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smoko — 10 years ago(May 31, 2015 12:48 AM)
@bron-tay
Van Doren was educated, cultured, polite. Not a man to crudely insult his own lunch guest.
Hell, it wasn't even his guest but his son's guest.
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hchudy — 10 years ago(July 11, 2015 12:34 PM)
While we now find the word incredibly offensive, people at that time, even educated ones, might have casually used it without thinking. Different era, different mind set. My MIL, whose best friend is Jewish, actually asked me "where do all the Jewish people live" while visiting a new city. I am not saying it is the same thing as using the K word, but it is still an offensive question in this era. But to her, having grown up in the 40s/50s, it was just a question. Yes, it was still an insult to use the word, but probably not met with quite the outrage it would be now. And Goodwin's answer was priceless.
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charlesheld — 16 years ago(August 05, 2009 10:17 AM)
My take on the scene is that the senior Van Doren, being an educated man, knows the legend of the origin of the Reuben sandwich and knows that the proper name of its inventor is Kulakofsky, not "Kay". So when Goodwin tries to elevate himself to the Van Dorens' intellectual level by relating the story, Van Doren makes an inside joke to himself with the "K in Nebraska" remark. A contemporary example would be the referral to Duke's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski as "Coach K" because of the difficulty of spelling his name.
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erikriveros — 14 years ago(April 05, 2011 06:41 AM)
'i knew there was a 'k' in nebraska' had nothing to do with anti-semitism
it was a cute and playful play on wordsas someone else said he was brilliant and a poet.
morrow says something to the effect of 'k from omaha'the elder van doren replies 'i always knew there was a k in nebrasKa'..that's all
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I_Created_U — 9 years ago(October 14, 2016 04:11 AM)
morrow says something to the effect of 'k from omaha'the elder van doren replies 'i always knew there was a k in nebrasKa'..that's all
After reading most of the thread and your comment, I still have no idea what that joke's supposed to mean. Ugh beep it.
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TrapLordRonSwanson — 9 years ago(December 22, 2016 11:13 AM)
I still don't get the "K in Nebraska" joke after reading the thread. I don't believe that it was an anti-Semitic poke either, but how is "I knew there wasn't a K in Nebraska" a play on words at all??
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