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Modeled after a Montreal show, it
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venues, says Eisen, 37, a recently mar-
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The idea for the festival came out
of Eisen's monthly shows, "Yids in the
Hall," which he takes to synagogues
and theaters in Toronto, Montreal,
Ottawa and Hamilton. He toyed with
the idea of a festival, then made it a
reality after seeing the success of an
Ashkenazi festival and a Jewish film
festival in Toronto. The comedy gig
features Canadian comics as well as
Richard Lewis, Alan King, Robert
Klein and Jackie Mason.
Eisen hasn't always been gung-ho
about Jewish routines. "When I start-
ed doing stand-up, I shied away from
doing much Jewish stuff," he admits.
"The older I got, I started to do
more." After a black friend hosted an
"all-black" show, which "the people
went nuts for," Eisen was hooked, and
"Yids in the Hall" was born.
"I'm working on a new sitcom
called 'Jews Assembling Furniture,"'
says Eisen, who works Jewish stereo-
types into his routine. "It's a half-hour
sitcom, but it takes 26 episodes to get
it done, and in the last episode you
hire a gentile to do it for you." It gets
laughs, he insists.
Eisen's comedy career started at
Yuk Yuk's 15 years ago, after a Second
City stint. He went from amateur
night to headlining in Canada and the
States. Now, he focuses mostly on
writing. With a partner in Los
Angeles, Eisen crafts movie scripts.
The comedy festival
offers different genres
each night — one fea-
tures "Borscht Belt"
routines, another
musical variety, and so
on, with stand-up
throughout the pro-
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Comic Lou Eisen has put together the Toronto Jewish
Comedy Festival, which came out of his "Yids in the
Hall" comedy showcase.
The Toronto
Jewish Comedy
Festival will be
held Oct. 14-17
at various down-
town venues in
that city. Tickets
start at $25 and
range up to $75
(Canadian) for
headliner Jackie
Mason. For
schedule infor-
mation, call
(4 1 6) 363-4748.