YOO-HOO, MRS. GOLDBERG

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Writer/director Aviva Kempner's full-blooded documentary about television legend and cultural icon Gertrude Berg puts encyclopedic perspective on the rich career of the pioneer who paved the way for Lucile Ball in specific, and all situation comedies in general.

Intrinsically wrapped up in Berg's personal story is a far-reaching expression of the Jewish immigrant identity and its ability to connect with people from other religious persuasions.

American television audiences related on a very personal level to Gertrude Berg's humanitarian vision of family life that she so eloquently expressed through her self-written television show "The Goldbergs."

On the show, Berg played "Molly," a Jewish middle-class family woman liviing in the Bronx where her tenement apartment existence was cause for a lack of privacy and a wealth of comedy.

With a wealth of content from the original show,  as well as interview footage of Gertrude Berg, and interviews with friends, family and supporters, "Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg" is a compact lesson in an aspect of American history that should not be overlooked.

Not Rated. 92 mins.