45  February 20th, 1947


  1. April 1947, a little under 2 months after this final installment was published↩︎

  2. According to this advertisement in Forverts from September 21st 1927, the operetta was Dem Zeyden’s Gelibte. An article about Ludwig Satz’s performance in the show entitled “Ludwig Satz, Popular Yiddish Comedian, Shows Rare Ability As Star in New Musical Operetta” appeared in the Brooklyn Sunday Star on November 6th 1927. Sam is pictured on the bottom right of the cartoon in the advertisement, and he is described Sam as follows:

    Sam Kasten is another artist of old school. He takes advantage of a very small and unimportant role and creates laughter and applause, where another actor in his place would feel lost alongside a comedian like Satz. However, the two work in perfect harmony and carry the production on their shoulders.

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  3. the 1927/28 season↩︎

  4. He performed with Molly Picon and Jacob Kalich through the 1930/31 season when he was 62 years old↩︎

  5. די באָיס↩︎

  6. It’s worth noting he originally recounted this as “three for five” back in Chapters 5 and 6.↩︎

  7. The End.↩︎