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If musical comedy is larger than life, only one performer was larger than musical comedy. The son of an itinerant rabbi, Samuel Joel Mostel was born in Brownsville, the same poor Brooklyn neighborhood Phil Silvers hailed from, in 1915. His … Continue reading →https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/files/2012/09/mostel_z_pic1.jpg