Christmas vs. Hanukkah

Hello,

Symphony Space had a great comedy act last night with some highlights and some not-so-good moments.

The debate of Hanukkah vs Christmas was set up with three debaters for each team.

The first for team Hanukkah was funniest overall. He started a bit dryly with the story and threw in a few jokes here and there. He made fun of a few names, and called the heroes of the story bad-asses and mentioned that Jews were cheap then too. They were so happy because the miracle of the one day’s worth of olive oil staying alit for eight days saved them some money.

The first guy for team Christmas basically took a vacuum and make believe it was all the different smells of christmas. Pretty funny.

Overall the Christmas team was funnier than the Hanukkah team but Hanukkah had better arguments probably because they took it too seriously. The Hanukkah team’s woman representative, Jackie Hoffman, started with the history of the persecution of Jews… not funny. And she was too loud.

And then the Q and A…

The improvised remarks of some of the comedians were better than their stand up acts. For example, Jackie Hoffman calling Michael Showalter, “Moshe Showalter,” When the jerk called Michael Showalter fat (“Is that a pillow in your shirt or … “) the vacuum guy sprayed imaginary “turd” incense at him.

But I was biased from the beginning… Yay Hanukkah!

Either way happy holiday! (Thanksgiving…)