Zero Mostel

... of the history of the American musical.

So for example, on our episode on Fiddler on the Roof, I read through Zero Mostel's, uh, transcript for the House of Un-American Activities, and that was not-

Oh, wow

... [laughs] that was not a combination that I expected to do.

And it was, you know, many of the things we love most.

And Zero Mostel was starring in it and hated the director.

But that's a whole other story.

Really hated.

Really?

Uh, was actually the costume manager for Zero Mostel in Fiddler on the Roof back in the '60s.

Uh, so yeah, i- it's a, it's a long history with our family and Broadway.

We love it, absolutely love it.

...

in, in, but he was talking about the casting of the stage version which was Zero Mostel versus the film version which was Topol.

But the stage version, the actor who made it famous was a Russian Jew.

Mm-hmm.

The majority.

Thank you, Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder.

The presence of an order, the presence of rule, the presence of discipline, the presence of the individuals, and what is here the presence of an order? Three dots, you know, stuff.

Thank you, Polytech Society.

That's a very funny movie.

The Zero Mostel.

This is this is funny.

So remember, I told you I went to the School of the Arts and I don't know if your audience knows Shane Evans.

So we just mentioned Josh Mostel.

He's the son of Zero Mostel.

And he

also played Bluto in a short-lived 1979