"Hello, Arthur? This is your mother. Do you remember me? .... Arthur, you were supposed to call me last Friday. I sat by that phone all day Friday, and all day Friday night, and all day Saturday, and all day Sunday, and your father finally said to me, 'Phyllis eat something, you'll faint", said Elaine May to Mike Nichols in their classic Mother and Son skit. "And I said, no, Harry, no; I don't want my mouth to be full when my son calls....". I've been listening to this, and all the other Nichols-May classics for 15 years now, and I swear, they never get old. Steven Korn, MD, CALL.YOUR.MOTHER!!!
One of my to do's this year is to participate in a stand up open mic night. I'm in LA; they're everywhere. I think I have close to 90 seconds of material already. Humor is the strongest weapon there is against pain. And, I love to laugh!
A beautiful essay, Nachum! PS I will call my mother, promise 😊
"Hello, Arthur? This is your mother. Do you remember me? .... Arthur, you were supposed to call me last Friday. I sat by that phone all day Friday, and all day Friday night, and all day Saturday, and all day Sunday, and your father finally said to me, 'Phyllis eat something, you'll faint", said Elaine May to Mike Nichols in their classic Mother and Son skit. "And I said, no, Harry, no; I don't want my mouth to be full when my son calls....". I've been listening to this, and all the other Nichols-May classics for 15 years now, and I swear, they never get old. Steven Korn, MD, CALL.YOUR.MOTHER!!!
One of my to do's this year is to participate in a stand up open mic night. I'm in LA; they're everywhere. I think I have close to 90 seconds of material already. Humor is the strongest weapon there is against pain. And, I love to laugh!
A quarter (total 14 in a whole world) of Prima Ballerina Assoluta is Jewish. So, Jews are godd in the classical ballet too. Oy, gevalt :)
Love it! And so true!
You nailed it. Made me laugh and cry at the same time.