I love so much how she incorporated that into her concert. That alone would be worth the cost of the ticket!♥♥

Talk amongst yourselves.......I'll give you a topic....Barbara and Linda Richman are both Shaina Punim Shaina Madelach! DISCUSS! 😄

I am jealous!

@@user-xe5cz3dw8m I hear you, at least we are so lucky that it was all captured on film! And I was there for her closing night at Staples as well as January 1st an MGM. I was suppose to attend weeks earlier but she got Laryngitis; so I was bumped to the last night which turned out to be the night HBO filmed her special! And after the show ended, she had to re- film 5 songs for some reason, so she comes out after we thought it was over and said "I know u must be tired, but I have to re-film 5 songs so if any of you could stay" and before she could finish that sentence the crowd burst in to the loudest cheers - we just lost our collective minds!!. She goes off for about 20 minutes and Marvin Hamlisch, her conductor, comes out and entertains the crowd playing Happy Birthday on the piano the way each of the great composers would have played it - Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart etc. I got to hear her sing Somewhere twice! The sad thing is actually the first time she sang it in the real concert was better, she was a bit stronger at the end and held the last note longer.....but the one in the HBO film is the 2nd take. Anyway, it was a time and a night I'll always remember. I almost didn't get to go, only a miracle happened and I did finally get a ticket, but that is too long of a story. I paid 1,007.00 for that 1 seat, and it was worth every penny! BEST - enjoy the HBO special! have a beautiful life!

@@jamesk8s1 WOW! Thank you so much for taking the time to share that incredible experience. Barbara coming back on stage and beginning with, "I know you are tired but if you could stay" sounds exactly like her. She is so unassuming and kind. I am so glad you got your money's worth and them some for that evening. As Linda Richmond said, "You paid a beautiful dollar!" Have a lovely life, friend!

I was too! Do you remember all the stars that were there? Michael Jackson, Kathy lee and Frank Gifford, Daryl Hannah was with JFK jr and then Gregory Peck walked in!

@@rickipeltzman9795 hi, such good fortune we had! Glad u got 2 c it too!!! Yes, yes, I do remember the spot light on each one of them and them being announced as they arrived. It was like Royalty coming to see the Queen. Now, my biggest dream is to see Dimash live. If u don't know him, I would suggest starting with his song SOS from the 2017 I AM SINGER vocal competition which launched him into international super stardom - just an other worldly voice!

Linda was his mother in law, she was also an agent in Hollywood.

Mike Meyers speaks Yiddish better than Jews.😮

When I lived in Skokie, IL, there was a restaurant called Barnum and Bagel and the women looked like Linda, big hair but ridiculously sequined jogging outfits on 80 year-olds who actually sat around tables discussing Barbra Streisand. Kinda like The Nanny. So funny.

@@JeffBazell 😆😊😁👍

Linda Richmond is based on his former mother-in-law.

I think Yiddish needs to be taught in public schools. What a great language.

VERY nicely done! Proud of you! - a Yid in Philadelphia ❤️👍

@@mellow5123 my parents who both spoke Yiddish to each other when they didn't want me to know what they were talking about, both passed away 30 years ago. I never had an interest in learning Yiddish as a kid, and now I regret it. It was right there, in my own house! They'd go "schvog" (shut up) the KLEINAH is due." ( The child is here.)

Hate to tell you but genicktegezoint is a made up word-not Yiddish!! But funny!

@@ruthiscurlyHow do you say “pedantic” in Yiddish?

Former mother-in-law. They divorced. He’s now married to a different woman.

Lighten up Francis

Young enough that she thinks the "Meet the Fockers lady" is singing Lea Michelle's songs.

@@snarkyenigma9219 LOL. Great comment!

@@cathynewyork7918 Someone actually wrote that here on KZfaq. I think it was Lea Michelle butchering _Don't Rain on My Parade_ .

Not sure she speaks but for sure knows words. She is jewish and from brooklyn

Yes, and this is really going to blow your mind ... she's been known to sing too.

@@snarkyenigma9219 like n the movie Yentl.

@@stumack9755 Yental? 🤣 You mean like . a scolding nagging bad-tempered Yiddish woman?

Most New York Jews speak Yiddish. Mainly because we're primarily Ashkenazim. OMG, Linda Richmond was my FAVORITE Mike Meyers character and Coffee Talk was my FAVORITE skit on SNL.

Kathy Lee was doing her show and she talked about Barbra Streisand all the time. I was there and it was really something!

His only really great role.

@@nonenoneonenonenone Not fair. Mike Meyers has done a lot of good comedy work.

it was so scripted that it was cringe how bad of an actress Barbara was.

All the parts where they appear to be looking at the audience or at each other, they’re reading their scripts. Especially before Michael goes onto the stage, and it appears they’re directing their dialogue at each other, but there’s clearly a prompter. Barbra had an ironic line, “I’m surprised you remembered all your lines” as PART of the script…

It’s really more New York Yiddish than Eastern European Yiddish, but it’s close enough! I provided a translation above.