{"id":19184,"date":"2014-10-22T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=19184"},"modified":"2014-10-22T13:53:53","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T17:53:53","slug":"century-village-fla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/22\/century-village-fla\/","title":{"rendered":"CENTURY VILLAGE, FLA."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yiddishe Cup<\/strong><\/span> played four Century Village retirement communities in Florida.\u00a0 Each Century Village had a theater the size of a basketball arena. Other acts on the boards were Debby Boone, Dr. Ruth, Jack Jones, “Jim Bailey as Judy Garland,” Joel Grey, and Larry Storch, “the lovable Corporal Agarn from F-Troop.”\u00a0 (This was in 2002.)<\/p>\n

One cummerbund-popping emcee told us he had opened for the Righteous Brothers, and had done Las Vegas, the cruise ships, and been married nine times. He said, \u201cOnly Mickey Rooney has me beat.” His latest wife wouldn’t let him travel, so he sold Cadillacs during the day and emceed Century Village shows at night.\u00a0 He told us two “inside” Century Village jokes:<\/p>\n

What’s 25-feet long and smells like urine?<\/p>\n

The conga<\/strong><\/span> line at Century Village.<\/p>\n

\"century<\/a><\/p>\n

What’s an 80-year-old man smell like?<\/p>\n

Depends.<\/p>\n

The band wasn’t allowed to mingle with the audience after performances. That was a rule.\u00a0 Another Century Village rule was do not walk off stage for an encore because the audience will leave and you won’t get an encore. Also, don\u2019t take an intermission because the lines at the restroom will be so long the intermission will never end. Also, do not sell CDs.\u00a0 Why not?<\/p>\n

We broke<\/strong><\/span> some rules.<\/p>\n

We never got asked back — and the crowd liked our comedy stuff!\u00a0 I think<\/em> they did.\u00a0 I remember talking to a New York couple after the gig (violation of rule #1).\u00a0 They<\/em> liked us.<\/p>\n

I would like to return to Florida, but it won’t happen unless I buy a condo at Century Village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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