92nd
STREET Y
Live, From 92nd
Street
It’s Funny Monday!
By
Nina and Tim Boxer
 HERE
was a black hole in the comedy galaxy the third Monday in May, as
all the stars seemed to gravitate to 92nd Street and
Lexington Avenue. Richard Belzer, Freddie Roman, Sandra Bernhard
and Joy Behar, among many other comics, headlined a program of
Comedy Tonight at the 92nd Street Y’s annual gala
benefit which raised $1.1 million.
“Everybody thinks I’m
Jewish,” said Behar, star of ABC’s The View. “Actually
my family’s from Calabria.”
Six months ago she got a
phone call: “Happy Chanukah!”
“Ma, I’m not Jewish!”
she exclaimed.
The Belz, now a popular
TV star, did a right-on impression of a French Bob Dylan.
Also on the bill were Mario
Cantone, Dean Edwards, Judy Gold, Gilbert Gottfried, Kevin Meaney,
Colin Quinn, Sarah Silverman, and Triumph the Insult Dog, aka Robert
Smigel.
Most were salacious with
material that couldn’t be printed in a family newspaper.
The entertainment was
taped (and edited) for broadcast to our armed forces in 177
countries and on ships across the globe, courtesy of Sen. Hillary
Clinton and the U.S. Department of Defense. |
