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Monday, February 17, 2025

When Harry Met Sally The First Time at Katz’s, There Was No Mayonnaise — Now There Is, in Super Bowl Commercial!

The first time Harry met Sally at Katz’s Deli there was no mayonnaise on the table. Meg Ryan had a turkey sandwich, true. But the idea of mayonnaise on a Katz’s table — in proximity to pastrami or corned beef — is unthinkable.

But now, for a Super Bowl commercial, Ryan and Billy Crystal have re-created the famous “I’ll have what she’s having” scene. It’s for Hellmann’s mayonnaise — gasps of horror — something I can’t believe is actually available to Katz’s, home of meat and mustard.

The actors were surely paid a fortune. But isn’t this blasphemy? I know they have Russian dressing at Katz’s, but ugh ugh ugh mayonnaise. It’s a shanda.

You’ll notice, by the way, the people at the other table do not have Hellmann’s sticking out like a goysiche thumb. People in the know will be reaching for Alka Seltzer when this commercial plays. All that should be on that table is mustard!

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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