Possibly The Longest Set-Up For A Jewish Joke Ever

Woody Allen wasn't born with the kind of comedic fearlessness that let him keep making movies about relationships after the whole Soon-Yi thing came out. No, before he even got started making movies he worked as stand-up comic, showing a patience and bravery that would put most of today's comics to shame. Here he's entertaining an English audience in 1965, letting the awkward and absurd tell a joke that the punchline alone could never deliver.

Allen's newest film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, is out now.