This bonus episode features three mini episodes created by students from Professor Olga Gershenson’s Fall 2020 Jewish Humor course. Some students discuss The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, focusing on the Catskills and Lenny Bruce’s influence on comedy. Other students talk about the portrayal of Schmidt’s mother in New Girl. Hosts Jacky Celestino and Emily Ko talk with Professor Gershenson to learn more about the assignment.
Background music in the New Girl episode is “Bossa Antigua” by Kevin MacLeod. Link to song: <a href="https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3454-bossa-antigua">https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3454-bossa-antigua</a> Link to license: <a href="https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/standard-license">https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/standard-license</a>
Hosted by Jacky Celestino and Emily Ko | Edited by Emily Ko and Joseph Torres | Podcast art by Jacky Celestino

S2E1: One Night in Miami / Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

The official, award-winning podcast of the Film Studies program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst! Your go-to show for students, filmmakers, and film faculty getting educated together, on all things film, television, and screened media. Our podcast is written and produced by students in the Film Studies program at UMass Amherst. Hosts Chloe Mills &amp; Conrad Johnson. Production crew Elle Decatur &amp; Joane Nzikoba.