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|  | | Grandpa Had a Long One: Personal Notes on the Life & Legacy of Benny Bell
A biography of the facinating entertainer Benny Bell, the songwrtier responsible for "Shaving Cream," "Everybody Wants My Fanny" and dozens of other novelty hits.
Benny Bell was one of the funniest, quirkiest and hardest working entertainers ever to come out of the vaudeville and Borscht Belt eras—although national fame, often regarded as the true measure of success, eluded him. A genuine entrepreneur, Ben wrote, arranged, sung, recorded, packaged and promoted most of his music himself—over a hundred records, including such novelty and double-entendre song classics as “Shaving Cream,” “Everybody Wants My Fanny” “Pincus the Peddler” and “Take a Ship for Yourself.” To be a Ben Samberg meant to | |  | | I Would Rather Have Root Canal Than Ever Buy a House Again
The true-life nightmare suffered by Joel and Bonnie Samberg as they sold one house in New Jersey and tried to buy another in Connecticut.
span style="font-size: medium">As author Joel Samberg likes to say, if he had a dollar for every single time someone told him he should write a book about his recent experience selling his house in New Jersey and buying another one in Connecticut, he would have enough money to run for any political office, including President of the United States. And if he ran and won, his first order of business would be to put every real estate agent, mortgage broker and home inspector in jail. For life. Or longer. They're all criminals anyway.This book, an absolutely-too-bizarre-not-to-be-tru | |  | | Reel Jewish: A Century of Jewish Movies
An affectionate and intriguing ride down memory lane to visit (or revisit) dozens of movies made throughout the 20th Century about Jewish experiences told through the words and actions of major Jewish characters.
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The Wholly Book of Genesis
by Jay Dubya
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 The Wholly Book of Genesis is a humorous satire on the first book of the Old Testament where the Story of Creation, the building of Noah's Ark, Sodom and Gomorrah and the families of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are thoroughly spoofed and broadsided.
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