Amir Blumenfeld

Blumenfeld was born in Afula, Israel,{{cite web|last=Moses|first=Jeremy|title=Jake & Amir: Funnier Than You|url=http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/blog/general/jake-amir-funnier-than-you/|work=MyJewishLearning|date=April 21, 2009 |access-date=September 14, 2013}} and moved to Los Angeles at the age of two{{cite web|last=Luu|first=Valerie|title=Making CollegeHumor|url=http://www.cityonahillpress.com/2009/04/02/making-collegehumor/|work=City on a Hill Press|date=April 2, 2009|access-date=September 14, 2013}} with his parents and two older brothers—his family is Reform Jewish. He has described how he became aware of his humor early on: "I realized I was funny at an early age, I realized I could make people laugh at a later age, and then by college time, I was trying to make jokes in terms of writing".{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEjaTwYFq04 | title=Amir Blumenfeld Interview | publisher=YouTube | date=December 12, 2008 | access-date=September 14, 2013 | people=Lorenzini, Wesley (director)}}

He attended a Jewish kindergarten and elementary school, before going to Milken Community High School, a private Jewish high school.{{cite web|last=Tabibzadeh |first=Sara |title=Who is the Milken student: What websites are we on? |url=http://milkenroar.com/blog/2011/03/02/who-is-the-milken-student-what-websites-are-we-on/ |work=The Roar |publisher=Milken Student Press |date=March 2, 2011 |access-date=September 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105173851/http://milkenroar.com/blog/2011/03/02/who-is-the-milken-student-what-websites-are-we-on |archive-date=November 5, 2013 }} During the summer, he attended computer camp and mathematics camp, but has expressed regret that he did not go to a Jewish summer camp.{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg9qLcjdU9s | title=Amir Blumenfeld: The Truth About Jewish Summer Camps | publisher=YouTube | people=Hutt, Jason (director) | medium=June 10, 2010 | work=MyJewishLearning}}

Blumenfeld graduated from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science degree, hoping to get a creative job in advertising or marketing while writing comedy on the side. He now uses his undergraduate degree "to make somewhat intelligent jokes about finance and accounting, but nothing much beyond that."

Since 2017, Blumenfeld has dated Avital Ash,{{Cite web|title=Amir Blumenfeld: Couldn't be happier!|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj62N0mlXVe/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bj62N0mlXVe |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|url-status=live|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}} a writer, actress, and comedian. They appeared together in the Dropout web series Lonely and Horny. The couple married on October 15th, 2023.

Blumenfeld is Jewish, although he has described himself as "not too religious" and does not attend Temple, nor does he keep Kosher. He does, however, celebrate Jewish holidays with his family and speaks Hebrew. He is a basketball fan, and supports the Los Angeles Lakers—his favorite players are Nick Van Exel and the late Kobe Bryant.{{cite AV media|url=http://blogs.thescore.com/tbj/2011/12/12/tbj-tour-video-two-minutes-with-amir-blumenfeld/|title=TBJ Tour Video: Two minutes with Amir Blumenfeld|date=December 12, 2011|publisher=theScore Inc.|access-date=September 15, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130915101418/http://blogs.thescore.com/tbj/2011/12/12/tbj-tour-video-two-minutes-with-amir-blumenfeld/|archive-date=September 15, 2013|url-status=dead|work=The Basketball Jones}}

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In 2003, while a sophomore at Berkeley, Blumenfeld began writing articles for the comedy website CollegeHumor after he emailed its co-founder Ricky Van Veen ideas, which Van Veen found funny and posted on the website. When Blumenfeld graduated in 2005, CollegeHumor hired him and Streeter Seidell full-time to write The CollegeHumor Guide to College—a humorous book presented as a guide to university education—and he moved to New York City aged 22. He later moved to writing original videos for CollegeHumor with Dan Gurewitch, and has acted in CH Originals,{{cite web|title=Amir Blumenfeld|url=http://www.collegehumor.com/user/65455|work=CollegeHumor|access-date=September 14, 2013}} as well as the series Hardly Working. He has portrayed Woody Allen in episodes of Hardly Working{{cite web|last=Smiley|first=Brett|title=The 8 Best Woody Allen Impressions We Found On The Internet|url=http://guycodeblog.mtv.com/2010/12/01/the-best-woody-allen-impressions-on-the-internet/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923065432/http://guycodeblog.mtv.com/2010/12/01/the-best-woody-allen-impressions-on-the-internet/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 23, 2013|work=MTV|access-date=September 15, 2013|date=December 1, 2010}} and Very Mary-Kate{{cite web|last=Dreier|first=Troy|title=Elaine Carroll Is Very Funny and Very Mary-Kate|url=http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=76954&PageNum=2|work=Streaming Media|publisher=Information Today|access-date=September 15, 2013|date=August–September 2011}}—MTV's Guy Code Blog listed his among "The 8 Best Woody Allen Impressions We Found On The Internet". His favorite sketch written for CollegeHumor is entitled "Moments Before Cup Chicks", and involves a director briefing the participants of the viral scatological video 2 Girls 1 Cup.

Beginning in 2007, he and Streeter Seidell have appeared in the Prank War series of videos, in which the two play a series of escalating practical jokes on each other. Seidell has described how some of the pranks "showed Amir's true colors, his desire to be famous ... [and] cut deeper emotionally", and how he thought Blumenfeld's faking a marriage proposal from Seidell to his girlfriend went "too far". After seven videos were posted over two years, there was an 18-month hiatus culminating in Seidell tricking Blumenfeld into thinking he had won USD$500,000 after taking a blindfolded half-court basketball shot.{{cite magazine|last=Tanz|first=Jason|title=Practical Joking Becomes a Battle for the Last Laugh|url=https://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/17-09/mf_hoax_collegehumor|magazine=Wired|date=August 24, 2009|access-date=September 14, 2013}} The pranks have led to Seidell and Blumenfeld being interviewed by Wired magazine and appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.{{cite web|last=Hurwitz|first=Jake|title=Prank War on Kimmel!|url=http://www.collegehumor.com/article/3943621/prank-war-on-kimmel|work=CollegeHumor|date=March 18, 2009|access-date=September 14, 2013|author-link=Jake Hurwitz}}

In 2009, Blumenfeld starred in The CollegeHumor Show on MTV along with eight other CollegeHumor employees.{{cite web|title=The CollegeHumor Show – Cast Bios|url=http://www.mtv.com/shows/college_humor/season_1/cast.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003042613/http://www.mtv.com/shows/college_humor/season_1/cast.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 3, 2009|work=MTV|access-date=September 14, 2013}} The staff members wrote, filmed and starred in the show, which is set in the CollegeHumor offices and has a scripted reality premise.{{cite web|last=Stelter|first=Brian|title=Dudes! Time for Beer Pong! CollegeHumor.com Invades MTV|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/arts/television/05coll.html|work=The New York Times|date=February 4, 2009|access-date=September 14, 2013|author-link=Brian Stelter}} Structured as a half-hour sitcom, it incorporates sketches that had already been published online.{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Liz|title=MTV's CollegeHumor Show Stumbles With Sitcom Cliches|url=http://gigaom.com/2009/02/09/mtvs-collegehumor-show-stumbles-with-sitcom-cliches/|work=GigaOM|date=February 9, 2009|access-date=September 14, 2013|archive-date=September 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927185631/http://gigaom.com/2009/02/09/mtvs-collegehumor-show-stumbles-with-sitcom-cliches/|url-status=dead}} However, the show was lambasted by critics—Pajiba{{'s}} Dustin Rowles called it "a series of atrocious sketches haphazardly strung together";{{cite web|last=Rowles|first=Dustin|title=Only Stupid People are Breeding / The Cretins Cloning and Feeding|url=http://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/the-college-humor-show-review.php|work=Pajiba|date=February 10, 2009|access-date=September 14, 2013}} GigaOM{{'s}} Liz Shannon Miller said the show was "deeply disappointing", and that although Blumenfeld's character is "the iconic face of the web site ... none of the other personalities on the show have been developed beyond the surface level"—only one season, consisting of six episodes, was made.{{cite web|title=The CollegeHumor Show – Episodes|url=http://www.mtv.com/shows/college_humor/season_1/episodes.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001145636/http://www.mtv.com/shows/college_humor/season_1/episodes.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2009|work=MTV|access-date=September 14, 2013}}

Since 2010, Seidell and Blumenfeld have hosted Pranked, an MTV series featuring pranks recorded on video and posted online.{{cite web|title=Pranked|url=http://www.mtv.com/shows/pranked/series.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815171451/http://www.mtv.com/shows/pranked/series.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 15, 2009|work=MTV|access-date=September 15, 2013}} The show has generally received poor reviews, with critics looking down on its clip show format and use of content from YouTube, and calling it inferior to the "prank war" that inspired it.{{cite web|last=Chiu|first=Eric|title=MTV's 'Pranked' is a joke with no laughs|url=http://www.michigandaily.com/content/mtvs-pranked-joke-no-laughs|work=The Michigan Daily|date=September 7, 2009|access-date=September 14, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Gilbert|first=Matthew|title='Pranked' is another MTV lowlight|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/08/27/reality_show_pranked_is_another_mtv_lowlight/|work=Boston.com|date=August 27, 2009|access-date=September 14, 2013}} The Michigan Daily{{'s}} Eric Chiu said "Hosts Blumenfeld and Seidell do what they can with their material, but their banter and commentary is mostly forgettable", and "the Prank War series on CollegeHumor.com is a perfect example of discomforting gags done right ... It's a shame that Pranked can't muster up anything near the same level of ingenuity."

In the July 19, 2017 episode of Blumenfeld and Hurwitz's podcast If I Were You for which Seidell was the guest, the two founders of Prank War publicly confirmed that the series was staged.{{Cite web|url=https://ifiwereyoushow.com/post/163183216178/episode-283-prank-wars-wstreeter-seidell|title=Episode 283: Prank Wars (w/Streeter Seidell!)|date=July 19, 2017|website=If I Were You|at=21:00|access-date=April 21, 2020}}

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Blumenfeld met his colleague Jake Hurwitz in 2006,{{cite web|last=Kushigemachi|first=Todd|title=Hurwitz & Blumenfeld: College Humor duo graduate to next level|url=https://variety.com/2012/scene/people-news/hurwitz-blumenfeld-college-humor-duo-graduate-to-next-level-1118056720/|work=Variety|date=July 24, 2012|access-date=September 14, 2013}} when the latter began an internship at CollegeHumor. The two were seated across from each other, and began to make short videos together, which they uploaded to the video-sharing website Vimeo.{{cite web|last=Kenan|first=Ido|title=Meet Jake and Amir, the most successful Jewish comedians on the Internet|url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/meet-jake-and-amir-the-most-successful-jewish-comedians-on-the-internet-1.433684|work=Haaretz|date=May 31, 2012|access-date=September 14, 2013}} Their first video was called "Quick Characters": it was unscripted, and involved either Hurwitz or Blumenfeld spontaneously pointing a camera at the other and instructing them to act in a certain way.

The two later began the web series Jake and Amir, episodes of which they posted to jakeandamir.com. In it, Hurwitz plays Jake, a "normal guy", and Blumenfeld plays Amir, his annoying and obsessive co-worker, who craves Jake's attention. Their videos began to be promoted on CollegeHumor, and the website later adopted the series.

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Blumenfeld has described how his character "sort of evolved" from being "super needy [and] weird" to "a little crazier", but that "the root of my character is still the same, the insecurity of it". Regarding his similarity to his character, he said he is "hopefully very different but maybe at the root of it we're the same person. I'm probably a little smarter than the character though. Maybe the things that he thinks I also think but I'm able to suppress them."{{cite web|last=Davis|first=Deirdre Ann|title=Talking to Jake and Amir About Their Web Series, CollegeHumor, and More|url=http://splitsider.com/2013/02/talking-to-jake-and-amir-about-their-web-series-collegehumor-and-more/|work=Splitsider|publisher=The Awl|date=February 20, 2013|access-date=September 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708021729/http://splitsider.com/2013/02/talking-to-jake-and-amir-about-their-web-series-collegehumor-and-more/|archive-date=July 8, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

At the 14th Webby Awards in 2010, Jake and Amir won a People's Voice award for Comedy: Long Form or Series,{{cite web|title=2010 – Comedy: Long Form or Series – People's Voice – Jake and Amir|url=http://winners.webbyawards.com/2010/online-film-video/general-film-categories/comedy-long-form-or-series/jake-and-amir|work=Webby Awards|publisher=International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences|access-date=September 15, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130915101520/http://winners.webbyawards.com/2010/online-film-video/general-film-categories/comedy-long-form-or-series/jake-and-amir|archive-date=2013-09-15|url-status=dead}} and Blumenfeld won one for Best Individual Performance. Blumenfeld received a nomination for the 2013 Streamy Awards for Best Male Performance: Comedy because of his role in Jake and Amir.{{cite web|last=Gutelle|first=Sam|title=The Nominees for the 3rd Annual Streamy Awards Are…|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2012/12/17/3rd-annual-streamy-awards-nominees/|work=Tubefilter|date=17 December 2012|access-date=September 27, 2013}}

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On May 13, 2013, Blumenfeld and Hurwitz announced their first new project since Jake and Amir: a comedy audio podcast called If I Were You, in which they give advice to listeners who submit questions.{{cite web|title=New Podcast!|url=http://jakeandamir.com/post/50374908528/new-podcast|work=Jake and Amir|date=May 13, 2013|access-date=September 14, 2013|archive-date=September 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923044857/http://jakeandamir.com/post/50374908528/new-podcast|url-status=dead}} Kayla Culver of The Concordian lauded the podcast as "comfortable to listen to" and "genuinely funny" and said "It's like listening to two best friends having a hilarious conversation on the couch next to you."{{cite web|last=Culver|first=Kayla|title=If I Were You|url=http://theconcordian.org/2013/09/30/if-i-were-you|work=The Concordian|publisher=Concordia College|access-date=October 2, 2013|date=September 30, 2013|archive-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230234022/http://theconcordian.org/2013/09/30/if-i-were-you|url-status=dead}} The Guardian{{'s}} Miranda Sawyer called If I Were You "a typical example of a comedy podcast" and "amiable enough", but said it contained "far too much laughing", commenting that "New Yorkers Jake and Amir laugh and laugh, giggle and chortle their way around a topic" and "if I wanted stream-of-consciousness waffle with the occasional funny line, I'd listen to [my small children]."{{cite web|last=Sawyer|first=Miranda|title=Rewind radio: If I Were You; TED Radio Hour; Stuff You Should Know; Stuff Mom Never Told You; Desert Island Discs – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/jul/27/podcasts-review-radio-miranda-sawyer|work=The Guardian|date=July 27, 2013|access-date=19 August 2013|author-link=Miranda Sawyer}}

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In 2016, Blumenfeld and Hurwitz released an on-demand comedy series called Lonely and Horny on Vimeo. The series was picked up by CollegeHumor for its second season.

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Blumenfeld and Hurwitz's experience in podcasting led them to founding the podcasting network HeadGum, which has 34 active shows as of May 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://headgum.com/podcasts|title=Featured Podcasts|website=HeadGum}}

In August 2018, Blumenfeld announced that he started the podcast Buckets with Amir Blumenfeld, where he discusses the NBA with guests.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/jakeandamir/status/1034106817612111872|title=I've decided to start another podcast. Buckets: An NBA Show. Now on @headgum. Thank you, and I'm sorry.|last=Blumenfeld|first=Amir|date=2018-08-27|website=@jakeandamir|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}

Blumenfeld starred in the 2009 short film The Old Man and the Seymour alongside colleagues Streeter Seidell and Dan Gurewitch, as well as Shawn Harrison, Liz Cackowski and Jordan Carlos. It is about a growth-hormone deficient man who is mistaken for a student at his nephew's high school. The movie was chosen as a "Staff Pick" on Vimeo, and screened at the Austin Film Festival, the Sacramento Film and Music Festival, the LA Shorts Fest, the Friars Club Comedy Film Festival and the Portable Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.theoldmanandtheseymour.com/|title=The Old Man and the Seymour|publisher=Wiseguy Pictures|access-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702194216/http://www.theoldmanandtheseymour.com/|archive-date=July 2, 2012}}

In 2011, Blumenfeld appeared in comedian Louis C.K.'s television series Louie, during the 10th episode of its second season, entitled "Halloween/Ellie". He played a writer hired to improve a movie script in the second half of the episode. Better With Popcorn{{'s}} George Prax said that he played "the 'unfunny' guy who actually ends up coming off as the funniest of all to the audience", and that Blumenfeld "should be guesting and starring in many more things". He also called Blumenfeld's first sitcom appearance a "clearly momentous occasion".{{cite web|last=Prax|first=George|title=Louie S02E10 Recap: 'Halloween/Ellie'|url=http://betterwithpopcorn.com/blog/george-prax/tv-news/louie-s02e10-recap-halloweenellie|work=Better With Popcorn|publisher=Electronic Press|date=August 21, 2011|access-date=September 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925093515/http://betterwithpopcorn.com/blog/george-prax/tv-news/louie-s02e10-recap-halloweenellie|archive-date=September 25, 2013|url-status=dead}} Blumenfeld also had a part in I Just Want My Pants Back, an MTV show produced by Doug Liman.{{cite web|title=Amir Blumenfeld|url=http://www.cinemareview.com/castcrew.asp?id=6050|work=Cinema Review|access-date=September 21, 2013|archive-date=September 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923042623/http://www.cinemareview.com/castcrew.asp?id=6050|url-status=dead}}

He played Kumar Patel's friend Adrian in the 2011 stoner comedy film A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, alongside Thomas Lennon as Harold Lee's friend Todd.{{cite web|last=Goldman|first=Eric|title=Twas the night before Christmas, and two potheads were running around New York...|url=http://ign.com/articles/2011/11/03/a-very-harold-kumar-3d-christmas-review|work=IGN|date=November 3, 2011|access-date=September 14, 2013}} Reviews largely did not remark on his performance,{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-very-harold-and-kumar-3d-christmas-2011|work=RogerEbert.com|publisher=Ebert Digital|date=November 2, 2011|access-date=September 15, 2013|author-link=Roger Ebert}}{{cite magazine|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|title=A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20541244_20518799,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108043333/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20541244_20518799,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 8, 2011|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 9, 2011|access-date=September 15, 2013|author-link=Owen Gleiberman}}{{cite web|last=White|first=James|title=A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas|url=http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=137355|work=Empire|access-date=September 15, 2013}}{{cite news|last=O'Sullivan|first=Michael|title=A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/a-very-harold-and-kumar-christmas,1206285/critic-review.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106060936/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/a-very-harold-and-kumar-christmas,1206285/critic-review.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 4, 2011|access-date=September 15, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Huddleston|first=Tom|title=A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (18)|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/a-very-harold-kumar-3d-christmas|work=Time Out|date=December 6, 2011|access-date=September 15, 2013}} although IGN{{'s}} Eric Goldman said "there isn't much to the Todd and Adrian scenes", and Pajiba{{'s}} Daniel Carlson thought the scriptwriters treated the characters as "living props".{{cite web|last=Carlson|first=Daniel|title=A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Review: The Gift That Keeps on Taking|url=http://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/a-very-harold-kumar-3d-christmas-review-the-gift-that-keeps-on-taking.php|work=Pajiba|date=November 4, 2011|access-date=September 14, 2013}} T. J. Mulligan of Movies on Film commented that "anything Adrian says or does ... elicit[s] a slight chuckle at best".{{cite web|last=Mulligan |first=T. J. |title=A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Review |url=http://moviesonfilm.com/post/14653633477/a-very-harold-kumar-3d-christmas-review |work=Movies on Film |publisher=Mooshoo Media |date=December 22, 2011 |access-date=September 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923033643/http://moviesonfilm.com/post/14653633477/a-very-harold-kumar-3d-christmas-review |archive-date=September 23, 2013 }} However, Robert Zak of WhatCulture! commended the film's "strong supporting cast", saying that Lennon and Blumenfeld "provid[ed] constant amusement".{{cite web|last=Zak |first=Robert |title=A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Review: Welcomed Gross-out X-mas Comedy |url=http://whatculture.com/film/a-very-harold-kumrar-3d-christmas-review-welcomed-gross-out-x-mas-comedy.php |work=WhatCulture! |date=December 9, 2011 |access-date=September 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923005554/http://whatculture.com/film/a-very-harold-kumrar-3d-christmas-review-welcomed-gross-out-x-mas-comedy.php |archive-date=September 23, 2013 }}

As a writer, Blumenfeld works freelance for ESPN The Magazine, and contributed to the ESPN Guide to Psycho Fan Behavior.{{cite book|title=ESPN Guide to Psycho Fan Behavior|url=https://www.amazon.com/ESPN-Guide-Psycho-Fan-Behavior/dp/B001PTG4PA|date=23 October 2007|access-date=September 21, 2013}} He also has a section in Mental Floss called "The Curious Comedian".{{cite web|title=Amir Blumenfeld|url=http://mentalfloss.com/authors/amir-blumenfeld|work=Mental Floss|access-date=September 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923034535/http://mentalfloss.com/authors/amir-blumenfeld|archive-date=2013-09-23|url-status=dead}}

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,{{cite web|last=King|first=Catherine|title=Jake And Amir Interviewed: From College Humour To Global Domination|url=http://sabotagetimes.com/people/jake-and-amir-interviewed-from-college-humour-to-global-domination/|work=Sabotage Times|access-date=September 15, 2013|archive-date=September 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925054901/http://sabotagetimes.com/people/jake-and-amir-interviewed-from-college-humour-to-global-domination/|url-status=dead}} and also likes Louie and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Blumenfeld has compared the NBC series The Office and Parks and Recreation to Jake and Amir, saying they "have these office workplace dynamics and the situations are funny and the characters are very funny".

• {{cite book|title=The CollegeHumor Guide to College: Selling Kidneys for Beer Money, Sleeping with Your Professors, Majoring in Communications, and Other Really Good Ideas|year=2006|publisher=Penguin Books|location=New York|isbn=9780525949398|author=The writers of CollegeHumor.com|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/collegehumorguid00from}}
• {{cite book|last1=Blumenfeld|first1=Amir|last2=Hall|first2=Spencer|last3=Trex|first3=Ethan|title=ESPN Guide to Psycho Fan Behavior|year=2007|publisher=ESPN Books|location=New York|isbn=9781933060361|editor=Warren St. John|editor-link=Warren St. John}}
• {{cite book|last1=Blumenfeld|first1=Amir|last2=Shah|first2=Neel|last3=Trex|first3=Ethan|title=Faking It: How to Seem Like a Better Person Without Actually Improving Yourself|year=2008|publisher=New American Library|location=New York|isbn=9780451222527}}
• {{cite book|title=CollegeHumor: The Website. The Book.|year=2011|publisher=Da Capo Press|location=New York|isbn=9780306820496|author=The writers of CollegeHumor.com}}

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Category:1983 births

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Category:21st-century American comedians

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Category:CollegeHumor people

Category:Comedians from Los Angeles

Category:Haas School of Business alumni

Category:Headgum

Category:Jewish American comedians

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Category:Jewish American non-fiction writers

Category:Jewish Israeli comedians

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Category:American secular Jews

Category:Israeli emigrants to the United States

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Category:People from Afula

Category:Webby Award winners

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