Where Comedy Went to School is the topic of Professor Joe Dorinson's discussion. Modern American comedy was developed in the Borscht Belt by a generation of Jewish comedians who honed their craft in the resorts of the Catskill Mountains. These resorts became the training ground for stand-up and situation comedians like Danny Kaye, Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, Alan King, Jerry Lewis, Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Joan Rivers, Totie Fields, Mal Z. Lawrence and Jackie Mason to name only a few.
