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Watch the video for “Bread & Milk” Bieber). Vic says he had no idea that “Bread & Milk” was going to break him nationally. In fact, he thought it was rather stupid and nearly deleted it. “One day I’m in the car in the city and the phone rings,” recalls Vic. “It’s my niece from Florida. She says Uncle Vic, you’re on Reddit. I’m like what the hell is Reddit? I’m a 52-year old guy, she’s 20, she knows all this stuff. She’s like your Bread & Milk video is going viral! Over the weekend I had a couple of million views and I couldn’t believe it. I have vignettes that I thought were much funnier, but, no pun intended, it was literally the perfect storm. “From my door to the car, a total of 30 seconds which got me more recognition than 30 years of stand-up… it’s amazing.” While most comedians fill YouTube with videos of their stand-up act, Vic has basically created his own genre of these quick little vignettes. He puts out several each week, sometimes several in a single day. In each video he Visit us online at http://www.NewJerseyStage.com pg 9