WHEN COMEDY WENT TO SCHOOL
Writer: Lawrence Richards
Director: Mevlut Akkaya, Ron Frank
Producer: Mevlut Akkaya, Ron Frank, Lawrence Richards
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Robert Klein, Sid Caesar, Jerry Stiller, Jackie Mason, Mort Sahl, Dick Gregory, Mickey Freeman, Larry King, Hugh Hefner, Joe Franklin, Dick Capri, Pat Cooper
Type: Feature/Documentary
Year: 2012
The film is about the greatest generation of American Comedians. A remarkable group including Jerry Lewis, Sid Caesar, Lenny Bruce, Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers, Billy Crystal, Jerry Seinfeld, Woody Allen and so many others who got their start in the Catskill Mountains. Faced with anti-Semitism and against all odds, Jewish immigrants built the largest resort area of the 20th century. Their unique performances, and the audiences who watched them, changed American humor forever.