Thanks very much for posting this, @roots66. To answer a previous question, yes there were traces of meat in the Matzoh Ball Maker's recipe - chicken fat (thanks, @guru-in-drag). And it would've been a fun ride if she were there a bit longer. How do I know these things? The Matzoh Ball Maker was my Mom. She would've loved to have seen this video. Thanks again.
The way the Mayor speaks is almost exactly like Bennett. Not his pronunciation necessarily, but the tone of his voice. I wonder if that was a contributing factor that eventually drew the widowed Mrs. Cerf to him?
Boy wouldn't he be shocked at how bad the traffic is today in New York, and throughout the country. Our road system was designed in the fifties, they had no idea how than how much we travel today.
AF: Are you known to people all over the US? JD: You mean all 160 million? That would be like heaven. Right now we are at 310M+, with no stopping in sight. Big business need lots of cheap labor immigration.
I am so used to Dorothy, Steve, Arlene, and Bennett sitting in that order that I was shocked that none of them are in their usual seats. Was the seating arrangement more fluid in the earlier shows?
@bigred997 Very true. My old cookbooks called for rendered chicken fat in the matzo ball recipes. Modern recipes call for corn oil or canola oil. You know, the Yiddish vaudevillian Fyvush Finkel once quipped that Jews invented the gout!
i don't know of anyone who uses animal fat in making kneidlach in years. especially, commercially sold. it's unhealthy. maybe in the early 1960's they still did. however, the main ingredient is matzo meal- ground wheat and no one would ever think of it as a meat product.
Arlene had some Jewish ancestry on her mother's side. And their son Peter clearly developed a Jewish identity, going onto become an editor of the Jewish literary magazine TIKKUN.
@sweetiepillow Sorry, wrong. Kilgallen, Daly and Steve Allen were all Irish Catholic. Arlene was half Armenian, half English/Irish descent. Only Bennett Cerf was Jewish.
Oh no... Dorothy Kilgallen was Catholic. VERY Catholic. When Bishop Sheen was a guest, she kissed his ring. When a nun was a contestant, she rose and bowed to her.
Thanks to senoramariposa and bigred997 for the info. It's sad that Bennett felt he couldn't be open about his Judaism, but I suppose that's a sign of the times.
@ameroux @ameroux yes, he was 100%. As for eggs being animal- that's a fine line, i guess. when the questioners think of eggs, i kind of think they are going along the dairy line, which is a different line of questioning. however, most people think of adding kneidel to chicken soup like adding rice or noodles. also, not sure about arlene being jewish but her husband martin gabel was.
Thanks very much for posting this, @roots66. To answer a previous question, yes there were traces of meat in the Matzoh Ball Maker's recipe - chicken fat (thanks, @guru-in-drag). And it would've been a fun ride if she were there a bit longer. How do I know these things? The Matzoh Ball Maker was my Mom. She would've loved to have seen this video. Thanks again.
Interesting that Dorothy Kilgallen was the only one who didn't arise when shaking the Mayor-Elect's hand at the end ...
The way the Mayor speaks is almost exactly like Bennett. Not his pronunciation necessarily, but the tone of his voice. I wonder if that was a contributing factor that eventually drew the widowed Mrs. Cerf to him?
Fascinating comment.
Boy wouldn't he be shocked at how bad the traffic is today in New York, and throughout the country. Our road system was designed in the fifties, they had no idea how than how much we travel today.
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AF: Are you known to people all over the US?
JD: You mean all 160 million?
That would be like heaven. Right now we are at 310M+, with no stopping in sight. Big business need lots of cheap labor immigration.
Show aired January 3, 1954
I am so used to Dorothy, Steve, Arlene, and Bennett sitting in that order that I was shocked that none of them are in their usual seats. Was the seating arrangement more fluid in the earlier shows?
@ameroux Yes, they do have eggs in them, as well as oil, water, salt and matzoh meal. But no actual meat. : )
@bigred997 Very true. My old cookbooks called for rendered chicken fat in the matzo ball recipes. Modern recipes call for corn oil or canola oil.
You know, the Yiddish vaudevillian Fyvush Finkel once quipped that Jews invented the gout!
i don't know of anyone who uses animal fat in making kneidlach in years. especially, commercially sold. it's unhealthy. maybe in the early 1960's they still did. however, the main ingredient is matzo meal- ground wheat and no one would ever think of it as a meat product.
I guess you are right on all levels, I read before that she converted to Judaism.
Arlene had some Jewish ancestry on her mother's side. And their son Peter clearly developed a Jewish identity, going onto become an editor of the Jewish literary magazine TIKKUN.
I get the impression that Dorothy was uppity and felt she was upper class
@sweetiepillow
Sorry, wrong. Kilgallen, Daly and Steve Allen were all Irish Catholic. Arlene was half Armenian, half English/Irish descent. Only Bennett Cerf was Jewish.
Arlene's husband, Martin Gabel was Jewish.
Bennett wasn't very Jewish. He had little or nothing to do with things Jewish.
@ameroux Yes, he was Jewish, according to Wikipedia.
@sweetiepillow
No, this is one of the shows where Bennett was the only jew. Steve, Dorothy, Arlene and John Daly weren't jews.
Oh no... Dorothy Kilgallen was Catholic. VERY Catholic. When Bishop Sheen was a guest, she kissed his ring. When a nun was a contestant, she rose and bowed to her.
Thanks to senoramariposa and bigred997 for the info. It's sad that Bennett felt he couldn't be open about his Judaism, but I suppose that's a sign of the times.
@itsjustanillusion for some reason, bennett was very uneasy about showing his religion. that was the 50's. in today's world, he wouldn't hide it.
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@ameroux @ameroux yes, he was 100%. As for eggs being animal- that's a fine line, i guess. when the questioners think of eggs, i kind of think they are going along the dairy line, which is a different line of questioning. however, most people think of adding kneidel to chicken soup like adding rice or noodles.
also, not sure about arlene being jewish but her husband martin gabel was.
I'm jewish but I've never cared for matzoh balls. Maybe my grandmother didn't know how to cook😏
All of them were Jewish but Arlene
"Jewish by marriage" though, right? Wasn't Martin Gabel part of the tribe? I'm not sure if she converted to marry him though...
Arlene's religion was show bizness. She had little or no religious inclinations.
Was Bennett Jewish? I think maybe I'm missing the reference here.
All jews