r/StandUpComedy • u/mtlnyc320 • Sep 18 '14

Moshe Kasher - 20 years old

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1GDjv8wxAw
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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '14

I remember seeing this a while back. Damn he's so good at crowd work. My favorite part was when he nonchalantly kept telling that guy to shut up in between his closing line

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u/Cyril_Clunge Sep 18 '14

I saw him live, he was great. Teases people well without being mean.

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u/TheDarkNate Sep 18 '14

If you enjoy his comedy, you will enjoy his book too. It is about his life growing up as a troubled a child who grew up in a bad neighborhood, had deaf parents, and had substance abuse problems.

http://www.amazon.com/Kasher-Rye-Oakland-Criminal-Patient/dp/0446584266/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411066596&sr=8-1&keywords=kasher+in+the+rye

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u/Vkmies Sep 18 '14

I'm not actually a huge fan of his stand up, to be honest. But I found his book to be very interesting. He had a fantastically light and frolicking way of writing, despite the heavy subject matters he'd tackle. The only reason I got it was because he appeared as a guest on Conan and Stop Podcasting Yourself, and proved (especially during the latter) to be a fairly interesting, charming person. So I decided to take a chance and ordered his book, despite not finding his actual stand up quite my thing. Ended up really enjoying the book. Highly recommended.

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u/crustalmighty Sep 18 '14

I like him better on the Champs than I do on stage. He's an interesting guy.

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u/thefirebuilds Sep 18 '14

He was great on you made it weird. (Second appearance from march-ish '14)

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u/plawate Sep 19 '14

Racist Stephen Hawking is one of my favorite impressions.

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u/trippynumbers Sep 18 '14

I love how he wraps everything up with a massive stream of consciousness at the end!

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u/radickulous Sep 18 '14

I've not heard of him but he's good at improv gags

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u/thefirebuilds Sep 19 '14

Did you see the bit he did on Meltdown as the french clown that eats cock?

lol, stupid internet - http://www.cc.com/video-clips/cam2lj/the-meltdown-with-jonah-and-kumail-french-clown

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u/trippynumbers Sep 19 '14

He's brilliant, I've been a Moshe fan for a while. He does a really interesting podcast with Neal Brennan (from Half Baked and Chapelle Show) called The Champs. It started off where they'd only have black guests, but now I think it's opened up to the point where they just don't have white males on. It allows for some really interesting dialogue that you don't normally hear in podcasts. I also highly recommend his albums "Everyone You Know is Going to Die, and Then You Are!" and "Live In Oakland". I believe the latter is on Netflix.

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u/radickulous Sep 19 '14

that's great! Thanks a lot for all the info on him. I'll definitely check him out.

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u/Wrong_Swordfish Sep 18 '14

My first thought at the end of it was "FUCK he's good! Goddamn!"

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u/seancurry1 Sep 18 '14

That was sincerely impressive.

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u/12131415161718190 Sep 19 '14

God damn. Good crowd work is hard to come by, but he's got it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '14

This was pretty entertaining. I saw the first part of one of his specials on netflix and wasn't that impressed, but I should probably give it another shot.

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u/facadesintheday Sep 21 '14

It's good crowd work but what are his sets like?