Straussian (October 10, 2008 at 2:46 am)

One of the great comedy bits of all time. Wonderful to see it performed, but the timing and delivery on the album is better.Elipolous, I memorized "The Moose" just from listening to the album over and over. I would try to tell the joke to relatives, but I think I enjoyed it more than they did. I like the idea of telling it like Sheldon Leonard. You may recall the Bill Cosby joke where he imitates Sheldon Leonard, the joke about going on a vacation with his wife. "I dove into the water..."

Eliopolous (October 9, 2008 at 3:02 am)

Classic. I memorized "The Moose" years ago and got booked as a gangster at a "Murder Mystery" party in Chicago. So when people came up to me and asked me what I was up to, or if I had shot or killed anyone I would launch into The Moose routine, doing my best imitation of Sheldon Leonard. Woody Allen is the best.

320k (October 8, 2008 at 12:10 pm)

I do. Great stuff!! :^)

sammyharr (October 2, 2008 at 8:28 pm)

who finds this funny?

Quex01 (September 29, 2008 at 10:26 am)

jews did 911

ajbalfour (September 14, 2008 at 3:19 am)

After I posted, I perused some of the older posts & noticed some of my comments were already noted.Sorry about that. I didn't mean to duplicate anything, I just hadn't read all posts prior to posting myself. :-O

ajbalfour (September 14, 2008 at 3:15 am)

Also, in the LP version, the ending is, "Mr. Berkowitz is shot, stuffed and mounted, at the New York Athletic Club. And the joke is on them because it's RESTRICTED."I assume Woody changed "restricted" to "they don't allow Jews", perhaps because the English audiences might not have understood the meaning of "restricted"?If you haven't already done so, check out the LP version of this classic bit. Overall, his delivery is superior in that version & the final joke gets more of a response.

ajbalfour (September 14, 2008 at 3:08 am)

He also did this bit on one of his comedy LPs. In that version, after he states that he's driving around with two Jewish people on his fender, and that there's a law in New York State, he adds, "Tuesdays, Thursdays & ESPECIALLY Saturdays", which really puts that joke over the top. Not sure why he omitted that one line here.

gastrogastro (September 11, 2008 at 9:25 pm)

idiot. there is nothing else to say.

marKO19989 (September 9, 2008 at 7:16 pm)

Fucking jew...