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  Al Lubel became a lawyer to please his mother and a year later became a standup comedian in order to displease her.

  Getting stage time is hard for a new comic so Al, unannounced, would suddenly stand up in the middle of restaurants while people were in the middle of eating dinner and do his five minutes. As Al says, “And I almost always got big laughs because, looking back on it, I think they were scared that I was insane.”

  Al began getting work at comedy clubs and within a year won the $100,000 Comedy Grand Prize on television’s Star Search. Doing the Tonight Show was a childhood fantasy so he auditioned and luckily became one of the last comics to appear with Johnny Carson. He then went on to make a bunch of appearances on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Late Show with David Letterman.

  In 1992, Al was the subject of A Standup Life, directed by Peter Lydon for the BBC.  A documentary about American standup comedy, it features Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Hope, Mort Sahl and Joan Rivers.

  In 1990, Al played an attorney on the Blake Clark HBO Comedy Hour and in 2002 played basketball superstar Bill Walton’s sidekick in the the ESPN series, Bill Walton’s Long Strange Trip.

  Al’s solo show, Mentally Al, won the Amused Moose Award Judges Prize as the best one person show in the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Two years later he was nominated for best performer of a one person show by the Barry Awards at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2016, Al was Marc Maron’s guest on WTF and a year later moved to London where he did standup for three years in the UK and Europe.

  A new documentary about Al directed by Joshua Edelman, Mentally Al, is being distributed by Comedy Dynamics and can be seen on Amazon Prime and YouTube.

  But Al does admit to missing the practice of law. “I’d like to have just one more trial, something serious like a murder trial because right before I give closing argument and my client’s fate hinges on every word I say I want to see his face when I turn to him and whisper, I’m a comedian!”

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• By Daniel Lobell
• Published September 9, 2021

Daniel Lobell

Having been a standup comedian for 17 years, it is not uncommon for other comedians to ask me if I am related to Al Lubel, since my last name is Lobell. As far as I know, we are not related (aside from the fact that we are both Jewish), but I do have a strong connection to him.

Lubel was the first comic I ever saw perform in a comedy club. I kept looking for more comedians like him, because he was so funny. There were none. His jokes were just so much smarter than everyone else’s.  

Finally, the world is going to learn how much of a comedy genius Lubel is; he’s the star of a new documentary, “Mentally Al,” which follows him on his gigs, shows a glimpse into his personal life – like visiting his elderly mother in a nursing home in Florida – and features interviews with his contemporaries like Sarah Silverman, Judd Apatow, Kevin Nealon and Andy Kindler. Silverman talked about how Lubel was the first alternative comedian before alt comedy even existed.  

The movie is directed by Joshua Edelman, and produced by Edelman and Daniel Marino (who is, fun fact, Miami Dolphins legend Dan Marino’s son). It’s being distributed by Comedy Dynamics and is available on YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Comcast, Spectrum, Apple TV and Google Play.

Despite the respect of his peers and his many career accomplishments, the whole theme of the documentary, Lubel said, is, ‘Why is this very funny guy not more successful?’

Despite the respect of his peers and his many career accomplishments, the whole theme of the documentary, Lubel said, is, “Why is this very funny guy not more successful?”

A former lawyer, Lubel never became famous, despite his winning a $100,000 grand prize for “Star Search,” and then going on to do sets on late night shows.

In the film, Lubel recounts a fellow comedian asking him a question that he found hurtful: “If you could do it all over again, would you still do comedy?”  

Lubel explained that the question implied that he is a failure because this comedian wouldn’t ask that to Jerry Seinfeld. Though he is not a financial success, he said he does not see himself as a failure. He got to stop being a lawyer to do comedy. Every day that he’s a comedian and not a lawyer, he says he is a success.    

Lubel is a sharp joke writer. One of my favorites goes something like this: “I don’t vote because I don’t think my vote counts. My friend said, ‘Al, what if everyone didn’t vote because they thought their vote didn’t count?’ Well, then my vote would count.” It’s a circular logic that he often uses.

One thing I love about the film is that it really makes you think. But then again, you’d be thinking without the movie. So to be more accurate, it’s the kind of movie that really makes you think about Al Lubel. And if there is one thing Al Lubel loves, it’s people thinking about Al Lubel.  

As he says in the movie, his audience is people who don’t know about him. If they did, they would love him and come see him, but in a given crowd, there are often only some that love him but they are usually only just finding out about him then.

The comic, who is endlessly self-deprecating, can’t resist relating this story to me: “The director’s ex-girlfriend is a psychologist and she watched [the film] twice. She said ‘Al really intellectualizes everything.’ And I think that’s true. That’s a way of putting it. I didn’t like hearing it actually because it explains me and I think I am unexplainable. Is that all I was doing is intellectualizing? I thought I was more interesting than that.”

He continued, “I analyze everything to death and then don’t do everything. And that’s my excuse for not doing anything. Doing nothing is something, but at least it’s easier.”

Daniel Lobell is a comedian and podcaster living in Los Angeles. He is the author of the Fair Enough comic book series  and hosts the Doctorpedia podcast .

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October 2020

• Sat 31 Oct London, Betsey Trotwood Al Lubel
• Sat 24 Oct London, Betsey Trotwood Al Lubel
• Sat 10 Oct London, Betsey Trotwood Al Lubel

January 2020

• Fri 24 Jan Seaford Head Golf Club Comedy Night Al Lubel, Elie Kraft, David James, Julie Jepson
• Sat 4 Jan London, Kings Head Crouch End Howard Smith As Keith Platt, Al Lubel

November 2019

• Thu 14 Nov Hastings, The Albion All American Comedy Line-Up Al Lubel, Russell Hicks, Tim Renkow, Robyn Perkins
• Fri 8 Nov Ellesmere Port, The Whitby Sports & Social Club Comedy Night Live Nina Gilligan, Al Lubel, Sean Percival, Bobby Murdock

October 2019

• Sat 19 Oct Bristol, Hen & Chicken Jarred Christmas, Al Lubel, Clint Edwards
• Fri 4 Oct London, Hideaway Friday Night Comedy Earl Okin, Al Lubel, Robyn Perkins

September 2019

• Wed 18 Sep Birmingham, Patrick Kavanagh Bar Fat Penguin Comedy Sean Collins, Al Lubel, Jay Handley
• Thu 5 Sep Bury, The Met First Thursday Comedy Club Al Lubel, Gina Jenkinson

August 2019

• Sat 24 Aug London, Kings Head Crouch End Saturday Comedy Cabaret Windsor, Rick Kiesewetter, Howard Smith As Keith Platt, John Newton, Al Lubel
• Fri 9 Aug The Stag Sevenoaks Outside The Box Comedy Club Lee Hurst, Al Lubel, Elf Lyons, Maff Brown
• Sat 29 Jun London, Shoreditch Town Hall Rory O'Hanlon, Nathan Caton, Neil Delamere, Al Lubel, Meryl O'Rourke
• Sat 15 Jun Bristol, Hen & Chicken Andrew Bird (1), Al Lubel, Robin Morgan
• Sat 1 Jun London, Kings Head Crouch End Saturday Comedy Cabaret Toby Adams, Stefano Paolini, Russell Hicks, Steve N Allen, Al Lubel
• Fri 17 May Luton Library Theatre Al Lubel, Arielle Souma, Trev Tokabi, Georgie Morrell, Celya AB, Jay Drooch …
• Thu 2 May Ashby-De-La-Zouch, The Lyric Rooms Mike Gunn, Glenn Moore, Al Lubel, Spiky Mike
• Sun 31 Mar The Bath Brew House Al Lubel
• Sat 23 Mar Comedy Station Comedy Club, Blackpool Simon Donald, Al Lubel, Katie Tracey, Ryan Gleeson

February 2019

• Sat 23 Feb Kettering Arts Centre Mitch Benn, Al Lubel, Evelyn Mok, Nick Wills
• Sat 16 Feb Brighton, Komedia Comedy Club 4 Kids, Ada Campe, Al Lubel, Paul Duncan McGarrity
• Thu 14 Feb London, Kings Head Crouch End Charlie Essayan, Jamie Allerton, Mel Byron, Cecilia Daniels, Hilberto, Nicole Harris, Chloe Driver, Vitaly Filipskiy, Theo McCabe, Al Lubel, Dee Kaate, Mimi Cham, Rachel Wheeley …
• Sat 2 Feb London, Kings Head Crouch End Charmian Hughes, Don Biswas, Robin Morgan, Al Lubel
• Fri 1 Feb London, Hideaway Earl Okin, Al Lubel, Robin Morgan

January 2019

• Tue 15 Jan The North London Tavern Elie Kraft, Francesco De Carlo, Al Lubel, Nicole Harris, Michael Akadiri, Gaelle Constant, Charlie V Martin, Hatty Preston …

December 2018

• Sat 22 Dec Harlow Rugby Club John Mann (1), Ria Lina, Al Lubel
• Sat 15 Dec Yate Community Centre Roger Monkhouse, Andrew Bird (1), Al Lubel

November 2018

• Sun 4 Nov Nottingham, The Old Cold Store Al Lubel

October 2018

• Sun 28 Oct Hyde, Joshua Bradley Pub Ria Lina, Al Lubel, Cokey Falkow
• Sat 27 Oct Halifax Minster Andy Kind, The Kagools, Al Lubel, Tom Wrigglesworth
• Sat 20 Oct Leyland, Croston Sports Club Al Lubel, Jack Campbell, Kevin Dewsbury
• Tue 9 Oct London, The Albany ACMS: The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society, Hari Sriskantha, Thom Tuck, John-Luke Roberts, Alexis Dubus, Sophie Duker, Marcel Lucont, Zoe Tomalin, Al Lubel, David McIver, Josiah Norris, Ben Target, Christian Talbot, William Andrews, Steve Pretty, Shelf, Olga Koch, Laura Davis (2) …
• Thu 4 Oct Manchester, Frog and Bucket Comedy Club Thursday Night Live Jessica Fostekew, Mick Ferry, Andy Askins, Al Lubel, James Sherwood

September 2018

• Sat 29 Sep Blandford Forum, Corn Exchange Al Lubel, Tom Glover, Paul F Taylor
• Fri 28 Sep Hyde, Joshua Bradley Pub Ria Lina, Al Lubel, Cokey Falkow
• Thu 13 Sep Southwell, Saracens Head Hotel Noel James, Bennett Arron, Al Lubel, Aaron Simmonds, Spiky Mike
• Sat 28 Jul London, Putney Comedy Club @ Putney Pantry Cafe Bar Matt Price, Al Lubel, Lateef Lovejoy, Sarah Keysworth, Jenan Younis, Martin Besserman …
• Sat 28 Jul London, Cafe Rouge Hampstead Matt Price, Al Lubel, Lateef Lovejoy, Micah Bleich, Jenan Younis, James Veitch …
• Sat 19 May London, Museum Of Comedy Al Lubel
• Sat 12 May London, Museum Of Comedy Al Lubel
• Sun 22 Apr London, artsdepot Comedy Club 4 Kids, Tiernan Douieb, Al Lubel, Howard Read
• Sun 1 Apr London, Kings Head Crouch End Al Lubel, Dickie Richards, Kuan-Wen
• Sat 31 Mar Guildford, G Live Comedy Club 4 Kids, Al Lubel, George Egg
• Fri 23 Mar London, Cafe Mode Friday Stand Up Comedy Early Show & A Free Pizza Al Lubel, Sean Sellers, Jason Kavan
• Thu 22 Mar London, Cafe Mode Thursday Stand Up Comedy & A Free Pizza Al Lubel, Rick Kiesewetter, Jason Kavan
• Sat 10 Mar London, Cafe Mode Saturday Stand Up Comedy & A Free Pizza Al Lubel, Sean Sellers, Jason Kavan
• Fri 9 Mar London, Cafe Mode Friday Stand Up Comedy Early Show & A Free Pizza Al Lubel, Sean Sellers, Jason Kavan
• Sun 4 Mar London, Cafe Rouge Hampstead Sol Bernstein, Al Lubel, Sindhu Vee, Martin Besserman
• Sat 3 Mar London, Cafe Mode Saturday Stand Up Comedy Early Show & A Free Pizza Al Lubel, Rick Kiesewetter, Jason Kavan
• Thu 1 Mar London, Cafe Mode Thursday Stand Up Comedy & A Free Pizza Al Lubel, Rick Kiesewetter, Jason Kavan

February 2018

• Sun 25 Feb London, Cafe Mode Sunday Stand Up Comedy & A Free Pizza Al Lubel, Rick Kiesewetter, Jason Kavan
• Thu 22 Feb London, Cafe Mode Thursday Stand Up Comedy & A Free Pizza Al Lubel, Sean Sellers, Rick Kiesewetter
• Sun 18 Feb London, Cafe Mode Sunday Stand Up Comedy & A Free Pizza Al Lubel, Ben Clover, Jason Kavan
• Fri 16 Feb London, Hideaway Al Lubel, Michael Legge, Johnny Cochrane
• Sun 11 Feb London, Cafe Mode Sunday Stand Up Comedy & A Free Pizza Al Lubel, Sean Sellers, Ben Clover
• Sat 10 Feb Chelmsford Theatre Comedy Club 4 Kids Thom Tuck, Al Lubel
• Thu 8 Feb London, Cafe Mode Thursday Stand Up Comedy & A Free Pizza Rick Kiesewetter, Sarah Bennetto, Al Lubel
• Sun 4 Feb London, Cafe Mode Sunday Stand Up Comedy & A Free Pizza Al Lubel, Izzy Mant, Jason Kavan

January 2018

• Tue 16 Jan London, The Phoenix Arts Club Thom Tuck, John-Luke Roberts, Sara Barron, Michael Clarke, Alexis Dubus, Franziska Kissling, Olga Koch, Al Lubel, David McIver, Josiah Norris, Christian Talbot, Ben Target …
• Mon 8 Jan London, Aces & Eights Saloon Bar Adam Greene, Kavi , Darren Walsh, Gatis Kandis, Matt Hutson, Robert Copland, Adam Riley, Matt Smith (2), Joe Jacobs, Eleanor Tiernan, Chris Betts, Al Lubel, Peter Bazely …

December 2017

• Sun 31 Dec London, Cafe Rouge Hampstead Elliot Mason, Mark Felgate, Matt Price, Al Lubel, Elliot Steel, Martin Besserman …
• Sun 31 Dec London, The Alex Pub Crouch End Mark Felgate, Elliot Mason, Matt Price, Elliot Steel, Al Lubel
• Sat 23 Dec London, Cafe Rouge Hampstead Mark Maier, Daniel Cainer, Al Lubel, Rachel Creeger, Aaron Simmons, Claudine Ullman, Martin Besserman …

November 2017

• Sun 19 Nov London, Up The Creek Comedy Club Comedy Club 4 Kids, Tiernan Douieb, Andrew O'Neill, Bec Hill, Al Lubel

October 2017

• Sun 29 Oct London, Cafe Rouge Hampstead Bennett Arron, Al Lubel, Jenny Collier, Martin Besserman
• Sat 28 Oct London, Cafe Rouge Hampstead Bobby Davro, Rayguns Look Real Enough, Al Lubel, Martin Besserman
• Wed 25 Oct London, The White Horse Al Lubel, Tim Shishodia, Ross Smith, Trev Takobi, Sam Carrington
• Sat 7 Oct London, Cafe Rouge Hampstead Alasdair Beckett-King, Al Lubel, Sindhu Vee, Kate Shortt, Martin Besserman
• Wed 4 Oct London, Farr's School of Dancing Alex Martini, Al Lubel, Oli Bettesworth
• Tue 3 Oct London, Half Moon Putney Hal Cruttenden, Brendon Burns, Al Lubel

September 2017

• Sat 30 Sep London, Cafe Rouge Hampstead Joe Rowntree, Jenny Collier, Al Lubel, Maggie Kowalski, Daisy Earl, Martin Besserman
• Thu 21 Sep Bromley, The Shortlands Tavern Al Lubel, Chris Betts, Nigel Lovell, Kelsey De Almeida, Sam Carrington
• Thu 7 Sep London, The White Swan Al Lubel, Masud Milas, LJ Da Funk, Kelsey De Almeida, Sam Carrington

August 2017

• Thu 31 Aug → Sun 3 Sep Electric Picnic 2017 The xx, A Tribe Called Quest, Duran Duran, Elbow, Phoenix…
• Sat 11 Jul London, Camden Head (Camden) Trevor Lock, Al Lubel, Ivor Dembina
• Sat 13 Jun London, Camden Head (Camden) Al Lubel, Luke Graves, Darren Walsh, Tim Renkow, Ivor Dembina
• Sat 6 Jun London, Seven Dials Club Sara Pascoe, James Acaster, Al Lubel, Tom Webb
• Sat 23 May London, Seven Dials Club Steve Williams, Al Lubel, Sol Bernstein, Tom Webb
• Tue 12 May Brighton, Komedia Al Lubel, Mark Simmons, Sam Savage, Juliet Meyers
• Fri 8 May London, Hideaway Al Lubel, Erich McElroy, Tom Webb
• Sat 2 May London, Seven Dials Club Bob Mills, Al Lubel, Matt Green, Tom Webb
• Fri 1 May London, Storm Al Lubel, Bob Mills, Nick Doody, Matt Green
• Thu 30 Apr Rochester, Billabong Club Yianni Agisilaou, Al Lubel, Rik Carranza
• Fri 24 Apr London, Storm Al Lubel, Steve Williams, Michael Fabbri, Matt Green
• Sat 11 Apr London, The Midnight Lounge Al Lubel, Bob Mills, Steve Williams, Matt Green
• Wed 1 Apr London, The Finsbury Holly Walsh, Al Lubel, Ronnie Golden, Sahar Mirhadi
• Sat 28 Mar London, Kings Head Crouch End Paul Ricketts (1), Luke Benson, Al Lubel, Tez Ilyas, Addy Van Der Borgh, Dominic Frisby …
• Fri 13 Mar Glasgow, Drygate Brewing Company Benny Boot, Susie McCabe, Al Lubel, Raymond Mearns
• Fri 6 Mar London, Hideaway Al Lubel, Fin Taylor, Juliet Meyers

November 2014

• Fri 21 Nov London, The Prince of Wales Al Lubel, Paddy Lennox, Keith Platt, Tania Edwards, David Mulholland
• Mon 3 Nov London, Star Of Kings The Grandees, Al Lubel, Mark Davison, Twisted Loaf, Ali Brice

October 2014

• Wed 22 Oct London, Charterhouse Bar Al Lubel, Darren Walsh, Mark Cram, Tony Dunn, Lea Rose Emery, Farrell McKenzie …
• Thu 16 Oct London, Aces & Eights Saloon Bar Mat Ewins, Spencer Jones, Dan Cook, Dan Schreiber, Harry Deansway, Al Lubel, Luke McQueen, Sam Simmons, Matthew Crosby …

September 2014

• Sun 28 Sep Brighton, Komedia Chris Turner (2), Al Lubel, Fern Brady, Ria Lina, Stephen Grant
• Fri 26 Sep Kingston Upon Thames, Grey Horse Al Lubel, Stephen Carlin
• Sat 20 Sep London, Leicester Square Theatre Al Lubel
• Fri 19 Sep London, Leicester Square Theatre Al Lubel
• Fri 5 Sep Whyteleafe Tavern Carly Smallman, Al Lubel, Ryan McDonnell, Sahar Mirhadi, Danny Hurst, Sean Patrick …

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“He’s An Artist”: “Alternative” Comedian Al Lubel Gets Long-Overdue Recognition In Documentary ‘Mentally Al’

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“We are excited to finally share the story of one of the comedy world’s most singular and enigmatic figures” Edelman noted. Added Brian Volk-Weiss, founder and CEO of Comedy Dynamics, “This documentary will go a long way in introducing Al, a true comedian’s comedian, to a new generation of comedy fans worldwide.” deadline.com on comedian Al Lubel’s Mentally Al

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Al began getting work at comedy clubs doing the Tonight Show was a childhood fantasy so he auditioned and luckily became one of the last comics to appear with Johnny Carson. He then went on to make a bunch of appearances on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Late Show with David Letterman. In 1992, Al was the subject of A Standup Life, directed by Peter Lydon for the BBC. A documentary about American standup comedy, it features Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Hope, Mort Sahl and Joan Rivers. In 1990, Al played an attorney on the Blake Clark HBO Comedy Hour and in 2002 played basketball superstar Bill Walton’s sidekick in the the ESPN series, Bill Walton’s Long Strange Trip. Al’s solo show, Mentally Al, won the Amused Moose Award Judges Prize as the best one person show in the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Two years later he was nominated for best performer of a one person show by the Barry Awards at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2016, Al was Marc Maron’s guest on WTF and a year later moved to London where he did standup for three years in the UK and Europe. A new documentary about Al directed by Joshua Edelman, Mentally Al, is being distributed by Comedy Dynamics and can be seen on Amazon Prime and YouTube.

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One of the last comics to appear on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (making six more appearances with Jay Leno and five appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman), Al Lubel daringly straddles the worlds of quirky and original material lapped up by critics and TV-ready comedy watched by millions.

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" Unimaginable neuroses, spiralling self-reflection, towering mother issues ... all your favourites. But boy does he bring it all together into one truly brilliant comedy show. "

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Al lubel’s background.

Al is supported Jerry Seinfeld, who kindly mentioned “Al has one of the best jokes I have ever heard” and recently fellow comic Adam Bloom gave him high praise by saying Al had “the most original first ten minutes of comedy I’ve ever seen.”

Al Lubel became a lawyer to satisfy his mother. He then quit the law and became a stand-up  comedian  to satisfy his need to disappoint her. Al practiced law during the day and comedy at night. Getting stage time is hard for a new comic so Al would suddenly stand up in the middle of restaurants and do his act. And as he says, “I almost always got big laughs because I had everyone’s complete attention because everyone was scared that I might hurt them.” Al gradually began getting work at comedy clubs and within a year he won the $100,000 Comedy Grand Prize on television’s Star Search.

Doing the Tonight Show was a childhood fantasy, so Al auditioned and became one of the last comics to appear with Johnny Carson. He went on to make six more appearances with Jay Leno and five appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman. Al was the subject of the documentary, A Standup Life, directed by Peter Lydon for the BBC. A documentary about American stand-up comedy, it features Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Hope, Mort Sahl and Joan Rivers. Al has played an attorney on the Blake Clark HBO Comedy Hour. He has also played played Bill Walton’s sidekick in the the ESPN series, Bill Walton’s Long Strange Trip.

Al’s solo show, Mentally Al, won the Amused Moose Award Judges Prize as the best one person show in the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Two years later he was nominated for best performer of a solo show by the Barry Awards at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

But Al does admit to missing the practice of law. He says, “I’d like to have just one more trial, something serious like a murder trial because right before I give my closing argument and my client’s fate hinges on every word I say I want to see his face when I turn to him and whisper, I’m a comedian!”

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JSL’s Lives Well Lived

2024 friends of jsl, lives well lived, still laughing after all these years.

We’re excited to announce that this year’s Lives Well Lived will be an afternoon of comedy!

Sunday, November 17 at 2:00pm at Adat Shalom Synagogue

Featuring al lubel.

Al Lubel became a lawyer to please his mother and a year later became a standup comedian in order to displease her. Doing the Tonight Show was a childhood fantasy so he auditioned and luckily became one of the last comics to appear with Johnny Carson. He then went on to make a bunch of appearances on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Late Show with David Letterman. In 1992, Al was the subject of A Standup Life, directed by Peter Lydon for the BBC.  A documentary about American standup comedy, it features Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Hope, Mort Sahl and Joan Rivers. A new documentary about Al directed by Joshua Edelman, Mentally Al, is being distributed by Comedy Dynamics and can be seen on Amazon Prime and YouTube.

About Al, Jerry Seinfeld said, “Al Lubel has one of the funniest jokes I have ever heard.” But don’t take it from us (or Jerry). Come on out for an afternoon of laughs to support a great cause – FRIENDS of Jewish Senior Life.

Laughter is, as they say, the best medicine. It’s also a great way to bring our JSL community together!

We invite you to join us as a sponsor of the 2024 annual FRIENDS of JSL Lives Well Lived campaign!

Your sponsorship helps us bring delight to our residents through special projects like last year’s resident anthology “Don’t Write Me Off! Thiry-Nine Stories of Older Adulthood,” the annual Bessie Spector Oldest Jewish Americans Celebration, and our resident fashion shows, which are the highlight of every season!

This year, your generous contribution will help us establish a special fund for celebrating 100 th birthdays!

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Lives well lived: wrinkles in time 2023.

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Wow, what a night!

Lives Well Lived: Wrinkles in Time is in the rearview mirror, but it left a warm afterglow (along with a bunch of leftover cookies.)

But nobody really came for the cookies. They came for the camaraderie, for the entertainment, and for the feel-good evening everyone needed in these challenging times. One attendee said “each moment of the pre-glow was filled with love being spread around the room.” She went on to say, “There were so many hugs and kisses, it will be a miracle if no one gets a cold after last night!”

Good lord, I sure hope we didn’t have the super spreader event of the season!

But more importantly, she said to tell everyone “how much we appreciate them for giving us such dignity as we get older and older.”

And that’s what Lives Well Lived and JSL are all about – warmth, love, fun, outstanding experiences, and dignity for our older adults (and cookies).

In addition to the bon homie of the pre-glow, event highlights included:

Great films – Wendy’s Shabbat, Death Metal Grandma, and Young at Heart, which won an Oscar in 1987, and the intervening three decades have proved it absolutely timeless.

A lovely tribute to Sue Marx by Jack Lessenberry and Bill Haney – Filmmaker, Detroiter and portrayer of older adulthood as a time when life and living continue, albeit at a slightly slower pace.

Recognition of the sponsors who make it possible for JSL to be a place where older adults have access to a wide range of arts, education, and entertainment activities, where people don’t just live, but thrive at any age.

The highlight for me was handing the copies of “Don’t Write Me Off!” to the writers, editors and sponsors, and watching the writers sign each other’s books. This project was a passion project for me and a labor of love for everyone who was involved, and it was the culmination of five months of hard work (and fun!). So it was a complete delight to see people finally get to experience this amazing collection.

Copies of “Don’t Write Me Off!” are available in our boutiques and on our website – they make great holiday gifts!

The Edward I. Fleischman Foundation

Robin & Leo Eisenberg Family

Fritz Enterprises, Inc. & the Fritz Family

Huron Valley Steel Corporation & the Fritz Family

Lisa & Dan Mendelson

Cover Artist

Dr. Joseph & Nancy Jacobson

Proofreader

Apartment Cabinets & Countertops, Inc.

Beth and Jeff Applebaum

Shari Cohen

Marvin & Betty Danto Health Care Center

Rochelle and Bill Elson

Susie and Steve Feldman

Drs. Lynda & Conrad Giles

Linda Golding

Neil Gorosh

Karen and Ken Goss

Nancy & Robert Heinrich

Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network

Jackie & Larry Kraft

Synde Keywell

Dottie & Dan Levitsky

David Lubin / MJS Packaging

Eunice Ring

Judy Robins

Joni and Neil Satovsky

Arlene and Rick Selik

Children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Ann Torf

Sponsorship Stories

Fusco, shaffer & pappas, inc., architects and planners.

For the past 60 years, FSP has worked on hundreds of projects with dozens of non-profit and religious organizations – many of which serve Southeast Michigan and surrounding areas – to make visions become reality.   

Principals James Pappas and Robert Shaffer, along with partners Joseph Loskill, Scott Kelley, and Daniel Haezebrouck, have been proud to be involved with developments that have meaningful, large-scale impacts on communities and organizations.   

Whether it was helping a religious organization with a community center or assisting a Detroit non-profit to offer housing options for displaced residents, FSP’s work has always demonstrated the firm’s core values.   

“It means a lot to us to make a difference in the lives of people in our communities,” Pappas said. “Everyone at Fusco, Shaffer & Pappas realizes the importance of their work, and that it’s more than just architecture – it’s creating environments for life and changing circumstances for residents. That’s what really matters to us.”  

Now in our 60 th year, FSP remains committed to abiding by the principles that served as the foundation of the firm back in the early 1960s. We started in Ferndale, moved to Southfield, then to Farmington Hills, and now reside again in Ferndale. We’ve always been close to Detroit and will remain connected to the city and its surrounding communities for many decades to come.   

FSP is proud to support the Friends of Jewish Senior Life and its ‘2023 FRIENDS of JSL Lives Well Lived’ campaign. Providing quality, affordable senior housing has always been a priority – and we couldn’t be happier to know that our support will help improve and update the Fleischman Residence/Blumberg Plaza, which has served as a cornerstone for area seniors for 40 years. We recognize the importance of a legacy, and the new enhancements will certainly pave the way for many more years of great services for JSL seniors.   

Fusco, Shaffer & Pappas, Inc., is an award-winning, full-service architecture firm most notably recognized for our unique environments for life since 1963. Our extensive experience includes residential communities, specialized communities and continuing care retirement communities. With more than 60 years of history, our design innovation and problem-solving skills equip us with the capability to deliver an exceptional project to every client.  

Fusco, Shaffer & Pappas, Inc., values honesty, integrity and responsibility. The success of our projects is dependent on a critical component of what we provide – service. Service to our clients, service to the future resident and service to the community. We are committed to designing buildings which exceed client expectations, along with environments that contribute to the overall well-being of the community. To learn more about what we do, visit our website www.fuscoshafferpappas.com , call (248) 543-4100, or stop by our office at 550 E. 9 Mile Road in Ferndale.   

SERVICES: Pre-Design, Site Development, Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, Bidding/Negotiation, Construction Administration, Post-Contract, Investigative Services, Green Building Services, Supplemental Services

The Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network (JHCN)

We provide services to any individual diagnosed with a life-limiting illness who identifies as Jewish, or to any member of a Jewish family. We are not a medical hospice, but we work with every hospice, hospital system, medical agency and community organization in southeast Michigan.   

JHCN helps individuals at every stage of a terminal illness from the time of diagnosis with supportive, palliative and hospice care options. The sooner an individual is connected to JHCN the more they can benefit.   

Our services include the following:  

Care Navigation- Our patient care team provides care coordination, advocacy and social work, and connection to resources and volunteers.  

Life Enrichments- We enhance quality of life through in-home or virtual visits that include Art, Gentle Exercise, Guided Imagery, Jewish Music, Legacy Books, Massage and Reflexology, Movement on the Mind, Music, Pet Visits, Shabbat Celebration, and Salon Services.  

Spiritual Care- Our rabbis provide guidance regarding questions, challenges, and concerns in accordance with the beliefs of the patient.   

Bereavement- Our social workers and rabbis support mourners through challenging times, before and after a loss, in both group and individual sessions.   

We have no waiting list. One call to JHCN -248-592-2687- gets you connected!

CKC Agency’s niche is smart, strategic storytelling that expertly conveys client messaging in timely, tactical, truthful ways using targeted media outlets and other mediums to inform, educate, engage and benefit the audiences each client covets and serves. Its clients are local, regional and national business-to-consumer brand leaders in the restaurant, medical, mental health, culinary, entertainment, literary, retail, legal, service, fashion, convention & event, nonprofit and other fields. CKC Agency is proud to handle public relations for Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit.

The firm is committed to providing an energized, empowering work environment, enhancing the personal and professional development of every team member and consistently fostering the firm’s profitability. CKC Agency’s philosophy is simple, straightforward and synergistic: Work hard. Be nice. Care deeply. Have fun. Do good. Inspire action. Achieve success.

CKC Agency President Carolyn Krieger leads the Jewish Senior Life account at her agency. Carolyn’s impeccable reputation, unwavering integrity and endless creativity as a public relations powerhouse are the foundation upon which CKC Agency is built. She relishes her role as a sought-after source and sounding board for everyone from corporate leaders to clients, media contacts from the boardroom to the newsroom, and seasoned to young industry professionals. Early in her career, Carolyn was recognized nationally as Outstanding Woman in Radio Mid-Management by the American Women in Radio and Television. She also received the prestigious honor of being inducted into the National Association of Professional Women 2015-2016 Woman of the Year Circle. In addition, she was honored as a top woman leader by the Michigan Business and Professional Association, receiving its 2018 “Leadership in the Workplace” award, was named an “Esteemed Woman of Michigan” that same year, and received the “Woman of Vision” Award in 2022 from the National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan. Carolyn’s possesses an exuberant passion and unbridled enthusiasm for publicizing worthwhile projects and people, and her expertise in generating positive press and big buzz has resulted in thousands of print, broadcast and online articles, features, stories, and segments during her career spanning more than four decades. And it is one of the reasons why CKC Agency’s client roster has always been referral-based.

Learn more about CKC Agency at https://youtu.be/LdH_UYeGdEk and https://ckcagency.com/ .

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