One to One: Judy Gold, co-author, "25 Questions for a Jewish Mother"

[@lisalorenzo7451]

I'm a first time listener. I enjoyed this interview emesly.So much that I hace to get Judys book..Judy Gold is one of my favorite comics. I love when she said. "I speak to my mom daily ,So I can get matriel for my show". Not only a funny but it's obviously true. I love it.

[@gatoperezoso]

I love Jewdy.

[@elisemiller13]

What Judy didn't say is, there are 2 was of pronouncing Hebrew words in the U.S. One is Ashkenazi (eastern European Jewish dialect: Shabbas, Bas Mitsvah) the other is Sephardic (Jews of Spanish & vicinity descent: as in Shabbat & Bat Mitzvah (pronounced ah, instead of the strange accent in Judy's story about the woman from Reno). If it matters to anyone than those who have a reason to be curious about ancestry/culture.

[@johanericsson2403]

Now I've seen Judy Gold a few times in conversation like this as opposed to standup...very intelligent, thoughtful, insightful. Her standup "persona" is just so overbearing and hyperactive and loud, like I guess that's her concept of being "on," but I think she'd benefit comedically from taking it down a notch, personally.

[@elisemiller13]

@ Johan Ericsson Your comment quite simply sounds like you've not been around very many people from certain areas of New Jersey and New York. They're certainly not all Jewish either. Some are Italian, some Puerto Rican, etc. You also didn't seem to hear in the interview, Judy describe her mother & other Jewish mothers as "overbearing". Whether one likes it or not, culturally, it quite "normal". (but thankfully not all Jews nor New Jersey, or New Yorkers are like this. And, if you think her stand up "persona" is a bit much, spend some time around a bunch of people from the Middle East, Jews or Arabs, etc ~ can be really intense! That said, what someone finds comical is very subjective.