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Welcome to BHIF for Friday December 6, 2024. Baruch Hashem (Thank God) It’s Friday is The Old Jewish Men weekly roundup where we get to all the crap that actually matters in the world. Obituary winners. Matchmaking. Market watch. Marketplace finds. Complaint of the week. Joke of the week. You get the picture.
OJM Obituary of the Week: Marshall Brickman (85, NYC)
Two days ago Woody Allen’s longtime collaborator Marshall Brickman died. Brickman worked on little known films like Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Sleeper. Heard of ‘em? Luckily, the death of Brickman sprung a rare interview with Woody Allen about their enduring friendship that began nearly five decades ago in…(cough, hack, throat clear) Manhattan at the Bitter End.
In yesterday's interview Woody didn’t hold back…citing Chinese food as the duo’s great inspiration…late nights on Mott Street gabbing it up, as Jews are known to do, spinning characters and scenes between bites of egg foo yung. The two would usually end their days together with a dinner at Elaine’s where they would chat about their script and complain about their analysts' lack of sexual interest in them (according to OJM sources). Allen describes Marshall as an “authentically funny person - a wonderful wit,” in a world where comedic genius is a dime a dozen, but authentically funny is rare.
The story of Allen and Marshall is a rare one, like Brooks and Reiner, a friendship that spans decades, fruitful not only in the work that it produced, but in the pure love of an oftentimes difficult collaborative sport. The jokes and stories in these films belong to them together.
Hanukkah Sweepstakes with OJM
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OJM Around Town
The United Healthcare assassin escaping on a Citibike…
Find yourself in this trio of Barney Greengrass diners. You picked the guy with the thick locks of curls, didn’t ya?
Strange kid requesting photo with the Costco Oracle for his dating profile. “Dave will get you laid.”
If you think these guys bought retail you’re nuts…those bad boys are on consignment. Buy the Old Jewish Men’s Guidebook here.
Power Donuts like this only live uptown.
Upcoming Events
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Soon
Dec 8: NY Jewish Book Festival (Museum of Jewish Heritage, Battery Park City NYC)
The prestigious NYJBF and it’s free. At 2:30pm, Noah Rinsky talks with New York Times big shot Jonah Bromwich followed by a book signing.
Dec 8: Havurah Hanukkah Market (The Jewish Center, UWS NYC)
12-5pm at The Jewish Center (131 W 86th St.). Free entry, 30 Jewish brands, and apparently free latkes.
Less than Immediately Soon
Dec 14/15: Tablet Hanukkah Bazaar (Iron23, Flatiron NYC)
Get your student ID ready cause it’s only $5 for students ($18 for everyone else). Open from 6:30-10pm on the 14th and 10am-5pm on the 15th.
Dec 14: OJM After Hours (Housewatch, East Village NYC)
What happens “late”? We really don’t know and if you Google Morali Jabe, the first result is the Wikipedia for Jane Eyre.
Dec 14: Minifest (Lighthaven, Berkeley)
The mini one-day conference/festival hybrid run by the prediction site Manifold Markets (their main conference, Manifest, will be in June)
Dec 18: Brooklyn Jewish Hall of Fame.
Dec 19: Susan Alexandra (Chinatown NYC)
Holiday Party with Carnegie Deli. Major value here.
Weekly Mishmash
→ Wondering where Marketwatch is? Has anyone ever made it this deep into the newsletter? Well, we’ve got a surprise for you. On Mondays we’ll be offering a totally unnecessary, bulked up Marketwatch. Tune in or conk out.
→ Joke of the Week:
A man enters his bedroom with a chicken underneath his arm. He looks at his Wife and says..
"this is the pig that I fuck when you've got a headache"
"That's a chicken you moron" says his wife.
"I wasn't talking to you" replies the husband.
→ A complaint by weekly complaint columnist, Leecy Davis, although the editor isn’t quite sure what her actual complaint is this week…?
I’m great at giving advice. A friend of a friend’s niece or cousin or something - I wasn’t listening - has been having some issues with her boyrfriend or whatever he is “losing interest in her.” I, personally, have never experienced this but felt inclined to share my thoughts. I told her to “be prettier” now I’m shunned. If you ask for advice - don’t be mad at what you get.
→ Ask the (Eastern Standard Time) Rabbi
Fri Dec 6:
4:28pm: Shabbat begins (Christ, that’s early)
Sat Dec 7:
5:13pm: Shabbat ends (about time, turn on the game.)