Joanie Loves Chachi and Bible Study
Monday, August 18th, 2008
It occurs to me that I create more blogs than I create blog posts. I’m like the king of blog spin-offs, the less-racist Archie Bunker* of blogging.
This time my new blog is parshathashavua.com.
I created it following the suggestion of a rabbi to start a listserv for family and friends on the subject of my own weekly Bible study. This would reinforce the habits of not only keeping up with my Bible readings, but also reacting to the text and sharing my reactions with others, and hopefully inspiring some comments and constructive criticisms to further propel my study.
Rather than using a listserv per se, I decided to execute the rabbi’s idea with a blog. The blog format allows people to subscribe via RSS or via email, and said people can comment publically via the blog or privately via email.
So if Bible study is your thing, please check out parshathashavua.com, and please subscribe by either submitting your email address or clicking the link to subscribe with your favorite RSS feedreader.
* TV trivia: “All in the Family” was the most prolific show for spin-offs. While “Happy Days” and “Star Trek” come close, with four spin-offs each, the four spin-offs of “All in the Family” produced two additional spin-offs. God bless you, Carl Reiner, wherever you are. “Joanie Loves Chachi” is a spin-off of “Happy Days” but is probably the most archetypal spin-off of the entire spin-off genre. Erin Moran is not Jewish, but she is Catholic, and thus may still love Bible study; however, Chachi** was clearly just a fling.
** The popularity of “Joanie Loves Chachi” in Korea and the purported source of this popularity are purely urban legend, though one Garry Marshall and Scott Baio have been known to promote.
