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shmooshy t1_jd8lije wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:45 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally written entirely by Carl Reiner, about stories from Reiner's life, and starred Carl Reiner. The pilot was unsuccessful so it was reworked with Dick Van Dyke playing Robert Petrie. by jamescookenotthatone

Danny Thomas was a Lebanese Catholic (hence founding a hospital in the name of his favorite saint, St. Jude.) very much NOT Jewish.

PixelPervert t1_jd8n47x wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:55 PM

Comment deleted. I don't know where I read it but I saw somewhere that says he was. My mistake!

shmooshy t1_jd8nth6 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:59 PM

Fair enough, so many early TV comedy guys were Jewish (like Jack Benny, Sid Caesar, etc)…somehow you picked the one who was not!