American Jewish actor Josh Peck, most famously known for his role on the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh, discussed the topics of kvetching and the Yiddish language on the Mythical Kitchen YouTube channel at the beginning of August.
“As a fellow Jewish person, I feel like it's sort of part of our trend to contemplate our existence, a little existential dread,” he said.
The host of Mythical Kitchen, Josh Scherer, responded by saying that he was “trying to explain the concept of ‘kvetching’” to his Christian co-workers; when he is unable to fix an issue, he just “kvetches.”
“As a fellow Jewish person, I feel like it's sort of part of our trend to contemplate our existence, a little existential dread.”
Josh Peck
“Kvetching,” a word derived from the Yiddish language, means complaining.
Where to watch the discussion
The discussion on the topics can be seen in the video below between the 0:48 and 2:15 timestamps.
“Yiddish is sort of like a Jewish language,” Peck said. “It's not spoken by anyone else. So when people say we're clan-like and we have a lot of secrets...”
“... We had to [kvetch],” Scherer said, finishing Peck's statement, because “people were chasing us,” referring to the numerous historical persecutions of Jews.
Scherer, who is also Jewish, collaborates with Good Mythical Morning - a comedy and variety series on YouTube. He cooks most of the dishes that are served to the show's hosts, Rhett & Link, on their Taste Test videos.