Hulk Hogan Meets the World of Orthodox Judaism - Updated
Update: Someone, somewhere sent a link out on some sort of an international mailing list, and people have been pouring in all weekend to see this video. Friend or foe? Like or dislike? Kosher or non? From the Hulk fan club? WWF? I have no idea. None have left any comments here. Maybe someone will read this and leave an explanation as to who or what is behind it?
Heh. Too bad most people are going to think Jews are ungrateful and sticklers after watching it. The supermarket guy should have warned him about cooking the food.
Yehuda
Posted by: Yehuda Berlinger | January 25, 2007 at 07:29 AM
Hilarious... Good on the Hulkster for trying
Posted by: Oceanguy | January 25, 2007 at 08:42 AM
Sticklers, yes, ungrateful, no, at least as far as my response to the video. I thought everyone handled their cultural differences pretty well, with the exception of Hogan's suggestion that they "just say it is kosher" which is crappy behavior in my book.
On the other hand, as with so much "reality" TV, are you being played? Hogan went to college in Tampa, played for ten years in a rock back all over Florida, lived in Los Angeles while working in movies and television for three decades, (including hosting Saturday Night Live and his own cartoon show), appeared in wrestling matches all over the world (he was BIG IN JAPAN....), and we're expected to believe that he and his entire family has not one freakin' clue that kosher has something to do with dietary restrictions.
Really? A thirty-five year career in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles and no one in the Hogan family has ever heard of "kosher?" No one has ever cracked a joke about pork around this mook? He's never been to a kosher deli during his dozens of visits to New York City? I find this extremely difficult to believe. Heck, there's an entire SEINFELD episode built around not eating lobster.
So I'll bet that the supermarket guys DID warn him about the grill. Also: If I hired a kosher Jewish caterer based on the fact that as non-Jew, I don't know squat about what I'm doing...does it occur to anyone that the caterer would say SOMETHING about what's allowed and what's not? If the guy truly didn't give Hogan the run-down on things, he ought to be fired.
Posted by: DRaftervoi | January 25, 2007 at 10:42 AM
I found it funny and thought everyone acquitted themselves well. The Rabbi seemed like a cool guy. I was amused by his "kosher hug." It was nice of the Hulk to have invited everyone and to have been so accomodating.
Posted by: Gail | January 25, 2007 at 11:29 AM
Rock BAND, not a rock BACK.
Remember, Hogan is from an industry where "reality" is whatever they say it is; go to Wikipedia and type in "Dusty Finish," and then tell me whether you think the Hulkster's entire family is pig-ignorant (heh!) about kosher.
Posted by: draftervoi | January 25, 2007 at 01:24 PM
It was cute.
Posted by: Jack | January 29, 2007 at 12:07 PM
60-70 unique visitors from Canada, and to a lesser extent from Israel, are coming here to watch this video each and every day since it debuted, making it one of my most popular posts, though not quite up there in vaunted league with Schnappi the Krokodil and the Japanese Lap Pillow posts which drew in the hundreds.
Posted by: Gail | February 06, 2007 at 11:49 AM