The world's oldest Jewish
Comedian is still standing.
Yes its true! After 25
years of semi retirement, playing nursing homes, Sol Bernstein is back where he belongs,
in not so smokey nightclubs performing to drunks.
Sol has
performed 2 solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival "ALMOST
ALIVE" in 2003 winning a Spirit of
the Fringe award, and ALMOST ALIVE 11 in 2004
The
legend that is Sol Bernstein escaped the Pogroms in Russia, the Nazis in Germany, and went
on to become the Worlds 1st all-round entertainer. Hes a song and
dance man, a comedian, a magician, an actor, a Jazz musician (Sol was rated BEST TRIANGLE player in the USA in the
50s by performers like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington ). Also rated the best
impersonator EVER !!
Hes
performed all over the world at venues including The London Palladium, New Yorks
Carnegie Hall, The Paris Olympia, Caesars Palace Las Vegas, and Scunthorpe Baths, but its
at night clubs where Sol really comes to
life. His charisma, his style, his catch phrase why
dont you put on a tie his chutzpah, put it all together and you see the magic
that is Sol Bernstein.
Hes
the man who helped the careers of Elvis Presley.
Marcel Marceau (and never even got
a Thank you). Hes 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
arent sure, but an influence never the less!
What performers
have said about Sol:
Sol broke all the
barriers Lenny Bruce
Hes the greatest Frank Sinatra.
The man is what SHOW-BIZ
is all about Sammy Davis Jr.
What the press
have said about Sol:
One part Alf Garnett,
two parts Mel Brooks, and three parts like nothing youve ever heard The Guardian
An instantly winning
creation Evening Standard
No age barrier to comic
genius Edinburgh Evening News
Bernsteins the real
deal, youd better believe it The
Scotsman