Neil Rubinstein

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[Bit 1]

Yeah, I'm Neil Rubinstein.

People miss pronounce it all the time too.

Rubenstein, Rubenstein, Goldberg.

[Bit 2]

I'm named after my grandfather, Norman Rubenstein,

but I know that wasn't his name, you know,

'cause he came over from Poland in the 1930s.

So his name was like a bunch of C's and Z's.

No vowels.

Inside out K for some reason.

And just the immigration guys couldn't read it.

They're like, what are you showing me?

A wifi password?

What's that?

Like we're giving out a lot of Normans today.

You're gonna be Norman from now on.

He said, "My last name's John. Norman Rubinstein."

We're giving out a lot of Norman say.

He'll be Norman from now on. Norman Rubinstein.

He said, "My last name's Jones."

Like, "Not anymore Jew."

And they just shoved them back down the stairs.

[Bit 3]

Never been a good time in history for the Jews.

No one's been like, "Oh, you're Jewish? Right this way."

Well, once.

Stepped on the well once, but...

Bit 1 · Beat 1

Beat Details

Beat Premise

“Mispronouncing a Jewish surname could be assigning a different famous Jewish surname.”

Joke Type

reframe

Lines

setupYeah, I'm Neil Rubinstein.

setupPeople miss pronounce it all the time too.

punchlineRubenstein, Rubenstein, Goldberg.