of Larry Gopnik is depicted as a schlemiel. In "Park Safety", a 2010 episode of the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, Ron Swanson states that his clumsy coworker Jerry "is both the schlemiel and the schlimazel". In Thomas Pynchon's novel V., the protagonist Benny Profane is identified as a schlemiel numerous times. See also List of English words of Yiddish origin References Yiddish words and phrases German words and phrases Luck Slurs related to low intelligence