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"Borscht Belt" is a style of Jewish comedy. The actual Borscht Belt is a region in the Catskill Mountains of [[NewYorkState upstate New York]] that was a popular resort destination for Jews who were excluded from other resorts. Due to the heavily [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazi]] ancestry of New York Jews, the area is named for borscht, a type of beet soup popular in Central and Eastern Europe.
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"Borscht Belt" is a style of Jewish comedy. The actual Borscht Belt is a region in the Catskill Mountains of [[NewYorkState upstate New York]] that was a popular resort destination for Jews who were excluded from other resorts. Due to the heavily [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazi]] ancestry of New York Jews, the area is named for borscht, a type of beet soup popular in Central and Eastern Europe. \n The kind of humour was known back there as "shmontzes".
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** Ah, vhaddaya know from funny, ya bastard.
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I think this is the only joke he tells.
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* ''ComingToAmerica'' features Eddie Murphy performing as an old New York Jew who tells a classic Borscht Belt joke: As a husband and wife are getting into bed, the husband hands the wife two aspirin and a glass of water. The wife says, "What's this for? I don't have a headache." The husband smirks triumphantly, "Ah ha!" [[DontExplainTheJoke If you don't get it:]] [[spoiler: They never have sex because the wife always says she has a headache. Now she has no excuse.]]
** The movie includes a somewhat similar joke: An old Jew asks a waiter to taste his soup. He won't say what's wrong with it; he just insists until the waiter agrees. Then, "Where's the spoon?" "Ah ha!"
** The movie includes a somewhat similar joke: An old Jew asks a waiter to taste his soup. He won't say what's wrong with it; he just insists until the waiter agrees. Then, "Where's the spoon?" "Ah ha!"
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* ''ComingToAmerica'' features Eddie Murphy performing as an old New York Jew who tells a classic Borscht Belt joke: As a husband and wife are getting into bed, the husband hands the wife two aspirin and a glass of water. The wife says, "What's this for? I don't have a headache." The husband smirks triumphantly, "Ah ha!" [[DontExplainTheJoke If you don't get it:]] [[spoiler: They never have sex because the wife always says she has a headache. Now she has no excuse.]]
** The movie includes a somewhat similar joke:An old Jew asks a waiter to taste his soup. He won't say what's wrong with it; he just insists until the soup, refusing to elaborate further. The waiter agrees. Then, "Where's finally agrees to taste it and asks where the spoon?" spoon is. The Jew smiles and says, "Ah ha!"
** The movie includes a somewhat similar joke:
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* Boris and Minka, Tommy's maternal grandparents in ''{{Rugrats}}''
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* ''ComingToAmerica'' features Eddie Murphy performing as an old New York Jew who tells a classic Borscht Belt joke: As a husband and wife are getting into bed, the husband hands the wife two aspirin and a glass of water. The wife says, "What's this for? I don't have a headache." The husband smirks triumphantly, "Ah ha!"
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* ''ComingToAmerica'' features Eddie Murphy performing as an old New York Jew who tells a classic Borscht Belt joke: As a husband and wife are getting into bed, the husband hands the wife two aspirin and a glass of water. The wife says, "What's this for? I don't have a headache." The husband smirks triumphantly, "Ah ha!" (ie [[DontExplainTheJoke now she has no excuse not to have sex with him]])
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* ''ComingToAmerica'' features Eddie Murphy performing as an old New York Jew who tells a classic Borscht Belt joke: As a husband and wife are getting into bed, the husband hands the wife two aspirin and a glass of water. The wife says, "What's this for? I don't have a headache." The husband smirks triumphantly, "Ah ha!" (ie ha!"
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* Dr. Zoidberg in ''{{Futurama}}'' is a thinly-veiled [[SpaceJews Space Jew]] of a Borscht Belt-style mooch.
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* Any role played by MelBrooks in his own movies is most likely an example. Most notable though is the Rabbi in ''RobinHoodMenInTights''.
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The Jewish comedians who performed at these resorts developed a style of humor that became very popular in the entertainment industry. Borscht Belt humor is characterized by stereotypical Jewish traits, such as self-deprecation, insults, [[JewishComplaining complaints]], hypochondria, wordplay and liberal use of [[YiddishAsASecondLanguage Yiddish]].
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The Jewish comedians who performed at these resorts developed a style of humor that became very popular in the entertainment industry. Borscht Belt humor is characterized by stereotypical Jewish traits, such as self-deprecation, insults, [[JewsLoveToArgue insults]], [[JewishComplaining complaints]], hypochondria, wordplay and liberal use of [[YiddishAsASecondLanguage Yiddish]].
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* ''ComingToAmerica'' features Eddie Murphy perfoming as an old New York Jew who tells a classic Borscht Belt joke: "As a husband and wife are getting into bed, the husband hands the wife two aspirin and a glass of water. The wife says, 'What's this for? I don't have a headache." The husband smirks triumphantly, "Ah ha!" (ie [[DontExplainTheJoke now she has no excuse not to have sex with him]])
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* ''ComingToAmerica'' features Eddie Murphy perfoming performing as an old New York Jew who tells a classic Borscht Belt joke: "As As a husband and wife are getting into bed, the husband hands the wife two aspirin and a glass of water. The wife says, 'What's "What's this for? I don't have a headache." The husband smirks triumphantly, "Ah ha!" (ie [[DontExplainTheJoke now she has no excuse not to have sex with him]])
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* In ''{{Goodfellas}}'', Henry and Karen watch a Borscht Belt style comedian after their famous steady-cam walk into the theater. He tells a classic joke, "I take my wife everywhere, but she finds her way home!"
** The comedian is played by Henny Youngman, a genuine BorschtBelt staple. (Also, Youngman getting his lines straight was the biggest obstacle to getting TheOner shot.)
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* In ''{{Goodfellas}}'', Henry and Karen watch a Borscht Belt style comedian Henny Youngman after their famous [[TheOner steady-cam walk walk]] into the theater. He tells a the classic joke, "I take my wife everywhere, but she finds her way home!"
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"Borscht Belt" is a style of Jewish comedy. The literal Borscht Belt is a region in the Catskill Mountains of [[NewYorkState upstate New York]] that was a popular resort destination for Jews who were excluded from other resorts. Due to the heavily [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazi]] ancestry of New York Jews, the area is named for borscht, a type of beet soup popular in Central and Eastern Europe.
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"Borscht Belt" is a style of Jewish comedy. The literal actual Borscht Belt is a region in the Catskill Mountains of [[NewYorkState upstate New York]] that was a popular resort destination for Jews who were excluded from other resorts. Due to the heavily [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazi]] ancestry of New York Jews, the area is named for borscht, a type of beet soup popular in Central and Eastern Europe.
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* ''{{Fallout}}: New Vegas'' features Borscht Belt style comedian Billy Knight, complete with an inexplicable New York accent.
* ''{{Fallout}}: New Vegas'' features Borscht Belt style comedian Billy Knight, complete with an inexplicable New York accent.
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Yiddish originated around Germany, not Ukraine.
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"Borscht Belt" is a style of Jewish comedy. The literal Borscht Belt is a region in the Catskill Mountains of [[NewYorkState upstate New York]] that was a popular resort destination for Jews who were excluded from other resorts. Due to the heavily [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazi]] ancestry of New York Jews, the area is named for borscht, a type of beet soup popular in Central and Eastern Europe. (Interestingly, borscht is the unofficial national dish of Ukraine, the Eastern European country where the Yiddish language is supposed to have originated.) \n
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"Borscht Belt" is a style of Jewish comedy. The literal Borscht Belt is a region in the Catskill Mountains of [[NewYorkState upstate New York]] that was a popular resort destination for Jews who were excluded from other resorts. Due to the heavily [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazi]] ancestry of New York Jews, the area is named for borscht, a type of beet soup popular in Central and Eastern Europe. (Interestingly, borscht is the unofficial national dish of Ukraine, the Eastern European country where the Yiddish language is supposed to have originated.)
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"Borscht Belt" is a style of Jewish comedy. The literal Borscht Belt is a region in the Catskill Mountains of [[NewYorkState upstate New York]] that was a popular resort destination for Jews who were excluded from other resorts. Due to the heavily [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazi]] ancestry of New York Jews, the area is named for borscht, a type of beet soup popular in Central and Eastern Europe. \n (Interestingly, borscht is the unofficial national dish of Ukraine, the Eastern European country where Yiddish is supposed to have originated.)
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The Jewish comedians who performed at these resorts developed a style of humor that became very popular in the entertainment industry. Borscht Belt humor is characterized by stereotypical Jewish traits, such as self-deprecation, insults, complaints, [[JewishComplaining complaints]], hypochondria, wordplay and liberal use of [[YiddishAsASecondLanguage Yiddish]].
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"Borscht Belt" is a style of Jewish comedy. The literal Borscht Belt is a region in the Catskill Mountains of [[NewYorkState upstate New York]] that was a popular resort destination for Jews who were excluded from other resorts. Due to the heavily [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazi]] ancestry of New York Jews, the area is named for borscht, a type of beet soup popular in Central and Eastern Europe (it's actually Ukrainian in origin).Europe.
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"Borscht Belt" is a style of Jewish comedy. The literal Borscht Belt is a region in the Catskill Mountains of [[NewYorkState upstate New York]] that was a popular resort destination for Jews who were excluded from other resorts. Due to the heavily [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazi]] ancestry of New York Jews, the area is named for borscht, a type of beet soup popular in Central and Eastern Europe.Europe (it's actually Ukrainian in origin).
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"Borscht Belt" is a style of Jewish comedy. The literal Borscht Belt is a region in the Catskill Mountains of [[NewYorkState upstate New York York]] that was a popular resort destination for Jews who were excluded from other resorts. Due to the heavily [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazi]] ancestry of New York Jews, the area is named for borscht, a type of beet soup popular in Central and Eastern Europe.
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