Movie Pitch for my thesis project.

1. OY VEY
Why Being Jewish Is So Funny

2. A DOCUMENTARY
From the Farblongjid Mind of Jeffrey Schneider

3. Jeffrey Schneider
Writer, Producer & Director
• Grew up Jewish in Forest Hills Queens
• 30 Years of TV Production Experience
• 5 Time Emmy Award Winner
• Favorite Comedian: Don Rickles
• Favorite Movie Comedy: Blazing Saddles
• Favorite TV Comedy: Seinfeld

4. Milton Berle
Born: Milton Berlinger

5. Groucho Marx
Born: Julius Henry Marx

6. Buddy Hackett
Born: Leonard Hacker

7. Mel Brooks
Born: Melvin Kaminsky

8. Jewish Movies

9. Woody Allen
Born: Allen Stewart Konigsberg

10. Jewish Movies

11. Robert Klein
Born: Robert Klein

12. Jewish TV Shows

13. OY VEY
Why Being Jewish Is So Funny
A Series of Vignettes

14. Act One
Senior Moments
Senior Citizens share their memories of “The
Borscht Belt”… Summers filled by day with the fresh
air of New York State’s Catskill Mountains… And by
night, the smoke filled, alcohol fueled hotel
nightclubs, featuring all of the top Jewish
comedians.

15. Act Two
Kid Komedy
Who tickles the younger generation’s funny
bone? Is the Jewish humor gene handed
down from generation to generation. Hey if
you can do it with guilt, you can do it with
humor.

16. Shh, Don’t Tell but Also
A stand-up Rabbi ? Maybe we can see where in the Talmud it
says that Jewish people would be good at making people laugh.
A vaudeville comediantells us if humor helped him up the
corporate ladder. From comedian to CEO.

17. Shh, Don’t Tell but Also
The next generation of Jewish comedian’s is out there. What
lessons have they learned ? Have they figured out what works
and doesn’t work?
Plus a surprise appearance by someone you
? shouldn’t know from, because I don’t know yet.

18. Production Schedule
Shooting Editing
Set-Up
Aug.- Aug.-
June-July
Dec. Dec.

19. Production Schedule
Post- Site
Production Development
Dec-May Dec-May