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Growing
up outside of St. Louis, RANDY & JASON SKLAR had a typical suburban
upbringing - playing soccer and baseball after school, hanging out
with friends. Then they found comedy.
The
two began performing in High School at a local comedy club and continued
through college hosting a monthly, on-campus comedy night at The
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Upon graduation, the two applied
and were accepted to law school, but convinced their parents to
let them defer their enrollment for a year so they could move to
New York and pursue comedy.
Moving to New
York in 1994, the brothers worked at a variety of jobs during the
day to support their comedy performances at night. Within two years,
they developed their unique style - "a tag team delivery in
which one talks over the end of the other's sentence, completing,
adding to or reaffirming his comment (much like the raps of The
Beastie Boys)," said The New York Times. Their comedy accepts
the reality of being twins but does not use it as a crutch. "Instead",
notes the Times, "they work with their physical and mental
similarities and correspondences, their status as imperfect carbon
copies of each other. In their comedy, the straight man is often
an echo."
The team presented
two shows in New York throughout 1996, "Double Agents,"
a four-episode comedy show set up like a sitcom, and "Flamingo
Lounge," in which the two play Las Vegas agents looking to
siphon performers from the downtown Manhattan scene. The shows attracted
the attention of MTV's talent executives looking to develop a different
kind of comedy show.
What they came
up with was "Apartment 2F" - a sitcom format based around
Randy and Jason's characters living in New York City. The format
allowed the team to work into the plot live comedy performance,
comedic characters and short films by other performers. The show
aired on MTV from July 13 1997 through November of 1997 with rave
reviews including The Hollywood Reporter declaring that the Sklars'
could be the Seinfeld of the late '90's.
In the last
two years Randy & Jason have been seen regularly on national
television, performing stand-up comedy as guests on "Late Night
with Conan O'Brien" on NBC, "The Late Late Show with Craig
Kilborne" on CBS, "Premium Blend" on Comedy Central,
and HBO's "Comedy Showcase with Louie Anderson." They
have also appeared as guest stars on ABC's "It's Like You Know,"
and "Action" on FOX. They will next be seen opposite Vince
Vaughn in the feature film "The Prime Gig," and as the
voices of Siamese twins Biff & Chip on the WB's new animated
series "The Oblongs."
Randy &
Jason currently reside in Los Angeles. They continue to perform
stand-up all over the country.
Randy and Jason Sklar
who are also identical twins are available for corporate engagements.
You may already know this extraordinary duo, from their MTV series
apartment 2f. or their critically acclaimed appearances on "Late
Night with Conan O' Brian," "The Late Late Show with Craig
Kilborne," HBO, Comedy Central, and ABC's Its Like You Know.
Their perfect chemistry
and attitude are a brand new thing for a broad range of corporate
settings. The Sklars are brilliantly funny, versatile, adaptable,
appropriate and universally appealing.
Video
contact:
Gail A. Stocker
1025 N. Kings Rd Suite 113
Los Angeles CA 90069
323.654.4015 phone
323.654.1150 fax
gail@comedycontact.com
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