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Stand-Up Comic Brett Druck Hones his Laughs Being Funny is Serious Business

 By Sally Deering

Brett Druck
Brett Druck

It’s been said that doing stand-up stands out as one of the toughest show biz paths to take, a lonely venture of telling jokes to a boozy crowd with the intention of getting them to laugh at your hilarious observations.

Even Jerry Seinfeld started that way.

The difficult life of a stand-up comic hasn’t deterred Jersey City’s Brett Druck, a funny man who has taken his observational humor to comedy clubs in New York and New Jersey, Sirius XM Radio and TV. He plays comedy festivals and just began performing at colleges – his first will be Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, and he’s working on his first comedy album. Continue reading Stand-Up Comic Brett Druck Hones his Laughs Being Funny is Serious Business

GILBERT GOTTFRIED IN JERSEY CITY APRIL 14TH

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried brings laughter to the Jersey City Waterfront on Apirl 14th, 2011
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried brings laughter to the Jersey City Waterfront on Apirl 14th, 2011

  Jersey City, New Jersey -National talent and recent controversial joke maker Gilbert Gottfried  headlines  Thursday, April 14th, 2011 at Michael Anthony’s dazzling Waterfront Restaurant in Jersey City, New Jersey.  Host John “Nutsy” Fagan, another Jersey City Resident, will be on hand to warm up the evening.

After spending several years mastering the art of stand-up comedy, producers of the legendary NBC late night comedy show Saturday Night Live became aware of Gottfried and, in 1980, hired him as a cast member. It wasn’t until a few years later when his true notoriety would begin when MTV hired him for a series of improvised and hilarious promos for the newly formed channel. This led to several television appearances on “The Cosby Show” and “Late Night with David Letterman.”

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Hudson County’s Artie Lange Stabs Self According to Hoboken Police Department

artie-langeArtie Lange  makes us laugh every day on the Howard Sterns’ Sirus Radio show with his on air antics, but it seems some sad, and obviously emotional off air antics has the talened comedian and actor seriously trying to hurt himself.

Hoboken police  have confirmed that Lange apparently stabbed himself nine times last Saturday morning leaving knife wounds to his stomach at his luxury condo in Hoboken, New Jersey. A reason has not been given for Mr. Lange stabbing himself, but according to neighbors; Lange, has had some problems that has resulted in some stays at Rehab clinics.

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The New Jersey Comedy Festival Brings Student Comedians to The Stress Factory Comedy Club

microphone The third annual New Jersey Comedy Festival (NJCF) and The Stress Factory Comedy Club in New Brunswick have teamed up to invite New Jersey college students to perform at one of the Garden State’s most well known comedy clubs on Wednesday, December 9 at 8 p.m. 

The New Jersey Comedy Festival, which has been holding preliminary events at college campuses through the state this fall, encourages the state’s most comical college students to compete for the title of the “New Jersey King or Queen of Campus Comedy.” Continue reading The New Jersey Comedy Festival Brings Student Comedians to The Stress Factory Comedy Club

College Students to Participate in Third Annual New Jersey Comedy Festival

College Students Wanted to Compete for the Title of “New Jersey King or Queen of Campus Comedy.”

laughingThe third annual New Jersey Comedy Festival will be held at college campuses throughout the state starting this fall.  During this fun-filled event, the most comical college students from many New Jersey colleges and universities will compete for the title of “New Jersey King or Queen of Campus Comedy.”

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Mike Marino at Uncle Vinnie’s Comedy Club in Point Pleasant This Month

River View Observer’s Best Pick for   “Having Some Fun This Summer” -The Comedy of Mike Marino

Mike Marino -New Jersey’s Bad Boy of Comedy will  be performing newest-mike-marino-photo three shows August 20,21 and 22. at Uncle Vinnies Comedy Club

This is Marino’s last shore appearance this summer

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