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826. Yiddish Words used in English (with Sebastian Marx)

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The Absurdity of Schtick

I was going to say like there's definitely like an absurd aspect to your observations and your style of jokes. And yeah, that's the sort of thing I go for. That's kind of Monty Python, Eddy's odd kind of stuff. Can you think of any sort of schmaltzy films? Any of Stephen Spielberg's films? Yes. Like some forced emotion. Some movies, they're just full ofschmaltz, especially at the end,. Hollywood movies really turn up the schmaltz all the way up to 11. Schmaltz is the adjective cheese cheese in a sense.

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