Meme Heaven. Great Videos. BROADWAY sings "Georgia on my mind." BYE-BYE POTUS. Fun Xmas Cartoons. Annus horribilis 2020. Leftover Hanukkah goodies.
LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN NEWSLETTER #96 DEC.25, 2020
* Yuletide greetings to my Christmas-observing subscribers. Here's hoping you get to share today's holiday dinner with at least one non-virtual person.
* Comedian Elon Gold is relieved that Jews don't have Christmas trees because of what the Talmud says we would have to do to get a kosher one into our homes
COVID HELL IS MEME HEAVEN
GREAT VIDEOS
* The electoral grid for a small city could be powered by the talent and energy of all the Broadway Stars who sing "Gerogia on My Mind" in honor of the Dems running for the Senate. (below) Jon Ossoff and Rev Raphael Warnock. Sign up for tomorrow night's festival 'GEORGIA COMES ALIVE" here.
* Ebullience and joy. Lin Manuel Miranda, Emily Blunt, and James Corden present 22 musicals in 12 minutes -- complete with costume changes.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY
* The mob-like caliber of "leadership" of DMT, is writ large in this NYT assessment of the caliber of the people whom he has pardoned.
BYE-BYE BAD MAN
* The Internet is exploding with memes about POTUS being forced to leave the Oval Office. Can't count how many people sent this one to me or the number of times I've watched it just for the pleasure of seeing him gone. This one, too, with Mike Pence having to drag him out.
* Four years of Trump in 3.33 minutes. Jen Houston (above) sings the parody of Billy Joel's hit, "We Didn't Start the Fire."
* Don't miss the parody Christian-in-Chief wishing everyone a strong Xmas, this from the man who has never been to church, and who calls Ivanka "the Babe Ruth of sexy Jewish women -- and I say that as a father."
* "So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu,"( from The Sound Of Music) updated for January 20, 2021
* Randy Rainbow Redux; "Don't Tell Donald He's Not Re-elected Today." As a friend tweeted, "I couldn't have gotten through the last 4 years without Randy Rainbow." Ditto.
CARTOONS FOR THE NEW YEAR
(contributed by the inimitable Mort Gerberg.)
LEFTOVERS FROM HANUKKAH
* Check out the wonderful on-line visual arts exhibit, Yiddish New York I especially loved "The Resistance Menorah" by Teela Banker (above)
* 'Put Pot in Your Latkes," MC Flow's (above) says Hanukkah is over but you can make these potato pancakes any time of year.
* Speaking of Jewish food, this old video still makes me laugh. A lot. NonJews taste classic Jewish cuisine for the first time. (Let's hear it for latkes and rugalach.)
GOOD RIDDANCE TO THE OLD YEAR
* James Corden recaps 2020 in 3 minutes.
Merry Christmas. See you in 2021. Register for Georgia Comes Alive & turn the Senate BLUE.
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