Are there any opportunities for Jewish humor in Pineapple Express?
In Pineapple, we made [James] Franco’s character Jewish, while mine isn’t, so we tried to flip it on its head a little bit. I read the Internet. There are a lot of comments that fly around like, “Can Seth Rogen make one movie without a Jew joke?” That’s my goal for this one. How did James do as the Jewish character? He was good. He’s actually half Jewish, so he knows a lot of the [lingo]. He knows the jargon. He says “bubbe” convincingly. It worked well. You grew up having a bar mitzvah and going to Jewish schools. Did you always see that as an inspiration for your comedy? Yeah, definitely. It seemed funny. What type of character do you play in Judd Apatow’s Funny People? I play a young, struggling, stand-up comedian who’s not that funny. Is it hard to not be funny? No. I don’t know. We’re supposed to be writing two types of stand-up jokes. It’s funny because we’re supposed to be writing good ones and not-so-good ones. I’ve got a [bunch] of not-so-good ones. Does Adam Sandler play a me
