Randy: Connecting with strangers can be an essential part of Tikkun Olam.
Jason: Some of my earliest memories come from Dad taking us with him on Saturday mornings to run errands.
Randy: He would go in quickly and leave us in the car… Jason: While it was still running…
Randy: It was a different time.
Jason: Yep. But whether it was at the cleaners or the bagel shop, or the gas station, no matter who was engaging with him, within seconds that person was smiling, and laughing with him.
Randy: It was like a super power…
Jason: … the ability to make strangers laugh, to bring them instant joy. We were too young to articulate what fascinated us about it, but we were transfixed by these moments.
Randy: And Dad was not a comedian. At the time he sold paper for a company called Tension Envelope.
Jason: His job had “tension” in its name!
Randy: Maybe this was his way to counteract that reality. A way to break other people’s daily tension at work.
Jason: When we had the chance, we moved far away from St. Louis, and set out on a career trajectory that seemed to be completely divergent from our Dad’s path.
Randy: And yet, as comedians, every time we step on stage, we find ourselves doing exactly what he did when he walked into The Bagel Factory on a Saturday morning in St. Louis in 1977…
Jason: We try to form a connection with strangers by making them laugh.
Jason & Randy Sklar are twins and a stand-up comedy team with 6 albums, 4 stand up specials and numerous TV and film appearances www.supersklars.com
