December 22, 2008

JudahTube: The Hebrew Hammer

Dave admits he's been "a little bit lax with yuletube postings" recently. Well, I guess someone has to pick up the slack. Who's out there hard at work while you're busy with Christmas? The Jews, that's who!

From one of the more successful Chanukah/Christmas crossover movies ever made, The Hebrew Hammer. I chose this scene because as far as I can tell, it was designed by a focus group specifically to appeal to Dave Thompson. Dave might argue that it would have been better if the Nazis were also zombies, but you can't have everything.

Comments

  1. My God. How is it that I’ve never seen this movie before? I’m going to bump it up ahead of the Nativity for a new holiday must-see.

    And you’re right, why settle for Nazis when they can be Nazi Zombies. I have to admit, though, I was expecting Goldberg to say “Mazel Tov, motherfucker!” Maybe it’s later in the movie?

    Posted by Dave Thompson on Dec. 22, 2008 at 10:01 PM [#]

  2. I think this is the only instance in the movie of Goldberg screaming “, motherfucker!” But I could be remembering wrong.

    Posted by Evan on Dec. 23, 2008 at 7:29 AM [#]

  3. What kind of drink did he ask for?

    (And this is totally the next movie I’m getting from Netflix…)

    Posted by Dave Thompson on Dec. 23, 2008 at 9:01 AM [#]

  4. Ah, yes! He asked for some Manischewitz, which is a horrible, cheap-ass, super-sweet wine used for Shabbat and other Jewish holidays.

    True story: At last week’s Shabbat evening services, the fellow who was responsible for bringing the wine got the bright idea to bring some Baron Herzog. Baron Herzog is your basic, affordable, respectable kosher wine. If you’re invited to a dinner party where the hosts keep kosher, this is the minimum level of wine you would bring.

    Well, I thought having Baron Herzog for our Kiddush wine would be a terrific idea, but it turns out the rest of the congregation thought this was terrible. People tipped the cup back expecting fortified grape juice, but they got real wine instead. “What is this?” I heard several times. “Where’s my sweet Manischewitz?” Sigh. My people are a strange people.

    Posted by Evan on Dec. 23, 2008 at 9:25 AM [#]

  5. I think this is the only instance in the movie…

    Sounds like a good reason for Dave to write some Hebrew Hammer fanfic, featuring Nazi zombies and a helper character named Baron Herzog.

    Dave could even write it in first person.

    Posted by Bart on Dec. 24, 2008 at 2:38 PM [#]

  6. Good idea, Bart! The only minor wrinkle is that according to the iron laws of fiction, Barons are always Evil, not Good. Heck, most Barons in fiction set after 1930 are in fact Nazis themselves. A Baron who actually works against the Nazis might be too much for some readers to take.

    But that’s what Dave does. He breaks the mold.

    Posted by Evan on Dec. 24, 2008 at 4:53 PM [#]

  7. Me and Chuck Norris.

    Posted by Dave Thompson on Jan. 06, 2009 at 4:27 PM [#]

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