{"product_id":"0767685223222","title":"Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg","description":"Most television viewers of the early 21st century have never heard of the small-screen clan The Goldbergs, but from January 10, 1949, through October 19, 1954 (and then for two years after that in syndication), this sitcom family dominated a series of networks -- first CBS, then NBC, and finally the fledgling Dumont station. The premise dealt with various goings-on in the household of Molly (Gertrude Berg) and Jake Goldberg (played first by Philip Loeb, then Harold Stone, and then Robert Harris), a middle-class Jewish family eking out a life at Apartment 3B, East Tremont Avenue, in the Bronx, with their two teenage children, Rosalie (Arlene McQuade) and Sammy (played by Larry Robinson, then Tom Taylor). Housewife Molly's two favorite passions involved gossiping and dispensing the old-school wisdom of a Jewish mother, and one of her most frequent expressions was \"Yoo-hoo Mrs. Bloom,\" which she used to summon a neighbor friend. This half-hour program carries very bittersweet overtones, particularly in retrospect; on the one hand, it marked one of the first major series to depict a middle-class Jewish family in the immediate aftermath of the WWII years; on the other, it fell prey to the hysteria of the McCarthy era, especially when star Philip Loeb was blacklisted as an alleged Communist off-camera and booted off of the series -- with tragic consequences. But at the center of it all stood one of the most gifted and brilliant comediennes of the post-WWII era. Gertrude Berg pioneered radio (where she actually originated the Molly character) and then television, and led an incredibly fascinating life that included bringing the struggles of everyday Jewish Americans into homes across the country, and fighting witch hunts to protect the job security of her co-star. With this documentary profile, acclaimed filmmaker Aviva Kempner (The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg) chronicles Berg's astonishing life, from her birth in 1899 Harlem through her successful career and her death in 1966. Like the Greenberg film, this project emerged via the efforts of Kempner's Ciesla Foundation -- an organization devoted to profiling unsung Jewish heroes.","brand":"Anna Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47091481149680,"sku":"0767685223222","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0767685223222_p0.jpg?v=1763859744","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0767685223222","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}