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Subject: Generic <ethnic> jokes
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Date: Fri, 18-May-84 16:34:34 EDT
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Several years ago, there was a TV pilot called "This Week
in Nemtin" which starred Alex Dreier (former LA newsman
who has a remarkable deadpan delivery) as a TV reporter
covering the peculiar goings-on in the mythical border
country of Nemtin (a border country because nobody wanted
it).  In reality, it was a vehicle for telling 30 minutes
of generic-ethnic jokes without offending any particular
ethnic group (except for "Nemtics", of course).   I can
only recall about one sight-gag now, but my recollection
is that the whole affair was mildly amusing.

Come to think of it, the "Latka" character on "Taxi" (RIP,
Andy Kaufman) was a similar generic-ethnic-joke type
thing, with the bizarre customs and language of his
unspecified Eastern-Europe home country.

How many Nemtics DOES it take to change a light-bulb? (no,
don't answer that!)

	Mike