Jake and Amir are celebrities in today’s YouTube world. Do they have staying power?


Jake Hurwitz and Amir Bluminfeld are the stars of an internet video series called Jake and Amir. Hurwitz plays the normal guy who is being terrorized by a borderline psychopath played by Amir and the rub is that they work together at the same desk. The series documents all of their exploits at their workspace and everywhere else they go.

Here’s their latest video as of today:

Wow! First of all, this particular video is awesome. Sam Reich (the bearded guy) was really good in this video. One of their best so far. Here’s the real review. I like these guys. The characters are good even though there isn’t a lot to them. Amir is a crazy person and loves Jake like Dick Cheney like eating babies. There are a lot more hits then misses and there is a lot of misses, but the thing though is these guys aren’t professionals. Well, they kind of are. They write for CollegeHumor, but they aren’t actors or nor have they been writers for very long. Jake is my age. It’s ridiculous. What am I doing with my life?

Do these guys have staying power in the fickle internet comedy industry? Well, I think they’re funny and it shows because they’ve been doing their series for over a year, but I don’t think they can last beyond 2010. Time will tell if they can last through 2009. I hope they can make big names of themselves elsewhere though.

Rating: 3 1/2 Dwight Heads