PR for People Monthly JULY 2016 | Page 15

Before we even start, if you don’t know who Milton Berle or Henny Youngman were, look them up on Wikipedia right now. (Or, better yet, watch this exchange between them on YouTube here.)

Now, Jeffrey Gurian has been a fixture on the New York (and national) comedy scene long enough to know every name you can drop, from those guys on forward. “It’s amazing to me that I got to meet and work with so many of these people,” he says, referring to the extensive collection of photographs adorning his wall. He ticks some off: “George Burns, Phyllis Diller, Sid Caesar, Jerry Lewis, Red Buttons – the people from the great age of comedy.”

He is not dwelling on the past, though. As a comic, Jeffrey has performed stand-up comedy at most of the major clubs in N.Y. and L.A., and has been featured on three episodes of Comedy Central’s “Kroll Show,” including the viral “Too Much Tuna” sketch, along with Nick Kroll. John Mulaney, Amy Poehler, Seth Rogen, Laura Dern, Jon Daly, and Katy Perry. So it is possible you’ve seen him.

Gurian is also a regular on Sirius XM’s Bennington Show, where he is on air and brings on guests/friends like Trevor Noah, Colin Quinn, Artie Lange, Russell Peters, Lisa Lampanelli, Susie Essman, and Robert Smigel, as well as rising young stars from MTV

Jeffrey Gurian:

Make ‘Em Laugh

By Manny Frishberg