Episode 46 - Topol is Still a Fiddler on the Roof

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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"We would get them to smile. And obviously every few years we had a war. There were times that we performed 4-5 times a day, either it was a place where there were 8 or 10 soldiers, and sometimes even 1000. And in my time, we never used microphones. We screamed. When I finished my service I had a neck wider than my head." Long before Gal Gadot, Topol was the first and only Israeli international superstar. His path to fame started in 1964, when he starred in Kishon’s film Sallah Shabati, the first Israeli film to be nominated for an Oscar, and for this role he received a Golden globe. From there, his road to the role of Tevye was short. He first portrayed him in West End in London,and then in the 1971 Norman Jewishon Hollywood adaptation. For this role he also received a Golden globe and was nominated for an oscar for best actor. As he continued performing on stage, he starred in numerous films, including James Bond, and appeared on British Prime time television.

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0:00.0	Is this the little girl I carried?
0:05.0	Is this the little boy at play?
0:09.0	I don't remember growing older.
0:15.0	When did they?
0:20.0	When did she get to be a beauty
0:23.6	When did he grow to be so tall
0:28.6	Wasn't it yesterday when they were small?
0:36.6	Sun arise, sunset
0:41.3	Sunrise, sunset
0:44.3	Swiftly flow the days
0:49.3	Siddling's turn over night to sunflow
0:53.3	Flowers, Blossoming even as we Siddling stern of the night to sunflowers,
0:55.0	Blossoming even as we gaze
1:00.0	Sunrise, sunset,
1:04.0	Sunrise, sunset
1:06.0	swiftly fly the years, one season following another with the happiness and the tears.
1:33.3	Live from Tel Aviv, two nice Jewish boys. When I was nine years old, my parents took me to see the musical Fiddler on the roof on stage.
1:40.3	Chaim Topol played the role of Tevia, and by then, the the year 99 this role of his was already a classic one I will never forget the immense performance I saw on the stage that day the might of Topol's role made this a life-changing event for me watching him perform I understood for the first time what drama, tragedy, and
2:03.0	theater are. Long before Gal Gadot, Topo was the first and only Israeli international superstar.
2:10.0	His path to fame started in 1964, when he starred in Kishon's film Salach Shabbati,
2:16.0	the first Israeli film to be nominated for an Oscar.
2:19.9	And for this role, he received a Golden Globe.
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