Music : You Don't Have To Be Jewish / When You're In Love The Whole World Is Jewish (1966 Studio Cast)
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0081227108427
Format: Cast Recording
Label: Rhino / Wea
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Rhino / Wea
Release Date: October 13, 1992
Sales Rank: 49643
Studio: Rhino / Wea
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My family had this album when I was a child, we loved and knew them all, especially side 2. My favorite was the Ballad of Irving. My brother gave me a copy and we played it in the car and the kids laughed as did my older friend who is also Jewish and had never heard it before. It is great to share this piece of my past that I thought was lost with my kids! I hadn't heard the pieces in over 30 years and I could still sing right along! Great nostalgic piece!
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Wonderful, clean, family-safe humor of the old classical style.
A bit dated, but it still holds up very, very well.
One needs a pretty good understanding of American Jewish culture to fully get into it, though; otherwise, you will find it rather boring, like being invited to a friend's family dinner in which they talk only in in-jokes and family code all night.
But for those in-the-know, this is great, classic humor.
Thankfully I've had enough Jewish friends and been around Jewish culture that I get most of it - not quite all of it, not in the same way that a person who truly lives in that culture would get it, but I get most of it. And even as a gentile, I find it hilarious. Had I not had the experience of years in NYC and working with many wonderful Jewish people, though, I think I'd be rather lost in this.
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In the sixties I had a close friend, now deceased, who wrote a song he called, When You're in Love the Whole World is Jewish. He was not Jewish but he was a New Yorker, which, I guess, is close. Anyway, the song became the title of this first revue on discs, so you never know do you? The irony is that the composer's name was Mark Bucci, a brilliant opera composer, and I didn't know if anyone was aware of that. I would love a copy, but I sure won't spend eighty bucks for it. Jeeeeez
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This stuff was a powerful oasis in my youth. It was an unusual childhood, I can now say with ease and without regret. I bought every LP Allan Sherman made and knew all his songs by heart.
My first exposure to this collection was in a 1968 Lincoln Mark III that belonged to my father's attorney. He'd drive the big car to our house, and into it my father and I would climb to listen to this marvelous humor come from the in-dash 8-track player. In the tight interior of the Lincoln, all the laughter was quite concentrated. It must have penetrated me indelibly, because this disc still does the trick, even though I know what's coming.
The charm of this work is manifold. All the players have got their voices finely honed for the material. The humor is sweet and simple. It pokes, of course, but gently and with heart, reminding me of a culture that's now almost gone. I miss them deeply.
Each selection is introduced by the late Frank Gallop, whose excellent diction lends a contrasting touch of delightful stuffiness, perhaps a certain WASP-ish dignity to the show. Gallop also performs on some selections.
There are so many reviews here with very worthwhile comments, and I was delighted to read them all. But the main thing with this disc is to put it on and allow yourself to float in its warmth and love. Those are the essence of this production, which was purely a labor of love from a period when there was magic in the air.
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The humor is dated, and the delivery is slow. Picture a geriatric Laugh-In. Most of the jokes are so old that you already know the punch lines. I really didn't get my money's worth.
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