Can you imagine that there was once a time when you could turn on your TV and be presented with Kate Smith introducing Myron Cohen? As a wise man once said, "change is inevitable, progress isn't."
I remember lying in front of the TV in my pajamas watching Ed Sullivan with great anticipation that Myron Cohen was going to be on. This was something my parents and we could share!
I remember Mr. Cohen from the Ed Sullivan shows and probably other early television shows. I LOVED his appearances and hearing his Yiddish accents, even though as a young child, I had never even met a Jewish person. He always came across as such a kind person and a real gentlemen. Looking at this video, I also notice how his hand movements are so gentile. Thanks for sharing this.
I was 12 when he was on Kate Smith's show and never saw his monologues, but enjoyed him on the Tonight Show with Jack Paar and Johnny Carson in later years. His comedy is timeless---and never a cuss-word or innuendo. That's true comedy! Thanks.
I found one of his old comedy records, it's live, the audience: northern inner-city female Jewish factory workers - and the jokes are specifically for that incredibly specific crowd, it's nuts, you really don't get the jokes.... if you're not an city dwelling Jewish female factory worker from up north! ( you still find yourself chuckling confusedly!) lol
