1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgDanihttps://www.jta.org/author/dani-srich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wCPhmOZa8E"><a href="https://www.jta.org/2019/05/14/ny/making-our-words-count">Making Our Words Count</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/2019/05/14/ny/making-our-words-count/embed#?secret=wCPhmOZa8E" width="600" height="338" title="“Making Our Words Count” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="wCPhmOZa8E" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> I was raised in the infancy of television and the silver age of comedy; not all the way back to silent films, but in the dazzling array of comic geniuses like Jackie Gleason, Sam Levinson and Red Skelton. Sure, it was sexist in its assumed gender roles (it was the 1950s), but otherwise, the humor of […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315