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"She was the Oprah of her day."
pegasusnews.com –
2009-10-16
Per the poster blurb, Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg tells the story of Gertrude Berg , "the most famous woman in America you've never heard of." It does so in high Ken Burns documentary style, employing narration and incidental music scored over... ... Full Article
Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg
theglobeandmail.com –
2009-10-15
Who was The First Lady of Television? Most people would say mogul and star Lucille Ball, but as Aviva Kempner's charming new documentary, Yoo-Hoo Mrs. ... Full Article
Movie review: Remembering Molly Goldberg
projo.com –
2009-10-02
"The Oprah of her day" is one talking head's description of the broadcasting pioneer Gertrude Berg in Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, Aviva Kempner's engrossing documentary portrait of a once-beloved radio and television star who died in 1966 and today is barely... ... Full Article
Aviva Kempner has only vague memories of seeing "The Goldbergs," which was off television by the time she was 10. But she does remember interacting with her Detroit neighbors through the back window, the same way the show's main character,... ... Full Article
Review: 'Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg'
sfgate.com –
2009-08-07
Documentary. Directed by Aviva Kempner. (Not rated. 92 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Whenever watching a documentary by Aviva Kempner, surprises are always in store. ... Full Article
Make 'Goldberg' your chosen one
bostonherald.com –
2009-08-06
A fascinating account of a unique pop-culture phenomenon, "Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg" seems at first like a mockumentary. Who would believe that a pioneering radio and television program was written and produced by a matronly Jewish-American woman who played the starring... ... Full Article
'Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg' includes interviews with Ed Asner, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Norman Lear.
chicagotribune.com –
2009-07-31
At one point in the juicy new documentary "Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg," Ed Asner -- who grew up Jewish in Kansas City, Kan. -- talks about why his family wasn't crazy about "The Goldbergs," a radio mainstay from the beginning of... ... Full Article
'At one point in the juicy new documentary "Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg," Ed Asner-who grew up Jewish in Kansas City, Kan.-talks about why his family wasn't crazy about "The Goldbergs," a radio mainstay from the beginning of the Depression through 1947... ... Full Article
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
suntimes.com –
2009-07-29
Gertrude Berg didn't invent the sitcom -- that happened on radio, where she starred since 1929 -- but she invented its television look. That usually means the living room of the series star, where the supporting characters pop in and... ... Full Article
"Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg" Movie Review -- She presided over a loving (and, to much of America, exotically ethnic) family, dispensing wit and wisdom to a huge and adoring television audience. ... Full Article
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