The video linked below is a skit from the TV show, TV Funhouse, shown on Comedy Central.
Mischievous Mitchell is meant to be a parody of the classic Dennis the Menace character. However, in order to be humorous, the skit uses numerous anti-Semitic stereotypes.
Some examples:
- Jews are cheap penny pinchers – Mitchell decides to tempt his neighbors the Goldsteins with “Free Ham”. According to the skit, Jews will abandon all values including religious beliefs as long as something is free.
- Classic Jewish imagery – Mr. Goldstein is drawn with the classic hooked nose, which Mitchell points out.
- Jews control the media – Mr. Wilton, Mitchell’s neighbor, accidentally ends up looking like Hitler after a black paint can falls on his head. The Jew, Mr. Goldstein, takes a picture of him which ends up in the newspaper with the title “Wilton Terrorizes Local Jews”. Mitchell then points out the obvious message which is that “They [Jews] control the media”.
The video has been circulating around hate sites such as Stormfront. The people that visit these sites are not viewing this video as satire but as real humor based on what they consider to be the truth about Jews.
