[4] Before Frischman's television breakthrough, he often worked as a magician in the Los Angeles area under the pseudonym "The Great Houdanny" (in reference to Harry Houdini) performing at, amongst other things, children's birthday parties and charity events.
[citation needed] Frischman performed at several comedy clubs in New York City, including the Comic Strip, Catch a Rising Star and Dangerfield's, before moving to Los Angeles.
In the episode, titled "Kids Can Be Cruel" Frischman played high school student "Carl 'Rocky' Price" who was picked on by his peers because of his acne and nerd-like personality.
Frischman's first co-starring role was that of Manhattan-based high school student Arvid Engen on ABC-TV's late 1980s/early 1990s series Head of the Class.
On December 20, 1986, Frischman and the cast of Head of the Class were the celebrity guests on the urban music series Soul Train.
On July 15, 1987, Frischman appeared as that evening's guest on NBC-TV's talk show Late Night with David Letterman.
Once again Frischman played a socially awkward nerd, this time as Chris Potter, Kenan's boss at Rigby's, a small grocery store.
In episode 93, titled "The Mom & Pop Store" (which originally aired on November 17, 1994, on U.S. television network NBC), Frischman plays a man who phones Jerry Seinfeld to tell the comedian that he has found his stolen sneaker collection at a yard sale in Parsippany, New Jersey (located just north of the town Frischman grew up in); Frischman asked to change the name of the place in the script from Parsippany to his hometown of Whippany, but Seinfeld declined, saying "No, 'Whippany' doesn't sound like the name of a real town.