Mark Moshe Kasher (born July 6, 1979) is an American

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, writer and actor based in the

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area. He is the author of the 2012 memoir ''Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16''. In 2009,

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named Kasher "Best New Comic" and his comedy album ''Everyone You Know Is Going to Die, and Then You Are!'' was ranked one of the top 20 comedy albums on iTunes that same year. He was also named "Comic to Watch in 2010" by ''Punchline Magazine''.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Kasher moved to

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with his mother and brother when he was one year old. Kasher grew up in North Oakland's Temescal and Piedmont Avenue neighborhoods, and his family lived mostly on disability assistance and food stamps. A son of deaf parents, Kasher worked as a sign-language interpreter from the age of 17. His parents met at the World Games for the Deaf in 1967 and split up when Kasher was nine years old. When Kasher was four years old, his father Steven, a former painter who was born to secular, communist

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parents, became a

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in the Satmar community in

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; Steven's grandfather, originally from Hungary, was a

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Skverer Hasid. Kasher regularly spent summers with his father in

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until his death — Kasher was 20 at the time. His father lived with

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. Kasher's brother is a

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. In his autobiography ''Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16'', Kasher wrote about having been moved in and out of mental institutions from the age of 4 and using drugs from the ages of 12 to 16. He was kicked out of four different high schools. In an interview with SanDiego.com, Kasher described himself as "pretty straight edge," stating that he has been clean "since I was very young." He earned his

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at age 16 and later became a sign-language interpreter. Kasher attended community college in the

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, where he studied theater and wrote several long-form monologues. He later transferred to the

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, where he graduated with a degree in religious studies and minored in Jewish studies. Prior to his career in comedy, Kasher had considered becoming a college professor in

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. In 2001, Kasher attended an

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comedy night in New York which included a performance by

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, a comedian and writer with whom Kasher had attended

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in Oakland. After seeing her perform, Kasher asked Peretti to take him along on future performances, offering to perform with her. For his first performance, she took him to an open mic at the Luggage Store Gallery in

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Career

Stand up

In the early 2000s, Kasher performed mainly in the Bay Area, regularly performing at the Punch Line and Cobb's comedy clubs in

. In the mid to late 2000s, he participated in many comedy shows with fellow comedians Brent Weinbach and Alex Koll. In 2008 Kasher moved to Los Angeles. 2009 marked a significant year in Kasher's comedy career. He was named "Best of Fest" at that year's Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival; his performance in Aspen garnered him an invitation to the '' Just For Laughs'' comedy festival in

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that same year. This was followed by an appearance on the

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series ''

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''. Kasher had also released his comedy album ''Everyone You Know Is Going to Die, and Then You Are!'' through Rooftop Comedy Productions in April 2009; near the year's end the album was deemed one of the top 20 comedy albums of 2009 on iTunes. Kasher was also recognized by iTunes as Top New Comedy Artist of 2009. Kasher's stand-up act has been featured on such television programs as ''

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'' in 2010 and ''

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'' in 2011. He has appeared on '' Conan'',

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's '' Larry Wilmore's Race, Religion & Sex''. He has also appeared as a frequent panelist on ''

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''. Kasher has performed at festivals internationally. In addition to the aforementioned Rooftop Comedy Festival and ''Just For Laughs'', in 2010, he appeared at

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and

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both held in

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, as well as

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, and the

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. In 2011 he appeared at the

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. Kasher has also attended

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on several occasions. In addition to the iTunes awards in 2009, Kasher was named "Comic to Watch in 2010" by ''Punchline Magazine'' as well as "One of the Top 20 Jews In The Arts" by ''Shalom Life'' in 2011. John Wenzel of ''

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'' also ranked Kasher #2 on his list of the top 10 comedy shows he attended in the Denver area during 2011. In January 2012, Kasher recorded his first solo comedy special for Netflix, ''Moshe Kasher: Live In Oakland'' at The New Parish nightclub in his hometown of Oakland. In September, 2016

ordered a talk show series to be written and hosted by Kasher, entitled '' Problematic'', which premiered on April 18, 2017.

Writing

Kasher is a published playwright, writer and author. While still in college, Kasher's long form

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"Look Before You Leap" was included in the literary collection ''Monologues For Men By Men: Volume Two'' published in 2003. In 2011 and 2012 he contributed several articles to ''

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'' magazine. In 2012, he published his autobiography ''Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16'' published by

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's Grand Central Publishing. He wrote an episode titled "Pardon Me" for the television show, '' The New Normal''.

Acting

Kasher played small roles in the independent films ''

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'' (2009) and ''Wish Makers of West Hollywood'' (2010). He appeared on episodes of the

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'' in 2011 and the

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sitcom ''

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'' in 2012. Kasher played the role of Ruben — a gay, deaf man confined to a wheelchair — in an episode of the U.S. television series '' Shameless'' which aired March 18, 2012.

Podcasts

In 2011, Kasher, along with

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(co-writer of ''

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'') and DJ Douggpound (

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of ''

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''), started a

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called ''The Champs''. Kasher said the following of the podcast in a 2011 interview with SanDiego.com: "It’s Doug dropping sound effects and beats over me and Neal kind of hosting an hour of ridiculous chat. We have a rotating

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guy guest, there’s a different black guest every week." Guests of the show included actor/comedians

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and

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, as well as musician

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, adult film star

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and professional basketball player

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. The show has strayed from its guest format on occasion with guests such as comedian and actor

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, former pornographic actress

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, former Major League Baseball player

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and actor

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. In 2014 ''The Champs'' was named "Best Podcast" as part of ''

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'' "Best of L.A." issue. The podcast ended in 2016. In October 2014, Kasher premiered a new podcast on the Nerdist Podcast Network. ''Hound Tall Discussion Series'' is a live monthly podcast that covers a single topic. It's "an hour long chat with an expert and a panel of comedians, they learn all there is to know about things". The first episode was about

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s and the expert was

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, author of

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, while

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and Beth Stelling made up the comedic panel. On 15 July 2019, ''The Endless Honeymoon Podcast'' co-hosted with his wife,

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, premiered on most platforms such as

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and

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. In 2020, Moshe and his brother Rabbi David Kasher began their podcast ''Kasher vs. Kasher'' to explore life during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Personal life

Kasher married fellow comedian

(who

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) in October 2015. The couple had a baby girl in February 2018. He is a member of the

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Filmography

* ''

'' (2009) (Andrew) * ''Wish Makers of West Hollywood'' (2010) (waiter) * ''Zoolander 2'' (2016) (Chimney Sweep)

Television

* ''

'' (2009), (himself - stand up) * ''

'' (2010–present), (himself - panelist) * ''

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'' (2010, 2012), (himself - stand up) * ''

'' (2011), (himself - stand up) * ''

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'' (2011), (himself - panelist) * ''

'' (2011), (Spike) * ''

'' (2012), (waiter) * '' Conan'' (2012), (himself - stand up) * '' Shameless'' (2012), (Ruben) * ''

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'' (2014), (Moshe Pfeffierman) * ''Moshe Kasher: Live in Oakland'' (2012), (himself - stand up) * ''

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'' (2013), (

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) * ''

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'' (2013–2017), (himself) * ''

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'' (2013), (himself - interview) * ''

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'' (2014), (nurse Durst at a medical marijuana shop) * ''

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'' (2014), (Duncan Traub) * ''

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'' (2014), (November) * ''

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'' (2015), (Dr. Goldberg) * ''

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'' (2017), (himself) * ''The Honeymoon Stand Up Special'' (2018), (himself) * ''

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'' (2018-2019) (Jacob) * ''

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'' (2018), (News Man) * ''

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'' (2020), (himself)

Bibliography

* "Look Before You Leap", a monologue included in the literary collection ''Monologues For Men By Men: Volume Two'' (2003) * ''Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16'' (2012)

Discography

* ''Crowd Surfing Vol. 1'' (

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, 2020) Download/streaming * ''The Honeymoon Stand Up Special'' w/

(

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, 2018) LP/streaming * ''Moshe Kasher: Live In Oakland'' (Comedy Dynamics/Netflix, 2013) CD+DVD/download/streaming * ''Everyone You Know Is Going to Die, and Then You Are!'' (Rooftop Comedy Productions, 2009) CD/download/streaming

References

External links

* *
The Champs Podcast

Hound Tall Discussion Series Podcast
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