MONDAY: Norman Lear's sitcoms
Humor that challenged viewers on bigotry, feminism, race, abortion, and more
Monday at Noon EDT Jewish Culture 101 will offer “The Sitcoms of Norman Lear.” That TV pioneer (All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons) helped America face contemporary issues like bigotry, abortion, poverty, feminism, and especially race. Sign-up: tinyurl.com/BenkofFunny
The sitcoms session is part of a five-week series on Funny Jews. The following Mondays we’ll do MAD Magazine (sign-ups already available); Mel Brooks 101; Funny Women, and Humorists.
The entire August schedule, with links, is below. All classes are at Noon EDT:
Monday, August 3 Norman Lear’s sitcoms (All in the Family, Good Times, The Jeffersons)
Thursday, August 6 Sondheim’s lyrics
Monday, August 10 MAD Magazine
Thursday, August 13 SNL’s Jews
Monday, August 17 Mel Brooks 101
Thursday, August 20 Visual Artists
Monday, August 24 Funny Women
Thursday, August 27 Women Photographers
Monday, August 31 Humorists
Two more things:
• Subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: tinyurl.com/BenkofChannel. You’ll find dozens of American Jewish culture videos, including a five-minute video on Allen Ginsberg’s landmark poem “Howl,” and a rollicking “Name the Punchline” Jewish humor game.
• I’m booking Zoom talks for individual organizations, and eventually in-person classes. Here’s a demonstration of my in-person teaching and this one-minute intro shows how Jewish Culture 101 works.