The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County will present a discussion of Stanley on Wednesday, July 20 @ 7:00 PM. In both an in-person and Zoom program. Admission for this discussion is $5 for members and $8 for nonmembers.
“Stanley” is an American situation comedy starring Buddy Hackett, Carol Burnett, and the voice of Paul Lynde that aired on NBC-TV for three years and was produced by Max Liebman.
Hackett played Stanley in his first leading role and a 23-year-old Carol Burnett, in her first regular role, played his girlfriend Celia. Among the show’s writing staff was comedy legend Woody Allen.,
Barry Jacobsen will lead the discussion and show some artifacts along with original kinescope clips of the TV program and share insights into the show’s creation and personalities.
Jacobsen worked for the creator of Your Show of Shows and Stanley, Max Liebman. Although not born during the show’s run, Jacobsen became an historical expert on the production and history of the show, spending hours talking to Liebman and others about those times in the early 1950s. After Liebman’s death, Jacobsen organized and donated television artifacts that were in his office, many of which related to Stanley to New York.
Funding for this presentation has been made possible in part by a general operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a Division of the Department of State, through grant funds administered by the Monmouth County Historical Commission.
The Jewish Heritage Museum is located in the Mounts Corner Shopping Center, at 310 Mounts Corner Drive, Freehold, at the corner of Route 537 and Wemrock Road. It is on the second floor of the historic Levi Solomon Barn.
The JHMOMC is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Now open to visitors by appointment, the Museum is handicapped and assistive-listening accessible. Masks and vaccinations are required.
For more information or to make a reservation, please call the Museum at 732-252-6990 or visit our website at http://www.jhmomc.org.
