A few years ago I met Bruce Mahler, the Rabbi, in a coffee shop in Virginia. He was great to talk to and showed me photos on his phone of Larry David and himself when they were in the Fridays show. When I was a kid I watched Fridays as much as I did SNL. I loved his skit of the piano dude boiling chicken on top of his piano. He was in some Police Academy movies. Really nice guy.
Such a tremendous show; excellent writing along with casting and acting...Jerry and Larry really caught lightning in a bottle with the show about nothing.
@@billolsen4360 Maybe it's a rabbi that Jerry Seinfeld or Larry David(or even the actor )knows that speaks that way. That performance had to come from somewhere, it's kind of distinct.
He and Larry David played a pair of martial arts rabbis on the show Fridays. They did a routine called "Matzoy" in which they karate chopped pieces of matzah.
His still delivery shows how completely he is detached from being a human being and only can relate to them from his position as a religious person, as he has been trained to be, with no actual feeling of being a human. This is why he has no tact and no understanding that what he says will make George uncomfortable and in trouble, and even why Elain would not want this information made public and would hurt her friendship with George. "Why? Is that a problem for you?' One of the most hilarious and su scenes and characters in Seinfeld, with a subtlety that one would find in very few other shows. Maybe in Frasier.
This skit of all the shows was one of my favorites...a non-stop laugh riot. Rabbi clouding the waters of all others who might interfere with his desire of requite for his love from Elaine. Skillful acting and oh my my just how did "Elaine" look...? What a knockout she was.
The Catholic bishop in a sermon: This fellow talked to me recently about his ED... I don't know... lets call him... Matthew. I told him that God is all the love he needs. But the poor fellow's travails with ED... that's for another sermon. :)
I can watch that episode over and over again always puts me in a happy mood. That Rabbi he's one of a kind a friend of mine let's say his name is George he thought if he went to a prostitute is it considered cheating what a line
Because he's not a Rabbi. He's the character of a Rabbi written for laughs. Of course, a Rabbi would not reveal private thoughts divulged in a private conference session.
Now I have to go back and have a look at The Final Chapter again. Somebody else mentioned that he was in Police Academy and I think I remember him from there also.
I love this Rabbi I remember seeing him on the police academy movies. This route I can't keep his mouth shut going on TV talking about Elaine's friend if it's okay to date a hooker they'll never know they'll never see each other and of course George is watching the episode with Susan!!
@@allensmith4131 Well personally I've heard psalm. Which would make sense since he's Jewish he's certainly reading the Torah (amongst others of course) I just wanted to point out the obvious fact that he's not practicing what his religion teaches and he' supose to teach it to others since he's a rabbi..
The Rabbi is not very discrete He used the actual names of the people he talked about, and discussed their personal problems to others. Elaine and George may want to consult attorney Jackie Chiles for defamation of character.
@bobinsuffolk I know! Why don't you call me names! You know, like lazy bastard and imbecile! That way we'll be sure to take you seriously and you wont sound at all like you're in junior high! But you know you can do better. bring it on. Don't disappoint us. We're waiting!! aloha!! As Metallica says nothing else matters!
I once knew a Catholic priest who had his own weekly one hour show on a Christian television station. He often used examples to make his points in the discussion. I later found out just like this rabbi, the priest was lifting his material from real world events experienced by his parishioners.
Reminds me of my Aunt Barb...just blabs on & on to Anyone About Anything At AnyTime. Complete with real names & dismissive Judgement as she holds Whoever hostage to her gossipy ramblings. I hear wedding bells for Auntie Barb & the Rabbi...😂
Doesn't give you any joy to see your friend enter into this holiest of unions?? Elaine.. Always a pleasure to see you. Elaine you seem if I may say, troubled??! 🤣🤭🤪😝
Faithless Elaine dislikes liar George; Smug Jerry gloats over Elaine's humiliation and betrayal by the incompetent Rabbi; not one redeeming individual. Everyone is deeply flawed except Susan, and she was killed off; that's life!
No offence, your opinion has depth to it, and I respect it but it sounds a bit moralistic. Of course they aren't the most wholesome bunch of characters, and the show is indeed meant to showcase their rather flawed sides as I think you can't really get much humor out of nice characters, but they seem human to me. Everybody is somewhat like this; the way they act in these scenes, their emotions and reactions and such that you highlighted are feelings we all know to a degree. And really I wouldn't think of Susan as being a redeeming individual, she seems like she has no inner life whatsoever, besides being a total bore.
The characters had more redeeming qualities earlier on in the show. Then they got to the "that's a shame" phase where absolutely nothing bothers them except their own problems.
@@axebomber2108 Yes, which eventually led to their being imprisoned for violating a Samaritan law. The show was always about Larry and Jerry's snarkey world view.
