{"id":25359,"date":"2017-11-15T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=25359"},"modified":"2017-12-10T19:32:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T00:32:41","slug":"the-florida-condo-circuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/15\/the-florida-condo-circuit\/","title":{"rendered":"FLORIDA CONDO CIRCUIT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yiddishe Cup<\/strong><\/span> played four Century Village retirement communities in Florida in 2002. Each Century Village had a theater about the size of a basketball arena. Other acts on the boards were Debby Boone, Dr. Ruth, Jack Jones, \u201cJim Bailey as Judy Garland,\u201d Joel Grey, and Larry Storch — \u201cthe lovable Corporal Agarn from F-Troop.\u201d<\/p>\n

One emcee told us he had opened, as a comedian, for the Righteous Brothers, and had worked in Las Vegas, on the cruise ships, and been married nine times. He said, \u201cOnly Mickey Rooney has me beat.\u201d He told us two \u201cinside\u201d Century Village jokes:<\/p>\n

What\u2019s 25-feet long and smells like urine?<\/p>\n

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

\"century<\/p>\n

What\u2019s an 80-year-old man smell like?<\/p>\n

Depends.<\/p>\n

The band<\/strong><\/span> wasn\u2019t allowed to mingle with the audience. That was a Century Village rule. Another rule was Do not walk off stage for an encore because the audience will leave. 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. Why not sell CDs? I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

We broke some rules. And we never got asked back — and the crowd liked our comedy stuff! I would like to return to Florida, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to happen unless I buy a condo at Century Village.<\/p>\n

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\nRerun<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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