by Hersh | Mar 6, 2016 | BLOG, FEATURED, On the Road
I love premium whiskey. I’m no purist, mind you. I need an ice cube – or at least a few droplets of water in there – to let it breathe. And I like it cold. But I start every drink neat, so I know who I’m dealing with. I’m also a lifelong...
by Hersh | Oct 31, 2015 | BLOG, FEATURED, On the Road, Upcoming Shows
I get a call this week from a friend of mine who runs a “challenger brand”, asking if I’ll head up a comedy tour for them. A challenger brand is a brand that may be popular in its native market but needs help competing with the big boys. I say yes,...
by Hersh | Mar 31, 2015 | BLOG, FEATURED, On the Road
I didn’t really drink until my 30s, which is when I became a businessman, a successful Public Relations exec with my own firm in a niche business, traveling the world and doing a lot of client dinners. It was also when I found my brothers – the group of...
by Hersh | Oct 19, 2014 | FEATURED, On the Road
I’m in Iowa shooting my new sitcom/talk show hybrid, TUPCOC – Tiny Ukrainian Poet Caught on Camera. Normally, I play little person/poet Tiny Sirko, but I took a few minutes to jump into character as Austrian TV personality, Wayne Paul Martin-Plisse. True,...
by Hersh | May 20, 2014 | FEATURED, On the Road, Slider
At a birthday party, my friend Shlomy takes me aside and in his hushed, selfless, sweetly conspiratorial manner barely says, “I know how busy you are but Jamaica next monf, brother?” These days, I can’t go anywhere unless it’s a gig. The...
by Hersh | May 3, 2014 | On the Road
Sonny Swing is a one-of-a-kind showman, a tuxedo-ed crooner never at a loss for stories about his famous “friends”. Does he really know these people? Or is it a case of happy delusion? Either way, it makes for a wildly entertaining show. Like the man...
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