Why Is This Night Different Than All Other Nights?"Because I said so!"
I have always wanted to write this dialogue into a short story scene where the grumpy Jewish father just snaps at his children as they read the four questions.
No one ever writes Passover funny stuff. I mean - except for Edward G. Robinson in The Ten Commandments. HILARIOUS! What were they thinking?? Sure,
As Tom Green would say: "Let my people go-go!"
But as Jewish humour goes - not much beats the exchange in Hannah and Her Sisters:
Woody: "...I mean, why there were there Nazis?"
His Father: "How the hell do I know why there were Nazis? I don't know how the can opener works!"
I think I need to flesh out my work - but a Seder is the perfect setting for a funny story.
2 comments:
Oooh that's good, can I steal it?
Actually the better Jewish father response is, "Because G-d said so, who are you to ask why! Go help your mother!"
Which one is hotter, the unleavened cowboy or the leathermatzoh? I'm thinking the cowboy....
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