 "If I don't know it, nobody does!" says Harry Freedman. Is he serious? Of course he's not.
Yet from comedy clubs to corporate events to television shows, audiences take him very seriously--right up until the moment they realize they have been had! As "the nation's leading expert," comedian Harry Freedman convinces audiences he is a doctor, bureaucrat, presidential adviser, or a psychologist--and the list goes on.
But who is he? Harry Freedman is really the king of comedy put-ons. It's hard to imagine how audiences can be hoodwinked by a comedian whose TV credits include America's Funniest People, Comedy On The Road, Stand-Up Spotlight, and Caroline's Comedy Hour. He has written for the highly-acclaimed sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, Caroline's Comedy Hour, and various Showtime specials.
Harry has also been profiled in The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Miami Herald, and Convention South.
Thanks to Freedman's ability to never crack a smile, and what's been described as his "generic executive look," he fools audiences time and time again. For instance: "national economist" Harry Freedman once told an incredulous TV interviewer: "The savings and loan problem? Most people blame greedy bankers when the truth is a few bank tellers miscounted some rolls of pennies. Well, a few pennies here, a few pennies there--the next thing you know, we're down $500 billion. It could happen to anyone!" On the club and concert circuit, Freedman has fun with audiences by posing as a doctor who is moonlighting as a stand-up comic. His credits include New York's Carolines, The Comic Strip, Dangerfields, and The Comedy Stop at the Trop in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.
He has also opened for Jerry Seinfeld and Paul Reiser, and he currently opens regularly for Ray Romano. On the corporate lecture circuit, Freedman is introduced as a newly-hired executive, government regulator, or outside consultant. He starts off using custom-tailored material to fool the audience until they're laughing so hard, they eventually realize they have been had.
They love it, and with good reason, but Freedman does more than just spoof industry topics and key executives, he breaks down corporate barriers and creates camaraderie.
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