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| Arab humorists? Baddump-bump! |
| 2002-08-12 |
Judith Weiss, writing in Kesher Talk (that link is hosed, so you'll have to scroll down to find it), touches on Arab humorists...So while "Jewish comic" is practically a redundancy, "Muslim comic" is an oxymoron. Well, not quite. There are Muslim comics (all American or Canadian, of course), and in the months following 9-11 they got together with Jewish comics and did some shows. Not only that, they seem to have adopted "the same vein of nebbishy, underdog humor that became the trademark of Woody Allen and his imitators."Somehow I just can't quite imagine... Mahmoud bin Shekky? But maybe I can... "Salaam aleikum, ladies and germs. I just flew in from the Gulf and, boy, are my arms tired... My feet are tired, too. I had to cross the Iraqi no-fly zone... My third wife was stopped on the way home from the beauty parlor by the religious police because she dropped her veil. They flogged the staff of the beauty shop... My cousin, Hassan? The one who couldn't get a job? He finally found work. He plays the antiaircraft gun in an Afghan wedding band... We had my cousin Ahmed over the other night. He ate all the goat we had. He leans back and he sez, 'Boy! If I eat another bite, I'm gonna explode.' We called out for more goat and sent him to a disco in Tel Aviv... I know you're out there, I can hear you breathing. Maybe I can't. Is it a gas attack?..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 It's a bit late, but here's your link: http://www.hfienberg.com/kesher/2002_08_11_kesher_archive.html#85344788 Judith |
| Posted by: Yehudit 2002-08-25 21:14:14 |
| #4 Fred, you have a great future as court jester to Osama. One of your fondest dreams I'm sure. I emailed Howard at Kesher Talk about the missing link (which would be an archive by now) - I hope to get you a working link soon. -- Judith |
| Posted by: Yehudit 2002-08-13 15:30:49 |
| #3 How about a nice Muslim wine? "I wanna go to Mecca!" |
| Posted by: Mike Cakora 2002-08-12 18:18:36 |
| #2 Fred, ROFL! I'd buy a ticket to hear you, Abdul! And not bad, Anonymous. You guys should never get day jobs! |
| Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro 2002-08-12 16:20:05 |
| #1 "Take my wives... please!" |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-08-12 12:51:24 |