Jewish Comedy's Greatest Hits, 1990s Edition

[Ian David]

Jewish Comedy's Greatest Hits, 1990s

The following quotes were compiled by Arie Kaplan to accompany his articles
about Jewish humor in the 1990s. Reprinted with permission from Reform
Judaism magazine.

Richard Lewis
"My family wasn't very religious. On Hanukkah they had a menorah on a
dimmer."

Rita Rudner
"Why are women wearing perfumes that smell like flowers to attract men? Men
don't like flowers. I wear a scent called 'new-car interior.'"

David Steinberg
"Fortunately, my parents were intelligent, enlightened people. They accepted
me exactly for what I was: a punishment from God."

Jonathan Katz
"My dad called me up the other night, very excited. He said, 'Jonathan, when
I get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, I don't have to
turn on the light, the light goes on automatically. When I'm done, the light
goes off automatically.' I said, 'Dad, you're peeing in the fridge, and it's
got to stop.'"

Jerry Seinfeld
"I once had a leather jacket that got ruined in the rain. Why does moisture
ruin leather? Aren't cows outside a lot of the time?"

Gilbert Gottfried
"I went up to Jackie Kennedy at a party and figured I'd try to break the ice
by getting a little conversation going. So I said, 'Do you remember where
you were and what you were doing when you heard that Kennedy was shot?'"