Comedy Duo ‘Jake And Amir’ Grow Media Empire With New Dating App & The Rights To Their Hit Web Series

  • Date: 30-Apr-2021
  • Source: Forbes
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Middle East
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Comedy Duo ‘Jake And Amir’ Grow Media Empire With New Dating App & The Rights To Their Hit Web Series

Share to Linkedin NASHVILLE, TN - APRIL 22: Jake & Amir L/R: Amir Blumenfeld and Jake Hurwitz perform during ... [+] Nashville Comedy Festival on April 22, 2018 at Zanies Comedy Night Club in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Outback Concerts) Hopping on a Zoom call with Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld is a lot like listening to an episode of their long-running advice podcast, If I Were You. Despite being based on opposite sides of the country, the two friends, business partners, and creative collaborators never fail to play off one another, improvising the hilarious kind of bits that turned their eponymous web series, Jake and Amir, into the crown jewel of CollegeHumor's library of digital content. You're simply along for the ride as they conjure up jokes that are constantly being reincorporated throughout the conversation. Jokes that make you laugh hours later during the transcription process. As a fan, hearing all of this unfold in real time is a rather surreal experience. It's not just an act, these guys are the real thing. Natural born performers — and damn talented ones at that. It doesn't take a genius to see how the side-splitting duo were