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* ''{{Sleeper}}'' has two old Jewish ''robots'' who run a clothing shop, complete with yamulke-like head covers.
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* In ''EthanSuspended'', the title character's grandparents are this.
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* In Isaac Asimov's '' Second Foundation'' (volume 3 of the original Foundation Trilogy), Preem Palver appears to be a rustic farmer - and speaks with an Immigrant Yiddish accent (which Asimov was completely familiar with). [[spoiler: Subverted, as far from being an unintelligent hick, Palver is the First Speaker of the Second Foundation.]]
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* In Isaac Asimov's '' Second Foundation'' (volume 3 of the original Foundation Trilogy), Preem Palver appears to be a rustic farmer - and speaks with an Immigrant Yiddish accent (which Asimov was completely familiar with). [[spoiler: Subverted, as far from being an unintelligent hick, Palver is the First Speaker of the Second Foundation.]]
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* EddieMurphy's character pretends to be one in ''TheDistinguishedGentleman'' when campaigning for Congress when his van drives through a Jewish neighborhood, throwing around Yiddish words. Of course, he is earlier revealed to be fluent in Yiddish.
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* On ''{{Futurama}}'', very single Decapodian is, at least to some extent, an AlterKocker, though Harold Zoid and the ambassador take it UpToEleven.
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* Jeff Goldblum's father in ''IndependenceDay'' is an old Jewish man who kvetches constantly and speaks YiddishAsASecondLanguage.
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**** The regular episodes [[NegativeContinuity aren't generally canon]], either.
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** Max's being played by the then thirty-something Billy Crystal only makes it funnier...
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* In an episode of TheGoodWife, Will and Diane, in their plot to oust Julian, bring back two equity partners whom they refer specifically as "the alter kockers" in order to get their votes.
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** Slappy too. Even if she isn't explicitly Jewish, she's been in show business so long she's picked it up.
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* Iroh in ''AvatarTheAbridgedSeries''. Bear in mind, [[AvatarTheLastAirbender the original]] has a Japanese accent while ''[[FridgeLogic everyone else in the Fire Nation]]'' has a [[AmericanAccents standard American one]].
** Maybe he had a stroke at some point (in the context of the original series). Sometimes after strokes or other trauma that affects the brain, people recover the ability to speak but gain an accent (sometimes it's definitively Spanish/German/Japanese/what have you, most of the time it's just "generically foreign").
** ...or maybe it's due simply to Iroh being voiced by {{Mako}}, and he [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent didn't even bother to hide his accent.]]
* There is an entire website dedicated to this concept: [[http://oldjewstellingjokes.com/ Old Jews Telling Jokes]].
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* Iroh in ''AvatarTheAbridgedSeries''. Bear in mind, [[AvatarTheLastAirbender the original]] has a Japanese accent while ''[[FridgeLogic everyone else in the Fire Nation]]'' has a [[AmericanAccents standard American one]].
** Maybe he had a stroke at some point (in the context of the original series). Sometimes after strokes or other trauma that affects the brain, people recover the ability to speak but gain an accent (sometimes it's definitively Spanish/German/Japanese/what have you, most of the time it's just "generically foreign").
** ...or maybe it's due simply to Iroh being voiced by {{Mako}}, and he [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent didn't even bother to hide his accent.]]
* There is an entire website dedicated to this concept: [[http://oldjewstellingjokes.com/ Old Jews Telling Jokes]].
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* ''HaPijamoth'', an Israeli kid-sitcom of all things, suggested that "at some age, people just start speaking Yiddish. It's a medical fact."
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* Jackie Mason, in everything he's ever done.
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-->''"Schlemiel, goyim, bar mitzvah, did I mention I'm JEWISH?!"''\\
--'''TheNostalgiaCritic''', mocking Judd Hirsch's character in ''IndependenceDay''
--'''TheNostalgiaCritic''', mocking Judd Hirsch's character in ''IndependenceDay''
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*** Well, [[GrammarNazi if you want to be grammatically correct... correct...]]
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Incidentally, the phrase ''alter kacker'' means "old shitter." It's the Yiddish equivalent to the American slang phrase "old fart."
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Incidentally, the phrase ''alter kacker'' means "old shitter." It's the Yiddish equivalent to the American slang phrase "old fart."" Also incidentally, it means the exact same thing in German.
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* The phrase was mentioned on ''TheNanny.'' Interestingly, despite star Fran Drescher's Jewish heritage, the phrase is mistranslated, likely for the [[RuleOfFunny sake of the joke.]] She instead says that it means "Old Cock...er Spaniel."
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* In ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}'', when Chazz is under the control of the Society of Light, Jaden duels him using Chazz' favoured Ojama cards against him. One card causes Ojama tokens to appear on Chazz' side of the field, which look like elderly versions of the normal monsters. In the English dub, they sound Yiddish.
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* In ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}'', when Chazz is under the control of the Society of Light, Jaden duels him using Chazz' Chazz's favoured Ojama cards against him. One card causes Ojama tokens to appear on Chazz' Chazz's side of the field, which look like elderly versions of the normal monsters. In the English dub, they sound Yiddish.
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** ...or maybe it's due simply to Iroh being voiced by {{VoiceActors/Mako}}, and he [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent didn't even bother to hide his accent.]]
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* Dan Lauria's character in ''{{The Spirit}}'', Commissioner Dolan, lampshades this trope: "Don't mind me, I'm just the alter kocker."
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* Dan Lauria's character in ''{{The Spirit}}'', Commissioner Dolan, lampshades this trope: "Don't mind me, I'm "I'm just the an alter kocker.kocker, ya gotta gimme something to work with here."
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*There is an entire website dedicated to this concept: [[http://oldjewstellingjokes.com/ Old Jews Telling Jokes]].
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-->''"Schlemeil, goyem, bar mitzvah, did I mention I'm JEWISH?!"''\\
--'''TheNostalgiaCritic''', mocking Judd Hirsch's character in ''IndependenceDay''
--'''TheNostalgiaCritic''', mocking Judd Hirsch's character in ''IndependenceDay''
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** Maybe he had a stroke at some point (in the context of the original series). Sometimes after strokes or other trauma that affects the brain, people recover the ability to speak but gain an accent (sometimes it's definitively Spanish/German/Japanese/what have you, most of the time it's just "generically foreign").
