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* Arthur from ''The Holiday''...though he's one of a handful of old Jewish guys hanging out in LA, and he even refers to himself as an "old Kocker".
* [[Mel Brooks]] is fond of playing these:
** ''The Two Thousand Year Old Man'' is a very alter kocker.
** Two characters pretend to be this in ''High Anxiety'' in order to get through customs, hoping that being as loud and obnoxious as possible will [[Weirdness Censor|make people ignore them]].
** Yogurt in ''[[Spaceballs]]'' is played as an old [[Space Jews|Jewish alien]].
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* In ''[[Snatch]]'', the Jewish gangsters in the opening credits dress up like Alter Kocker, with Hasidic dress and Yiddish accents. Frankie Four Fingers' natural accent, however, is very Yiddish.
* Jud Hirsch's character in ''[[Independence Day]]'' is an old Jewish man who kvetches constantly and speaks [[Yiddish as a Second Language]].
* Dan Lauria's character in ''[[The Spirit]]'', Commissioner Dolan, lampshades this trope: "I'm just an alter kocker, ya gotta gimme something to work with here."
** When the Spirit has to explain to Officer Morgenstern what this means, Dolan complains "Jews these days don't even know their own language."
* Jackie Mason, in everything he's ever done.
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== Literature ==
* In [[Isaac Asimov]]'s '' Second Foundation'' (volume 3 of the original [[Foundation]] Trilogy), Preem Palver appears to be a rustic farmer - and speaks with an Immigrant Yiddish accent (which Asimov was completely familiar with). {{spoiler|Subverted, as far from being an unintelligent hick, Palver is the First Speaker of the Second Foundation.}}
* In ''[[Ethan, Suspended]]'', the title character's grandparents are this.
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* ''[[Ha Pijamoth]]'', an Israeli kid-sitcom of all things, suggested that "at some age, people just start speaking Yiddish. It's a medical fact."
* In an episode of [[The Good Wife]], Will and Diane, in their plot to oust Julian, bring back two equity partners whom they refer specifically as "the alter kockers" in order to get their votes.
* Prior to ''[[You Don't Mess With the Zohan]]'', just about every "ethnic" Jewish character portrayed by [[Adam Sandler]] (usually on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'') would talk this way.
* In the final few episodes of ''[[Soap]]'' Jodie (Billy Crystal) did some past life regression hypnosis and got stuck as a 90 year old Brooklyn Alter Kocker originally from Minsk.
* On ''[[Northen Exposure]]'' transplant Joel mentions them back in his "old country" of Queens, NY from time to time.
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