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  • Mel Brooks' Jewish Indian

    From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Sat Jul 4 07:24:59 2026
    In Blazing Saddles, there's a gag about Jewish Indians, because Hollywood wouldn't cast real Indians till the revisionist Western era, and there
    were lots of Jewish actors playing everybody.

    Here's a Jewish Indian on television. Without looking, can yoou
    recognize that voice?

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Sat Jul 4 07:25:53 2026
    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    In Blazing Saddles, there's a gag about Jewish Indians, because Hollywood >wouldn't cast real Indians till the revisionist Western era, and there
    were lots of Jewish actors playing everybody.

    Here's a Jewish Indian on television. Without looking, can yoou
    recognize that voice?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPEmUkhIoGc

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Sat Jul 4 07:32:02 2026
    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    In Blazing Saddles, there's a gag about Jewish Indians, because Hollywood >>wouldn't cast real Indians till the revisionist Western era, and there
    were lots of Jewish actors playing everybody.

    Here's a Jewish Indian on television. Without looking, can yoou
    recognize that voice?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPEmUkhIoGc

    He discusses the episode in an Archive of American Television interview.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6lnB4OsFTc

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Sat Jul 4 09:41:42 2026
    On 2026-07-04 3:32 a.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    In Blazing Saddles, there's a gag about Jewish Indians, because Hollywood >>> wouldn't cast real Indians till the revisionist Western era, and there
    were lots of Jewish actors playing everybody.

    Here's a Jewish Indian on television. Without looking, can yoou
    recognize that voice?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPEmUkhIoGc

    He discusses the episode in an Archive of American Television interview.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6lnB4OsFTc

    Actually, I suspected it was Nimoy as soon as I saw him but hearing the
    voice and the way he spoke made me 100% certain that it was him.

    This video, in which Nimoy talks about his appearance in Gunsmoke,
    popped up in my feed when I started watching your link:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6lnB4OsFTc [3 minutes]

    --
    Rhino

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Sat Jul 4 06:46:45 2026
    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    In Blazing Saddles, there's a gag about Jewish Indians, because Hollywood
    wouldn't cast real Indians till the revisionist Western era, and there
    were lots of Jewish actors playing everybody.

    Here's a Jewish Indian on television. Without looking, can yoou
    recognize that voice?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPEmUkhIoGc


    I?d know that eyebrow raise anywhere.

    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

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