ENTERTAINMENT: CATCH-UP,
LOOK AHEAD, BASEBALL!
The eight-episode HBO series
Perry Mason began on June 21.
New episodes stream Sundays.
It’
s set in Los Angeles during the
Great Depression (1932). Mason
(Matthew Rhys) is not yet an
attorney. He’
s a private inves-
tigator scrambling to make a
living. Reviews range from very
good to mixed (I like it).
There is only one Jewish
actor with a big role in the series
and, oddly, advance publicity
didn’
t specify his Perry Mason
role. I now know that Justin
Kirk, 51, shows up midway in
the series as lawyer Hamilton
Burger, whom longtime Mason
fans know as Mason’
s courtroom
opponent. In the HBO series,
Burger actually aids Mason.
(Kirk’
s mother is Jewish, and he
co-starred as the Jewish charac-
ter Andy Botwin in the Showtime
series Weeds.)
Palm Springs, a comedy
starring Andy Samberg, 41,
got great reviews at the 2020
Sundance Festival. Hulu bought
the rights to stream it after a
theater opening. But COVID-19
intervened, and it began stream-
ing on Hulu on July 10. Basic
Groundhog Day-like plot: Nyles
(Samberg) and Sarah (Cristin
Milioti) meet at a wedding and
hit it off. The downside is that
they are trapped in a time loop
and have to live the day of the
wedding over and over. Oscar
nominee June Squibb, 90, has a
small role as a grandma attend-
ing the wedding.
30 Rock: A One Time Special,
airs on NBC on July 16, at 8
p.m. The main characters of
the original TV show (played
by the original cast members)
reunite to help a friend with an
ad campaign. This special is
openly marketed as a vehicle to
promote current and upcoming
NBC/Peacock network shows via
appearances by those shows’
stars. No doubt, some will be
Jewish, like Samberg, who stars
in NBC’
s Brooklyn, Nine-Nine,
and Alden Ehrenreich, 30, a
Peacock series star (Brave New
World).
THE TRIBE ON THE DIAMOND
(FOR A LIMITED TIME!)
The special 60-game baseball
season begins on July 23. Here
are the Jewish players that
almost certainly will be with
a MLB club on opening day
(rosters aren’
t yet set in stone):
Richard Bleier, 32, relief pitcher,
Baltimore Orioles; Ryan Braun,
36, right fielder, Milwaukee
Brewers; Alex Bregman, 26,
third baseman, Houston Astros;
Max Fried, 26, pitcher (starting),
Atlanta Braves; Kevin Pillar, 31,
right fielder, Boston Red Sox;
and Rowdy Tellez, 25, designat-
ed hitter, Toronto Blue Jays.
Several players in the majors
in 2019 aren’
t on a roster for the
special season: Joc Pederson,
27, a hard-hitting Dodgers’
out-
fielder, is still recovering from
a hip injury; Robert Stock, 30,
a Philadelphia pitcher, had a
bad year in 2019; and Garrett
Stubbs, 27, a 2019 Astros’
rook-
ie catcher. Houston has two vet-
eran catchers. They don’
t need a
third for a very short season.
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