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Jake Hurwitz

American comedian

b. 1985age 41Living

A comedian who, as a CollegeHumor intern in 2006, teamed with Amir Blumenfeld to create the web series Jake and Amir, playing exaggerated, dim versions of themselves that became one of the site's signature acts and led to an MTV sitcom in 2009. In 2015 the pair launched HeadGum, an independent comedy podcast network that grew into a lasting business built on the audience they'd found online.

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