Then back in November, McCall and his collaborators got the idea to post Harmon’s segments on TikTok, and everything changed. was ready to go and was like, ‘I’ll do whatever you need.'” “Someone who’s got this real dry delivery, and he looks like he’s ran through a wall before. “We needed someone who really looks like he’s been through it,” says Joe McCall, the group’s creative director. Monday, their casting choice for the bit was clear. With Harmon’s younger brother Carlo already on board as host Mr. The “Be a Man” videos weren’t initially a TikTok project-they were created to be segments on a zany YouTube talk show called “ I Love Mondays.” The group wanted to write compact one-liners packed with takes from a man’s man, the types of tough, short-tempered, and naturally hilarious fellas they’d grown up with around Boston. For the past five years, the group has been producing video content, mainly for YouTube, out of a modest film studio in Swampscott. Harmon’s “Be a Man guy” character is the brainchild of a group called Breaking Balls, a trio of Massholes that includes Harmon’s brother. “I’m pissed because I was getting ready to retire and it looks like I’m gonna be working a little while longer,” he deadpans. And telling one-liners on the internet has completely turned his life upside down. Until very recently, he was barely aware of what TikTok was. And aside from a few skits with some friends over the years, he has no background in comedy. He’s a 62-year-old mortgage salesman who lives on the North Shore. He goes by the nickname “Harmon” (and no, you’re not going to find a last name here-he tries not to reveal his actual identity to preserve what privacy he has left). So who is this man? And why are millions of people on the internet obsessed with him?

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