Did you hear the one about the Borscht Belt?

February 17, 2013 12:20 PM

The Catskill Mountains resorts of Upstate New York were the legendary birthplace of a certain brand of humor: Borscht Belt comedy. The resorts are almost all gone now but, as Richard Schlesinger found out, the humor lives on.

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