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If it's not the Bible Belt and it's not the Rust Belt It must be the Borscht Belt Henny Youngman was the quintessential Borscht Belt comic. The Jewish resorts in the Catskills Mountains of New York State were the proving ground of many of the great comedians, but ironically it wasn't always so hospitable to people of the Jewish faith. In the year Youngman was born, an advertisement for the Hotel Lawrence in Loch Sheldrake barred alcohol, people infected with tuberculosis and "Hebrews." A businessman named Fleischmann (of Fleischmann'sYeast fame) opened a family vacation spot in the area anda few years later, it became a hot spot for Jewish vacationersfrom New York, with some hotels advertising, "For Hebrewsonly." Among the other comedy greats whose skills were honed inthe Catskills are Joey Adams, Jack E. Leonard and Jackie Vernon. Sample of Henny Youngman Material: I'd commit suicide, if I could do it without killing myself. My wife and I got remarried. Our divorce didn't work out. Some people play a horse to win, some to place. I should have bet this horse to live. I made a killing in the stock market. I shot my broker. There were three kids in my family. One of each sex. My wife has a keen sense of humor. The more I humor her, the better. He's an agent now. He must know talent. He gave up acting. Most girls are attracted to the simple things in life. Like men. I'll never forget my first words in the theatre. "Peanuts. Popcorn." He had a defect, which to a comic might be fatal. He wasn't funny. Hey, Uncle Miltie, Thanks for the Help But No Thanks... Milton Berle got Youngman a grueling job at Gallagher's, on 47th St. and Seventh Ave. in New York, doing seven shows a night. Later, Berle did him a "favor" that nearly got both men killed. Berle got him a job at the Club Abbey, a "mobster" speakeasy. Berle often showed up there after his own show to help Youngman out. One night, two rival gang chiefs shot and stabbed it out. Berle, Youngman "and the rest of the audience," as Berle tells it, "got the hell out the Abbey as fast as we could." Henny Youngman's Favorite Insults: I don't believe in reincarnation, but what were you when you were alive? If you have your life to live over again, don't do it. He was born on April 2. A day late. I'd like to say we're glad you're here -- I'd like to say it... He gives his wife something to look forward to -- a divorce. Why don't you go to a window and lean out too far? I'm paid to make an idiot out of myself. Why do you do it for free? Someday you'll go to far, and I hope you'll stay there. Look at him, sex takes a holiday! She got her good looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon. compiled by Doug Graham |
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