovers:&lt;/strong&gt; Electric menorah … Chekhov's seltzer gun … Grabbing pennies, generous tip …. &lt;strong&gt;IMDB Dive:&lt;/strong&gt; Angela Narth Appreciation Station … Day drunk … SO not NYC, SO not heterosexual … DNA testing: No! … Why we do what we do … Andy's Stuff: Gay as hell, LA coding, waxpertise, Kyrie's Seamless order, Hanukkah's for children … Angry fasting movies! … Plugs! ... Merry Christmas!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;All other music by Chris Collingwood of &lt;a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Look-Park/dp/B01DQ0T5J2/ref=ice_ac_b_dpb?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1512608928&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Look+Park" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Look Park&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=fountains+of+wayne&amp;rh=i:aps,k:fountains+of+wayne" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Fountains of Wayne&lt;/a&gt;, except: "Schlep the Halls with Loaves of Challah," by The Three Weissmen and "(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica," by Tom Lehrer.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That Slate article:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "https://slate.com/culture/2022/12/best-podcasts-2022-chat-comedy-history-politics.html"&gt; LINK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bluesky Links:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/andylevy.net" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Andy&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Charles&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Dave&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/mobute.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Jeb&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/mauraquint.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Maura&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

It's Christmastown

Vigorous Marvin

141 - The Great Yiddish Bake Off

NOV 7, 202596 MIN
It's Christmastown

141 - The Great Yiddish Bake Off

NOV 7, 202596 MIN

Description

ANDY LEVY, MAURA QUINT & CHARLES STAR return for a latke contest and a little HANUKKAH ON RYE (2022) but first...

Everyone is being disrespectful to the story of Hanukkah.

THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather

PART ONE

Minyan introductions … Jewish menu check … Podcast Goy … Hallmark Hanukkah History … Jewishness at 11.5, for future museums … Instant Bubbe, chocolate syrup … "Hollywood" … Peter DeLuise, James Caan Rule … Pandering, mockery, Batman … Dissociation, grandparental Jewishness…

PART TWO

Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge: You've Got Mail Crossing Delancey ... Plot Mop-Up: Lisa Loeb and Hanukkah songs; the actual plot; the Battle of the Bubbes … Spot the Angel: Mrs. Mizansky; Perd Hapley, Kermit doorman … John Wick…

PART THREE

Eat Your Heart Out: The Great Yiddish Bake Off; all Jewish food; teeming latkes; sufganiyot again; donut grievances; the Jewish Hidden Valley; egg cream; wax catharsis; corned beef sample, sad lox; rotating deli glamour shots; CGI; not kosher; "Gilberts"; rancid takeout swans; match game: food; concentration…

PART FOUR

Hallmark Expanded Universe: "Earth Jew" … Overdetermined: "Fiddler on the what?"; East coast culture snobbery … Crossover: Marvel, Candyman, Dr. Sleep, Harry Met Sally orgasm deli … The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: The Bubbes, potato lip…

PART FIVE

Who's the Real Villain: Not making grandkids; NYC commercial real estate; no villains … Cloned bubbes, uncomfortable cousin vibes … Title/Sequel … Rating: 3.5 … Constant deceit, prayer … No to Andie MacDowell … Pokemonides…

PART SIX

The Leftovers: Electric menorah … Chekhov's seltzer gun … Grabbing pennies, generous tip …. IMDB Dive: Angela Narth Appreciation Station … Day drunk … SO not NYC, SO not heterosexual … DNA testing: No! … Why we do what we do … Andy's Stuff: Gay as hell, LA coding, waxpertise, Kyrie's Seamless order, Hanukkah's for children … Angry fasting movies! … Plugs! ... Merry Christmas!

All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Schlep the Halls with Loaves of Challah," by The Three Weissmen and "(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica," by Tom Lehrer.

That Slate article: LINK

Bluesky Links: Andy - Charles - Dave - Jeb - Maura