Despite

arriving at Ashland University five minutes before show time, The

Sklar Brothers stepped on stage and didn’t miss a

beat.

“line-height: 120%;”>The MC’s lukewarm introduction, AU’s

Judeo-Christian values, President Finks; none of these topics

remained untouched by Randy and Jason Sklar’s silly slacker joke

style and they left everyone in the packed Redwood Hall doubled

over with laughter.

“line-height: 120%;”>Much of their act was toned down for the

audience of students and families but swear words were in good

supply, serving only to heighten the humor of their back-and-forth

observational jokes and put them over the top with the homecoming

crowd.

“line-height: 120%;”>“We’re used to performing in night clubs where

you can get super edgy,” the bespectacled Jason said in reference

to their need to adapt to a dif ferent crowd.

“line-height: 120%;”>“You don’t want to make people feel

uncomfortable because that’s bad for you as a comedian,” Randy said

in an interview with his brother after their sell-out

show.

“line-height: 120%;”>The twin comedians still put on an

entertaining set with able comedic and improvisational skills,

incorporating the crowd into their jokes at several points. All the

while, they maintained an entertaining appeal that drew huge laughs

for jokes on topics such as Lebron James’s mom, botched gender

reassignments and the prospect of AU praying every day at the sound

of an alarm (which was hilariously acted out in improv by the

duo).

“line-height: 120%;”>As fast-rising comedians and actors, holding

shows at campuses like AU and in comedy clubs around their home

state of California are part of the hard work they enjoy doing for

the business of stand-up.

“line-height: 120%;”>“That’s the crazy thing about the business

that we’re in and that is that you work so hard so that you can get

the privilege to work,” Randy said.

“line-height: 120%;”>“The work comes in, like, trying to hone your

craft, trying to write really good comedy, trying to create your

own things so that those things will help you be able to help you

work on the biggest stages.”

“line-height: 120%;”>Randy and Jason have made it a point to take

advantage of every opportunity to work and do the best they can as

actors and funnymen.

“line-height: 120%;”>Their recent appearance on the hit FX show

‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ proves to be an example of

their work ethic.

“line-height: 120%;”>“The first time I saw (“Always Sunny”), the

first thought that went into my mind was, ‘How do we get on this

show?’”Jason said.

“line-height: 120%;”>Through interactions with the cast and crew

and a broad resume of acting experiences to support them, both

Sklars landed a role intended for only one person on the show’s

season finale.

“line-height: 120%;”>In turn, the Sklars brought much of the

principal cast of “Always Sunny” onto the Web series “Layers,” one

of their recent online projects.

“line-height: 120%;”>Their other Internet endeavors, including

their writing and acting duties for the Web series “Held Up” and

their current series, “Back on Topps,” as well as their popular

“Sklarboro Country” podcast, have proved to be rewarding for the

content that they could create and establish.

“line-height: 120%;”>“Right now, I feel like we can live

super-successful on the Web and we have proven and can hopefully

prove again that we can do stuff on TV,” Randy said.

“line-height: 120%;”>“That way, if you’re doing a TV show like

‘Always Sunny’ or (their former ESPN Classic series) ‘Cheap Seats’

like we did for four seasons, you don’t have to hustle and try to

get other work and things like that and you can focus on the one

thing [you want to do],” Jason said.

“line-height: 120%;”>A major benefit they’ve drawn from their

creative projects has been the prospect of collaboration with

others, something they experienced with the likes of Stephen

Colbert and Zack Galifinakis on their first TV series “Apartment

2F,”which they’ve now catapulted onto the Internet.

“line-height: 120%;”>“With the Web, there’s a whole new outlet

where if you’re young, you don’t care about money and you can get

your creative friends together. Collaboration is huge,” Jason

said.

“line-height: 120%;”>“If you can make the journey and the creation

of things really fun, then it’s worth it. If nothing ever comes of

it, then you had a great time and you created something,” Randy

said, citing actor Kevin Pollack’s mantra of “Create, Don’t

Wait.”

“line-height: 120%;”>As a unique and rising comedy act, the Sklars

continue to strive towards being as funny and

successful   as possible

without relying on their notoriety as twins.

“line-height: 120%;”>“I think we are more than just twins who are

castable in stuff,” Jason said. “It makes it interesting, it

doesn’t rely on that.”

“line-height: 120%;”>Being brothers and the perspectives and

experiences that have come with that has helped them bring layers

to roles in appearances on the show “Grey’s Anatomy,” and in two

films, “Wild Hogs” and “Held Up.”

“line-height: 120%;”>“We spent a lot of time and energy to not rely

on that, to try and be a creative, funny entity that people go ‘Oh,

they’re funny and they’re also twins’ instead of ‘those guys are

twins who do stuff,’” Randy said.

“line-height: 120%;”>“It’s a very small distinction but it’s a

significant distinction.”

This

distinction is significant enough to let the Sklar brothers connect

to fans in a personal and meaningful way, just as they did as this

year’s high profile homecoming comedians.