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to more cable TV comedy gigs, such as
HBO's At the Multiplex With Judy Gold
and Comedy Central 's The Heroes of
Jewish Comedy. ,
Besides Judaism, Gold also practices
career diversification.
She's spent some time in Los
Angeles, appearing in Woody -Allen's
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion and
Kadima Strikes Gold from page 55
doing dramatic roles on TV's Law and
dormitory roommates to win a prize
Order and Law and Order SVU and the
in a campus talent contest.
soap opera As the World Turns. She
Before that, Gold, 43, had excelled
won two Emmy Awards as a writer-
on the piano and on the clarinet, while producer for The Rosie O'Donnell Show
growing up in Clark, N.J., in a "very
and a Cable Ace award for a half-hour
observant family." She had a "mild bat
comedy special on HBO. She recently
mitzvah — with no outrageous party," appeared in The Aristocrats film, sits
she said.
on the couch regularly with a broad
"I'm 6-foot-3, so I looked pretty
spectrum of talk-show hosts and is
awkward in the [high school] march-
turning 25 Questions into a book to
ing band with orthopedic shoes, and
be released in time for Mother's Day
my height resulted in a lot of mean-
next year.
spirited `fun-making' from the other
Her stand-up act includes telling
students:' she recalled. "We went
the audience to think about convert-
according to height during gradua-
ing to Judaism: "We have 5,000 holi-
tions, so I always was the last one to
days — so you'll be able to take a lot
walk down the aisle. But I persevered
of time off from work."
after college and paid my dues on the
There has been some controversy
stand-up comedy circuit.
over her riff on Anne Frank, the Jewish
"You spend a lot of time traveling
teenager whose family had to keep
and going over your material, and it's
silent while they hid from the Nazis
exhausting and often lonely, but it's
during World War II in Amsterdam.
the only way to pursue stand-up. I
"My mother couldn't have done it,"
appeared in towns in New Mexico and Gold tells audiences. "She would have
around the South that I'm sure never
yelled at me, Tut your clothes away;
saw a Jew before — far away from
clean up your room' They would have
the Upper West Side of Manhattan
found us in a minute."
—
Israel'"
The comedienne received some
While traveling to "just about any
complaints about that routine, "but I
gig available," Gold often stayed in
feel it's my responsibility as a Jew —
comedy club-owned condos with "a
and, in fact, a mitzvah — to remind
bunch of sometimes strange male
people around the country about the
comics:' making $500-$800 a week
background of Anne Frank's story and
— if she was a headliner or emcee for what the Jewish people went through
the show.
during the Holocaust, even if it's in a
Oddly enough, she earns only $25
comical way." E
for 20 minutes at any New York com-
edy club now, "but I love performing
two or three times a week — I have a
Judy Gold headlines the Kadima
high energy level:' she said.
benefit 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.
Big Break
Gold's big break came when she
received national attention while fill-
ing in at the last minute for a comedi-
an who had to cancel on the Caroline's
Comedy Club cable TV show. This led
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