I'm not Jewish but I definitely caught that. I also loved how Bayer played the kid's blank, smiling refusal/inability to go off-script.

I'm not Jewish but I definitely caught that. I also loved how Bayer played the kid's blank, smiling refusal/inability to go off-script.

I wasn't getting that heavy a Tiger Mom vibe off of Mrs Watson. It seemed to me that Joan's reluctance to deal with her family was more about *her* opinion of herself, not theirs.

I wasn't getting that heavy a Tiger Mom vibe off of Mrs Watson. It seemed to me that Joan's reluctance to deal with her family was more about *her* opinion of herself, not theirs.

This is as good an opportunity as any to link to Kate Beaton's amazing Xmas comic from a couple years back:

This is as good an opportunity as any to link to Kate Beaton's amazing Xmas comic from a couple years back:

I'm pretty sure I never bought it. I was a born skeptic.

I'm pretty sure I never bought it. I was a born skeptic.

*Whinny*

*Whinny*

Dude fought in the Battle of the Bulge. I'd imagine everything's comedy after something like that.

Dude fought in the Battle of the Bulge. I'd imagine everything's comedy after something like that.

Young Frankenstein is an unimpeachable masterpiece. But most of the credit there goes to Gene Wilder.

Young Frankenstein is an unimpeachable masterpiece. But most of the credit there goes to Gene Wilder.

To be fair, "Melvin James Kaminsky" doesn't have the same ring to it.

To be fair, "Melvin James Kaminsky" doesn't have the same ring to it.

He did win an Oscar for it. I think he was just downplaying.

He did win an Oscar for it. I think he was just downplaying.

It's one of those things where as a kid you just enjoy the comic weirdness. Then you grow up and you discover the context.

It's one of those things where as a kid you just enjoy the comic weirdness. Then you grow up and you discover the context.