 Sol Bernstein is the
comic creation of Steve Jameson, himself a top comedy performer.
The character Sol Bernstein
perform a solo show at the Edinburgh Festival 2003 to rave reviews:
"One part Alf Garnett, two
parts Mel Brooks and three part like nothing else you have heard. Bernstein is a great new comic
creation in the making" - The Guardian
"an instantly winning
creation" - The Independent
It's true! After 25 years of
semi retirement, playing nursing homes, Sol Bernstein is back where he belongs, in smoky
nightclubs performing to drunks.
The legend that is Sol
Bernstein escaped the Pogroms in Russia, the Nazis in Germany and Mosleys blackshirts in London,
went on to become the World's 1st all-round entertainer. He's a song and dance man, a comedian, a
magician, an actor, an amazing ventriloquist (with his suitcase friend Mr Pinkus) a Jazz musician
(Sol was rated as the BEST TRIANGLE player in the USA in the 50's by performers like Louis
Armstrong and Duke Ellington ). Also rated the best impersonator EVER !!
He's performed all over the
world at venues including The London Palladium, New York's Carnegie Hall, The Paris Olympia,
Caesars Palace Las Vegas, The Scunthorpe Baths, but it's at night clubs where Sol really comes to
life. His charisma, his walking stick, his catch phrase "why don't you put on a tie" his
chutzpah, put it all together and you see the magic that is Sol Bernstein.
He's the man who helped the
career's of Elvis Presley. Marcel Marceau (and never even got a "Thank you") and even
the Beatles were influenced. He's worked with, and been friends with, some of the worlds GREATEST
performers, Elvis, Judy Garland, The Rat Pack, Lenny Bruce, Jack Benny, George Burns, Milton
Berle, Doris Day, Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe, Eddie Large
Most young performers will
mention Sol B as a major influence. A major influence to do what, we aren't sure, but an influence
never the less!
What performers have said about
Sol:
"He's the greatest"
Sammy Davis Jr.
"The man is what SHOW business is all about" Liberace
"Sol broke all the barriers in comedy" Lenny Bruce
"He taught me to dance" Bruce Forsyth
"The world's greatest entertainer" Al Jolson
" Who ?" Eddie Izzard
"What a catch phrase!!" Harry Hill
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