Jul

26 2016

"THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CATSKILLS"

10:30AM - 11:55AM  

JCC of Middlesex County 1775 Oak Tree Rd
Edison, NJ 08820
732-494-3232 shorwitz@jccmc.org
http://www.jccmc.org

Contact Sue Horwitz
732-494-3232
shorwitz@jccmc.org
http://www.jccmc.org

Mort started working in the Catskills in 1943 as a busboy, graduating to head busboy and then assistant salad maker! At age 17, he went to work for his father Jack Segal in booking entertainment for the resorts. The business grew into the largest booking agency in the Catskills. On any one Saturday night, there would be 121 shows necessitating the use of approximately 150 entertainers. Mort was in the center of it all. He even roomed with Buddy Hackett, was friends with Joan Rivers, and knew hundreds of other stars of English and Yiddish vaudeville, stage and screen.

The history is interesting, the stories personal and funny. They’re first-hand stories that will bring back memories of an era that no longer exists, from a guy who does!!