{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"141 - The Great Yiddish Bake Off","description":"ANDY LEVY, MAURA QUINT &amp;amp; CHARLES STAR return for a latke contest and a little HANUKKAH ON RYE (2022) but first... Everyone is being disrespectful to the story of Hanukkah. THEME: &quot;Fuck&amp;nbsp;You&amp;nbsp;If&amp;nbsp;You&amp;nbsp;Don't&amp;nbsp;Like&amp;nbsp;Christmas,&quot; from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE&amp;nbsp; Minyan introductions \u2026 Jewish menu check \u2026 Podcast Goy \u2026 Hallmark Hanukkah History \u2026 Jewishness at 11.5, for future museums \u2026 Instant Bubbe, chocolate syrup \u2026 &quot;Hollywood&quot; \u2026 Peter DeLuise, James Caan Rule \u2026 Pandering, mockery, Batman \u2026 Dissociation, grandparental Jewishness\u2026 PART TWO &amp;nbsp; Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge: You've Got Mail Crossing Delancey ... Plot Mop-Up: Lisa Loeb and Hanukkah songs; the actual plot; the Battle of the Bubbes \u2026 Spot the Angel: Mrs. Mizansky; Perd Hapley, Kermit doorman \u2026 John Wick\u2026&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; PART THREE&amp;nbsp; Eat Your Heart Out: The Great Yiddish Bake Off; all Jewish food; teeming latkes; sufganiyot again; donut grievances; the Jewish Hidden Valley; egg cream; wax catharsis; corned beef sample, sad lox; rotating deli glamour shots; CGI; not kosher; &quot;Gilberts&quot;; rancid takeout swans; match game: food; concentration\u2026&amp;nbsp; PART FOUR&amp;nbsp; Hallmark Expanded Universe: &quot;Earth Jew&quot; \u2026 Overdetermined: &quot;Fiddler on the what?&quot;; East coast culture snobbery \u2026 Crossover: Marvel, Candyman, Dr. Sleep, Harry Met Sally orgasm deli \u2026 The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: The Bubbes, potato lip\u2026&amp;nbsp; PART FIVE Who's the Real Villain: Not making grandkids; NYC commercial real estate; no villains \u2026 Cloned bubbes, uncomfortable cousin vibes \u2026 Title\/Sequel \u2026 Rating: 3.5 \u2026 Constant deceit, prayer \u2026 No to Andie MacDowell \u2026 Pokemonides\u2026&amp;nbsp; PART SIX The Leftovers: Electric menorah \u2026 Chekhov's seltzer gun \u2026 Grabbing pennies, generous tip \u2026.&amp;nbsp;IMDB Dive: Angela Narth Appreciation Station \u2026 Day drunk \u2026 SO not NYC, SO not heterosexual \u2026 DNA testing: No! \u2026 Why we do what we do \u2026 Andy's Stuff: Gay as hell, LA coding, waxpertise, Kyrie's Seamless order, Hanukkah's for children \u2026 Angry fasting movies! \u2026 Plugs! ... Merry Christmas! All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look&amp;nbsp;Park and Fountains&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Wayne, except: &quot;Schlep the Halls with Loaves of Challah,&quot; by The Three Weissmen and &quot;(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica,&quot; by Tom Lehrer. That Slate article:  LINK Bluesky Links: Andy - Charles - Dave - Jeb - Maura ","author_name":"It's Christmastown","author_url":"http:\/\/itschristmastown.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38946860\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/195212490"}