Ep 205 | Aired 8/12/2020
Today on Up In Your Business with Kerry McCoy, we're listening to an interview with radio personalities Leslie Singer and Phil Kaplan, the hilarious duo known by their followers as the Two Jewish Guys. It's one of the funniest interviews I've ever done; I was rolling on the floor laughing before the show even started (check out the YouTube video, below).
Leslie, an adman, and Phil, a civil rights attorney, first met volunteering for an on-air fundraiser at KUAR radio station. They became fast friends. They learned that they both were from the north-east, that they both moved to Little Rock in the '70’s and both grew up Jewish. Their commonalities and dry humor, coupled with listeners' curiosity, made for great story telling and a growing-up-Jewish shtick. For years, they performed their annual, much anticipated Christmas charity event called the “Jewish Guys’ Chanukah Special.”
Listen as they discuss a number of topics, from their careers as lawyers and authors, to Leslie’s obsession with toys, and the reason why Phil knows Greta Garbo’s shoe size. All that, plus a Yiddish lesson squeezed in the middle.