Jerry Della Femina2 days ago5 minLARRY (1/26/21)Larry King was Brooklyn. Larry King was Lafayette High School. He went to Lafayette High School years before I went, but whenever we met,...
Jerry Della FeminaJan 194 min“A FINE MESS YOU GOT US INTO THIS TIME, STANLEY” (1/19/21)When I was a kid I used to love movies with two old-time comedians, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Or, as we called them in Brooklyn, “Fat...
Jerry Della FeminaJan 124 minA CRAZY PRESIDENT, A BUMBLING GOVERNOR AND A DOPEY MAYOR. IS NEW YORK DOOMED? (1/12/21)The bad news is 2021 has been even worse than 2020. The good news is that it’s January 2021 and have you noticed it’s staying light out l...
Jerry Della FeminaJan 54 minNEW YEAR…NEW ME (1/5/21)At around this time every year I usually like to make my New Year’s resolutions. My 2020 resolutions backfired on me. I had planned to be...
Jerry Della FeminaDec 29, 20202 minLAUGH YOUR WAY OUT OF 2020 (12/29/20)This was just sent to me from Serpent Sunday Funnies: Here are 12 things to consider as we get closer to closing the door on one of the m...
Jerry Della FeminaDec 22, 20205 minCHRISTMAS EVE IN BROOKLYN (12/22/20)I repeat this column every year. It’s about family and memories. This Christmas Eve will be sadly different. It’s the first Christmas of...
Jerry Della FeminaDec 15, 20204 minMY ANNUAL HOLIDAY MESSAGE FOR POLITICALLY CORRECT IDIOTS (12/15/20)MY ANNUAL HOLIDAY MESSAGE FOR POLITICALLY CORRECT IDIOTS Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an env...
Jerry Della FeminaDec 9, 20202 minTHE WORST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD (12/8/20)The joke goes: How many bureaucrats does it take to screw in a light bulb? The answer: Two. One to assure everyone that everything possib...
Jerry Della FeminaDec 1, 20203 minHAS HALF THE U.S. POPULATION GONE NUTS? (12/1/20)About half of U.S. adults (51%) now say they would definitely or probably get a vaccine to prevent COVID-19 if it were available today. ...
Jerry Della FeminaNov 24, 20204 minI AM THANKFUL FOR... (11/24/20)I AM THANKFUL FOR MY FAVORITE BOOK IN YEARS I love to read and when I find a book I enjoy I want everyone I know to enjoy it, too. This w...
Jerry Della FeminaNov 17, 20204 minTHE DEATH OF THE VOICE OF DOOM (11/17/20)At first I couldn’t figure it out. Five days … five full days … Why did I feel so good for the past five days? Why was I so happy? It’s n...
Jerry Della FeminaNov 10, 20206 minTHE GREATEST DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD (11/10/20)Last Saturday was a wonderful day. People were actually dancing in the streets all over this great country. A post on Facebook summed up w...
Jerry Della FeminaNov 3, 20203 minWE’RE F*CKED (11/3/20)The following is an excerpt from his “subscriber only” post by the brilliant Matt Taibbi. Taibbi has this to say about Joe Biden: “The Wo...
Jerry Della FeminaOct 27, 20204 minWHO IS MAX ROSE AND WHY IS HE HOUNDING ME? (10/27/20)2020 has been a disaster for everyone. Most of us have been hiding out at home, sleeping until noon, putting on our masks and shrinking f...
Jerry Della FeminaOct 20, 20204 minBEST THINGS DURING THE WORST YEAR (10/20/20)I’ve had with this election. I’ve had it with creepy politicians begging me for a $5 contribution on the internet. I’ve decided you need ...
Jerry Della FeminaOct 13, 20204 minWHAT’S TO BECOME OF US? (10/13/20)Let’s start with the presidential debates. There will be more debates. Trump is running behind and he needs them. In the last few weeks T...
Jerry Della FeminaOct 6, 20204 minMEA CULPA, I THINK (10/6/20)I’m about to do something that Donald Trump has never once done in the 74 years of his life. I am about to apologize for something I sai...
Jerry Della FeminaSep 29, 20207 minWHEN A FEW THOUSAND STRANGERS R.S.V.P. (9/29/20)JodyAnn Morgan, left, and Chaya Milchtein with their officiant, L.S. Quinn. The two were married Aug. 29 in Indianapolis. There I was, se...
Jerry Della FeminaSep 22, 20204 minIF WE SHOULD MEET AND I IGNORE YOU (9/22/20)Are you like me? Stuck for life with a horrible memory for names and faces? The truth is, I have a great memory for the most trivial of f...
Jerry Della FeminaSep 15, 20203 minAN OLD MAN’S LAMENT – I WANT TO GO BACK (9/15/20)I want to go back to a time when the only people who wore masks were bank robbers. I want to go back to a time when the New York Times wa...