TOP FIVE JEWISH COMEDIES OF ALL TIME

My top five Jewish comedies of all time:

 Brighton Beach Memoirs:  For years I thought Neil Simon wrote this as a teenager.  I didn't think an adult could remember, in such great detail, how ackward and messy (and sometimes sticky) it is to be a walking erection that is a teenage male.  Nothing, not the war, the Depression nor the Holocaust, can stop Jerome (the lead character) from obessing over boobs, masturbation and the struggle to see his hot cousin's "treasure". 

 Bananas:  Woody Allen before he got all wierd.  Woody Allen mixing slapstick with satire.  Woody Allen having Howard Cosell calling a assaination.  Woody Allen having a dream where he and his friend are crucified on a city street.  Woody Allen coating himself with baby powder before a romantic encounter.

History of the World, Part 1:  Mel Brooks decided he would satire EVERYTHING. Mel Brooks brings his fat Jewish face and big Jewish personality to every crucial point in history, including the Last Supper and the Spanish Inquisition. 

A Night at the Opera:  Everyone forgets these guys were Jewish. Classic Jewish theme.  The brothers, Groucho specifically, are being kept out of high society.  Instead of letting the bastards grind them down, they sneak into society through the back door, messing up as much stuff as they can along the way. 

The Producers:  Mel Brooks puts his balls on the table and creates a masterpiece.  Ingenius plot, great casting and a musical entitled Springtime for Hitler.  Nothing before and nothing since has been so comedically perfect.`