[Ads-l] OT: names

[Laurence Horn]

Starring Louise Lasser, of early Woody Allen fame, and Mary Kay Place and Martin Mull.  Not just a spoof, but absurdist and silly in the best sense--especially, if you’ll pardon the concept, if watched stoned (stoned-watched?).  I was hooked on MH-MH back in what I remember as being my grad school days but I see now was actually later than that, and even watched the spinoff--Fernwood 2-Nite, if memory serves.  Not great.  Don’t have a specific recall of Kevin Cohen, but sounds about right.  

> On Jun 5, 2017, at 9:20 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> I only saw it once or twice, but I remember the show. It was a '70s spoof
> of soap operas.
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> JL
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> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 8:16 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I'm watching a tale on the tube about one "Kevin Cohen."
>> 
>> Does anyone else recall the old TV show, "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman"?
>> There were a couple of episodes featuring a young, hip, new-age rabbi named
>> "Kevin Cohen." This was a real thigh-slapper of a concept, at the time.
>> Like, what Jewish guy would ever be named "Kevin," let alone one who was
>> not only a _rabbi_, but who was also a *Cohen*?! Har! Har! How much more
>> ridiculous can you get?!
>> 
>> Well, as they say, "Time brings about a change."
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