Friday, September 4, 2009
Doc on Jewish Radio/TV Pioneer Opens Today at Green Hills
Posted by Jim Ridley on Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:01 AM
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I think I remember hearing about this on NPR. It sounded like it would be worth checking out. I'm in the Green Hills area, so I just might.
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I am ashamed of myself for never having heard of her, TV nerd that I am. Will most definitely check this out.
I remember The Goldbergs from television quite well, and the Molly woman yoo-hooing out her window to start the show. I remember Arnold Stang as Mr. Peepers and another show called That's My Boy, all with Jewish leading roles. I sensed that The Goldbergs had a nice quality to it but it was not an appealing show to me. It did introduce my grandmother to Sanka.
I misstepped previously. Wally Cox I believe was Mr. Peepers and Arnold Stang was the nebbish son on That's My Boy. Of course, there were other TV sitcoms at the time of The Goldbergs. Joan Davis, whom I suspect was also of Jewish heritage, starred in I Married Joan. All of these shows were airing at approximately the same time as The Goldbergs as I recall, and some had roots going back to radio days.
Joan Davis, and "I Married Joan" were hilarious, and good competition for Lucy--or seemed so in childhood; I've not seen it since the '50s. Jim Backus played her harried husband.
Joan was definitely not Jewish FYI; she was born Madonna Josephine Davis, which is probably all you need to know in that regard!
