Amir Blumenfeld "The Curious Comedian". Speaking about the role his education had in shaping his humor, Blumenfeld said: "I went to Jewish schools growing up and that's where my sense of humor was cultivated. Everybody was funny." Blumenfeld has said he is influenced by television programs that he watched while growing up, including "The Simpsons", "Seinfeld", and "Saturday Night Live", which he says "taught me how to think ... absurdly ... creatively and originally about jokes that people were making" and make "jokes on jokes". He has cited Larry David as an influence, and also likes "Louie" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm". Blumenfeld
The Paul Reiser Show as good a fit for the format as Larry David's arrogance was for "Curb". The Paul Reiser Show The Paul Reiser Show is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC. In May 2010, NBC announced that it had approved the series for the 2010–11 television season, with the half-hour comedy expected to premiere as a midseason replacement. The series premiered on April 14, 2011, at 8:30 pm. Due to extremely low ratings, the program was canceled on April 22, 2011, after only two episodes. The semi-autobiographical sitcom stars Paul Reiser as a former television star who has not worked