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An interview show celebrating Jewish contributors and contributions to American popular culture co-hosted by Jonathan Friedmann and Joey Angel-Field.
Amusing Jews
Amusing Jews
Ep. 61: Golden Age Film Composers – with musicologist Aaron Fruchtman
15 JUL 2024 · Aaron Fruchtman is a musicologist and composer whose work examines Jewish film composers during Hollywood’s Golden Age. He holds degrees in music composition from Berklee College of Music and the University of California, Riverside, and a doctorate in musicology from UC Riverside. He also earned an Advanced Studies Certificate in Music for Motion Pictures and Television from the University of Southern California.
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Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
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Aaron’s Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Fruchtman
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Sounding the Shofar in Hollywood Film Scores
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvbcd1px.14
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Projections of Musical Jewishness: Composers of Hollywood's Golden Age
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2500c312
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
Ep. 60: Jewish Comics Library of Seattle – with founder Jeff Treistman
8 JUL 2024 · Jeff Treistman is founder of the Jewish Comics Library of Seattle and the author and publisher of Graven, the library’s newsletter. He also has a Substack blog, Son of the Wicked Child.
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Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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JCLS Website
https://sites.google.com/view/jewish-comics-library/catalog?authuser=0
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JCLS Catalog
https://www.librarycat.org/lib/JCLS2023
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JCLS – GoFundMe
https://www.gofundme.com/f/jewish-comics-library-of-seattle-stimulus-package/donate?modal=share&source=btn_story_donate
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Graven
https://jewishcomicslibrary.substack.com/
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Son of the Wicked Child
https://jefftreistman.substack.com/
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
Ep. 59: Sounds Jewish – with radio host Andy Muchin
1 JUL 2024 · Andy Muchin is an occasional freelance writer and host of the Sounds Jewish radio show, which has aired weekly since 2010. Sounds Jewish is available on Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Radio-J.com, and PRX, the Public Radio Exchange.
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Sounds Jewish
https://exchange.prx.org/series/32262-sounds-jewish
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Some of Andy’s journalism
https://forward.com/authors/andrew-muchin/
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https://www.jta.org/author/andrew-muchin
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https://jewishjournal.com/author/andrew_muchin/
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/
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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
Ep. 58: True Love, Godspell, and Classic Comedy – with actor Jerry Sroka
24 JUN 2024 · Jerry Sroka is an actor, writer, and producer known for his roles in Godspell, Antz, The Wild Thornberrys, and many more. His latest film is Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story, co-written with and co-starring his wife, Mariette Hartley.
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Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Jerry’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0820293/
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Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story - website
https://ouralmostcompletelytruestory.com/
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Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story – trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfZhr78gRcI
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https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/
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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
Ep. 57: Mark Twain’s War Prayer – with graphic designer Seymour Chwast
17 JUN 2024 · Seymour Chwast is one of the most highly-regarded graphic designers in American history. In 1954, he founded the design group Push Pin Studios with Milton Glaser, Edward Sorel, and Reynold Ruffins. Seymour has executed hundreds of advertising campaigns, designed multiple popular typefaces, and illustrated numerous books. His new book, an illustrated adaptation of Mark Twain’s War Prayer, was just published by Fantagraphics.
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Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Seymour Chwast Archive
http://seymourchwastarchive.com/
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Push Pin Gallery
http://pushpininc.com/index.php
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Mark Twain’s War Prayer
https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/mark-twains-war-prayer
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Seymour Chwast – Offset 2012
https://vimeo.com/54076897
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
Ep. 56: Branding, Storytelling, and Last Action Hero – with creative marketer Jeffrey Braer
10 JUN 2024 · Jeffrey Braer is a creative marketer, media developer, and brander of food, themed entertainment, consumer products, and companies. His long list of brand partners includes Barbie, Apple’s Beats, ABC, Disney, Doritos, Sanrio, Amazon, Mattel, NBC, Universal, Toyota, Sony, UPN, Betty Crocker, McDonald’s, Good Humor, General Mills, Minute Maid, Coke, Smurfs, NASA/JPL, and many more.
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Jeffrey’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103774/
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Jeffrey as Skeezy in Last Action Hero (1993)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDxSHMlNnnc
Spiderman (2002) - Stuart Weitzman Billboard Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiaTyUcu5VM
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) - Hermes Purse scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzLjqgppMY
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Madagascar - Universal Studios Singapore – Jeffrey helped develop this rideÂ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw4uR30wbDI
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/
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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
Ep. 55: Live at Mister Kelly’s – with documentarian Theodore Bogosian
3 JUN 2024 · Theodore Bogosian is an award-winning independent filmmaker and television producer who’s been directing, producing, and writing long-form documentaries for PBS, the New York Times, Discovery, and other networks since 1978. His latest documentary, Live at Mister Kelly’s, about the famous Chicago nightclub, is a collaboration with David Marienthal, the son of Mister Kelly’s co-founder, George Marienthal.
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Theodore’s website
https://theodorebogosian.com/
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Live at Mister Kelly’s – trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ4pOmvWH30
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Live at Mister Kelly’s – website
https://www.misterkellyschicago.com/
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Archives of Mister Kelly’s – The Newberry
https://www.newberry.org/news/archives-of-mister-kellys-iconic-chicago-nightclub-to-be-preserved-at-the-newberry
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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
Ep. 54: The Marx Brothers & Salvador Dalà – with author Josh Frank
27 MAY 2024 · Josh Frank is the author of Fool The World: The Oral HisÂtoÂry of the Band Called PixÂies, In HeavÂen EveryÂthing Is Fine: The Unsolved Life of Peter Ivers, The Good Inn, a novel co-written with Pixies’ frontman Black Francis, and Giraffes on HorseÂback SalÂad, a graphic novel adaptation of an unmade Marx Brothers movie penned by Salvador DalÃ. He also built, owns, and operÂates the Blue StarÂlite Mini Urban DriÂve-In movie theÂatre in Austin, Texas.
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Giraffes on Horseback Salad
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539900/giraffes-on-horseback-salad-by-josh-frank-adapted-with-tim-heidecker-illustrated-by-manuela-pertega/
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Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In
https://www.bluestarlitedrivein.com/
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Ep. 53: Making the Golden Girls Sparkle – with screenwriter Stan Zimmerman
20 MAY 2024 · Stan Zimmerman is a writer, producer, and director best known for his writing on The Golden Girls, Roseanne, and The Gilmore Girls. Stan wrote for both Brady Bunch movies, co-created the Lifetime sitcom Rita Rocks, and has written and directed a variety of theater productions. He also has a new memoir, The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore.
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Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Stan’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956785/
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Stan’s website
https://www.zimmermanstan.com/
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The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Girls/Stan-Zimmerman/9781954676619
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Ep. 52: You Can’t Teach Funny – with comedic actor Jason Kravits
13 MAY 2024 · Jason Kravits is an actor and writer whose credits include The Practice, Law & Order, Everybody Loves Raymond, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, The Goldbergs, and many more. An Accomplished voice actor, he can be heard as Michael Bloomberg and Alan Dershowitz in the political satire series Our Cartoon President, among other animated projects.
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Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
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Jason’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006463/
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Jason’s YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/@Kravits5678
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Sinatra’s Drummer Boy (Behind the Scenes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eCjf9Q9f1I
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Jason on Curb Your Enthusiasm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHm28NKfMDI
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Jason as Michael Bloomberg – Our Cartoon President
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSsRQ4UB1RY
Off the Top!
https://www.offthetop.nyc/Â
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An interview show celebrating Jewish contributors and contributions to American popular culture co-hosted by Jonathan Friedmann and Joey Angel-Field.
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