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TV characters who should have been Jewish but weren't

Dorothy and Sophia

The Kanisky family of [italic]Gimme A Break![/italic]

Oscar Madison (Neil Simon writes all his characters as if they were Jewish and from the Lower East Side of Brooklyn anyway)

by Anonymousreply 3December 21, 2020 3:05 AM

I never understood THE ODD COUPLE, where both Felix and Oscar were two plausibly Jewish, middle-aged New Yorkers. Actors Tony Randall and Jack Klugman were both Jewish IRL.

Felix Unger is a plausibly Jewish name. Oscar Madison much less so. With the exception of Penny Marshall as Myrna the secretary, no one on the show, including ex-wives and children, seemed very Jewish.

Whatever. That thing ran for 5 seasons.

by Anonymousreply 1December 21, 2020 3:01 AM

And likewise, Garry Marshall writes all his characters as if they were Italian-Americans from Milwaukee.

by Anonymousreply 2December 21, 2020 3:02 AM

Real life characters Garry Marshall and Penny Marshall should have been Jewish, BTW, but actually were not.

Valerie Harper: not Jewish in real life.

This should probably be another thread....

by Anonymousreply 3December 21, 2020 3:05 AM
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