Based on the incredible true story of Harry Dolowich, who grew up poor in New York City during the Great Depression and got rich hatching a scheme to take over the one industry that wasn't already controlled by the Mob -- the chocolate syrup industry. Harry's ambition, charm and gift of gab can only take him so far when it turns out being a syrup racketeer ain't as sweet as it sounds. With a killer cast, including Justin Bartha, Lewis Black, Ari Graynor, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bobby Cannavale, Melanie Lynskey, Jason Ritter and narrated by Richard Kind, King Of The Egg Cream is a crime story, love story and distinctly American story, all packed into ten funny, fizzy and delicious episodes. Created by Justin Bartha, Emil Stern and Sigmund Stern.
As Harry's associates, friends and enemies atone and/or try to blame everything on him, an unexpected visitor makes an appearance. And Harry faces his ultimate trial, in the form of... a trial, in the very place where it all began for him, and also remained, for much of the middle: Brownsville, New York City.
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12 Jan 2024
09. Dead Wagon
Harry tries to resolve matters peacefully with Mrs. Kaplan, but his associates have other ideas... one of which involves a certain kind of wagon.
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5 Jan 2024
08. What the Hell is Yankee?
Amid the wild success of his syrup ring, Harry encounters an unexpected, lone threat in the form of the widow Mrs. Kaplan. Is she simply uncomprehending of the ring's benefits? And Harry's clout? Or is there more going on than Harry thinks? It's the latter!
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29 Dec 2023
07. Meetik
Drawing inspiration from an unlikely source, Harry takes matters into his own hands. Harry doesn't want to be in a room with them, and they don't want to be in a room with each other, but Harry nonetheless summons the titans of the New York flavored syrup industry for a fateful meeting...
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22 Dec 2023
06. Dolowich's Travels
In an attempt to escape the law... help Charlotte's syrup magnate father, Mr. Lefkowitz (John Rothman)... and also just get away from his best friend Morris (Michael Stuhlbarg), whose success just rubs him the wrong way... Harry heads to the deep South, on a mission to broaden the horizons of the syrup world... which might also be the end of him.
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15 Dec 2023
05. Anchors Aweigh
Harry resorts to the Brownsville supernatural in an effort to push his run of bad luck onto his rival, Jonny Flintzman (Alex Karpovsky) — but Harry's poor choices, and a wonder-Rabbi's curse, will have terrible consequences for his true love Charlotte.
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8 Dec 2023
04. The Opposite of Kosher
A missing octopus leads Harry to make the acquaintance of one Mr. Rocco DiScipio (Joe Grifasi), a force in the New York olive oil industry, perhaps not only through methods that are strictly legal. Or a-legal? It's hard to tell with his accent.
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1 Dec 2023
03. Extra-Klopkin
Harry's investigation of his brother's 'accident' leads him to some disturbing truths about Brownsville... and his lumpen brother, Irving.
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24 Nov 2023
02. The Brooklyn Banshee
An incident in the boxing ring involving Harry's brother Sam (Bobby Cannavale) leads Harry into a new kind of friendship with his client, the noted local psychopath, Louis Zabelsky (Jason Ritter)
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17 Nov 2023
01. Something like Mattering
NYC, 1920s. Fast-talking, charming and far from rich, Harry Dolowich (Justin Bartha) graduates law school with dreams of marrying his crush Charlotte (Ari Graynor) and making it big, only to find that nothing in Brownsville is ever that simple... not even EGG CREAMS.
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13 Nov 2023
King of the Egg Cream Trailer
A trailer for the thrilling gangster comedy depicting the rise of Harry Dolowich, who rose from nothing to control the syrup rackets of New York.
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