T TIME with Theresa - Season 4, Episode 32 "Stand Up/Sit Down"

T TIME with Theresa - Season 4, Episode 32 "Stand Up/Sit Down". Hosted by Theresa Farrell. Tonight's guest is Actor, Comedian and Writer Richie Minervini. T TIME with Theresa is aired live on Strong Island Television from Paradise Studios NY - www.strongisland.com

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Episode Transcript

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Good evening and welcome to tee Time. Hey everybody, welcome to tea Time.

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I'm so glad to joining me tonight. I want to talk about my
weekend and get to my in studioguests. Friday Friday, I was in
Astudia for the screening of a sitcomthat I'm in called The Connie Show.
Yes, there we are, GregCriticos Mike the director of Ralph Brocco,
who plays my husband. It washysterical. I can't wait to do more.

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Thank god they're bringing me back.So and then there's a picture of
Ralph and I, like I said, he plays my hubby, and Ralph
is also in Murdered by the Mobwith me and there I am as Bunny
in Murdered by the Mob, whichis the longest running. I heard a
mystery show in Manhattan. They're runningfor over thirty years. So go to
Murdered Bythemob dot com. See whenthe next show is. It's at the

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Iron Bar in the city downstairs inthe secret room. It's like a little
speakeasy. You eat, you're sing, you dance, you drink. It's
like going to an Italian wedding.Someone gets whacked. You gotta figure out
who'd done it. You know whatI'm saying. It's a lot of fun.
Saturday, it's spent a lot oftime learning lines because I booked myself
some upcoming things. I'm very excited. And then Sunday's laundry day. We

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all need clean underwear and more studyinglines. All right, I'm getting to
my guests because, as you know, my show goes very very quickly.
And I'm excited he's here because hewas supposed to be here a couple of
years ago and something happened. Butnow I have his tuckis next to me,
and I'm well Tucks, Richie Menaveniis with me. Hello. He's

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an actor, he's a comedian,he's a writer. And I have been
dying to have you on my showfor a very very long time. So
I'm excited that you in Nueva Yorkwere able to do the show. This
is great. Yeah. I've beenin New York and since before COVID,
right, pre COVID. Yeah,yeah, it's a long time, long
time. Yeah. Yeah, SoI want everyone to get to know you

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and you originally from Huntington, originallyfrom Huntington, were born in Minneola,
Yes, yes, and then weupscale Tom Yeah, and then you went
to what woman High School? Iwent to Women High School and graduated,
and you graduated woo. And where'dyou go after high school? I went
to Saint John's University. I playedice hockey for them. Ooh, we
got to a tournament up in Albanyand uh, my good buddy, Johnny

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Capiancho was ranked tenth in the worldas a light heavyweight champion. Wes boxed
with him and across Jerry Cooney,his father trained as John Catanco Senior.
And so I had some pretty goodboxing skills if my hockey skills weren't good.
And a coach from Plattsburgh University sawme there and he said, I
want you to come to Plattsburgh.And I tell you the truth I wanted.

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I did not have the Saint John'sCollege experience because I was living home
my family college. He didn't havethat the on campus driving to Whitman,
which was a mile away drive intoQueens and traffic at seven o'clock in the
morning. I missed this class act. The only thing that kept me in
class was hockey. He said,did you want to be a professional hockey
players? That's a lot every otherkid in the world who plays Little league

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or hockey. I wanted to bea New York Ranger or New York met
and then you realize that's not goingto happen. Actually I did not realize
it. I was twenty one yearsold. I was playing hockey at Plattsburgh.
We played against a Canadian team thatwas between the ages of fifteen and

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eighteen st Lawrence Academy. I usedto go to hockey school there three years
in a row Brad Park, theNew York Rangers, one of the best
defense from in the league. ThenBobby Offer you Boston people and Dennis Potvin,
who's a Long Island guy. Hewas our friend, and we're playing
against his kids. It's six'two in the first period, and I

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got this look on my face.Coach is from Canada. Coach Coach Cork
said, Manavini, what's up.I said, we're getting killed? Huh
he said yeah. I said,we're not going I'm not going to go
pro. He goes, of course, you're not going to go pro.
No one's going to go pro onthis bench. Those guys are going to
go pro. And I was like, I was so disappointed, but then

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then, of course, you knowI switched into a stand up comedy.
Well, that's what I want tobring up. You started stands up back
in seventy nine, that would beOh, that's right. No, it's
from the East Pside Comedy Club opening. Ok So you started before that,
way before that, you know,I thought my career is going to really
far. I started in Massapequa.What what Prichard M. Dixon's Oh yes,

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yes, yes, wow. Imet Bobby Nelson there, I met
Rob Bartlett there, Eddie Murphy,there, Jacket and drunk man Martin Myers.
Uh, fantastic. What do youdo? You just woke up one
day and said, hey, Ithink I want to get on stage and
make people laugh. No, theGong Show was on TV show okay,
and like much like karaoke is everywherenow, Yes, they had the Gong

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Show in this bar, in thatbar. So I went to these Gong
shows and it's so funny how youcan't remember your good jokes, but I
can remember all big ones that gotdowns on. Yeah. And so I
was at a place called the FlamingHeart Nightclub in the Horseville Road. Uh
huh, yeahs called a horsepoop Boulevard. Yeah, my big drunk gone.

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I was on stage two seconds.Yeah, and uh. I went to
college and I love My dad wasa New York City cop mounted officer first
and a narcotics detective. Serious guy, but he would laugh at the Dean
Martin roast and I sit next tohim in the area, IM having my
good moment Thursday night Dean Mark Rose, Yeah, and dad would laugh.

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I didn't laugh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I guess somewhere in
there you want to please your parentsand go. So I got the same
in comedy, which turns out didnot please my parents. Absolutely are you
doing? You know? You gottagotta you're a salesman? You got some
cars insurance something? Oh my god. And my boxing coach John Capianco,

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I said, mister cap Bank,I won't be here since September. My
mom been putting in my head.I was gonna be a lawyers. In
some of the kindergarten, I said, I won't be here in September.
I'm going to college. Oh whatare you going to college for? I'm
gonna be a lawyer, INNAVIDI,but you'll lie in the bs. You
would make more money selling ladies shoesso I'm totally insulted until I realized,

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like a year later, I'm alawyer. I don't I don't want to
fight and argue every day. Ijust like laughter, enjoy this, and
you know. Yeah. So Iwas a realtor, yes century twenty one
real estate, old Jacket. Thefirst house I sold. I'm just a
new guy. And it was aSunday. It was busy and this guy's

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looking for waterfront. I said,okay, and I call up to the
owner. I said, I'm gonnabring a guy tomorrow. The key is
under the mat. So we godown in Northport and uh, here's the
address. Keys under the mat,opened the door, showed the guy around
salt Wow. So no arguing,no negotiating, and come back. I

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told my boss, said, okay, you want to fill it out.
I don't know how to fill outpapers. I don't know how to I
don't even know you had to fillout papers. Sugar guys are and the
guy went, that's one thirteen ashbroken Road. The guy said, Now
we went one fifteen air Shroken Road. I said, uh, but now
we wanted this and this was thehouse I was making fun of the guy

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said, this is the kind ofsmall house. They this is not small.
That guy's house is small. Thatwas what I was supposed to everyone
on that street is that key underthe mall? Here? I'm trampling the
house for two hours. I meancould have God, it's crazy. So
I did not sell that house,but uh, the million dollar settlement,
which I wasn't. Wow. Hewent to Leonard's of Great Neck for the

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century year. That's where I hadmy first wedding. Yeah, nineteen ninety.
I don't think you should number yourweddings. Yeah, number one.
So there's a guy on stage namedsou Richards. Oh yeah, oh yeah
yeah to me, Yes, I'mthinking, man, I love what this
guy is doing. Yeah, AndI went over to him late. I
said, hey, mister Richards,sir, how you doing? I said,

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uh, I love what you're doing. I said, I love stand
up comedy Carling. How do youdo that? I mean? He said,
well, how you doing? Youget on stage in front of Mike.
When I get in front, Isaid, oh my gosh. He
said, do you want to joinme? I'm going up to Villa Roma
on Tuesday. I said yeah,So he gives me his numbers. I
couldn't be more excited. Wow.So I call him up. I live
out in stony Brook. You comeout, I said, Well, I'm

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in Huntington, So what do youtake the Expressway or the Parkway? Either
way? I went, Oh,there's a dunkin Donuts right between them.
Why don't I meet you over there? And he says no, no,
no, no, no, nono no. He said, you come
out to my house. I'm leavingat two o'clock. I said, well,
that's forty five minutes a wrong direction. He hangs up the phone.

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Okay, So I called him backand said, did we get disconnected?
Now? You want to go tothe Villa Road? You hunt me at
my house two o'clock. You don'tbe late. So I get out there
one fifteen. It must have beenninety five degrees Long Island summer. Yeah,
and it's hot. I'm out inthe car and now comes a beautiful
lady with red hair, beautiful,absolutely gorgeous, look like hand Margaret,

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and can I help you? Isaid, I'm Richieman Aviennie? Who Richiem?
And a Viennie? Are you?Sells daughter? Sells wife? I'm
going Oh boy, comedy is great. She said, do you want to
come in I said I would loveto come in. Yeah. So we're
walking in and also I see thecurtains open up like this. Huh,

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And she goes, why don't youwait here? And I'll be right out
right because she comes out with abig gulps of water and ice. Okay.
Sal said he'll be out at twoo'clock. Okay, it's one fifteen
now. Wow. So I drinkthis big thirty two thirty four ources of
water, right, I gotta goto the bedroom. Yeah, oh yes,

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especially before that ride. Yeah,Sal's already scaring me. Yeah.
So I don't know what to do. I don't want to drive away and
miss the opportunity. Like a quarterto two. So I see they got
a wooden fence. I go inthe fence and I'm peeing in the bushes,
and all of a sudden, curtainsopen up in your south staring at
me. I'm peeing on his house. Oh my gosh. Wow. Get

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in the car and he drives.He drives, well, no cell phones.
Yeah, so he stops to getcoffee. He's got a nice,
beautiful Cali like El Dorado or something, and this is my life. This
stops, he calls the place upthe villa Roma. Yeah, be outside,
I must see either. I wantmy room, intendant there, I
got luggage, I got things.So Sala's driving in vill Roma five miles

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this weekend, Sal Richard's. Ohmy god, this is unbelievable. Yeah,
Villaroma three miles, Bilaroma two miles, and Sal goes. Do you
feel like driving? Kids, Thisis only two miles. If you want
to drive on, I drive.We go in, go run the backstage
door this way. I'm thinking,oh, this is a show business.
They all come out. So thisis my driver, Richie, Richie,

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get my bags? Oh my god. Car for the whole summer. Yeah,
all summer. Every Tuesday we droveup there, and I learned about
stand up comedy. Yeah, whata freaking story. Yeah right, that
is great. I mean, listen, if you're gonna learn, I mean
it was the way to go,especially at that time. Wow, all
listen. W' take my first break, but please don't go away, because

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we're going to be back after thesemessages. All right. Wonder Woman was
everything to little girls, especially thatlooked like me. She stands for being

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a voice for people that need avoice. My organization renovates homes for people
with disabilities, and when I comehome a self care routine makes me feel
my best. I'm very proud ofthe difference that we're making. It.
To see that impact in my communityinspires me to work even harder for everyone
around me. All Right, everybodyhaving a good time, That's what I'm

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thought. Ali. So we arelive Paradise Studios, New York. Give
yourself around of course, coming outtonight. Well, Hi there, Teresa,

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It's Jihan Yorke from General Hospital.I am just checking in because apparently
you have a great talk show calledTea Time on Strong Island TV. I
want you to have continued great successand have a lot of fun. It
sounds like you're having a lot offun, and that's pretty much the key
to everything, isn't it. Socontinued success I'm proud of you. Have

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a great day, Teresa. Bye, Thank you. Hey everybody, welcome
back to Tea Time. I'm I'mI'm looking to see if anyone's watching my
show, So I just want togive a shout out to everybody watching.
You know, my regulars are watching. Anne and Bruno and Michael in Florida.

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Thank you every going for watching theshow. Please make it, please
share it. I am with RichieMenabini. He's an actor, he's a
comedian, he's a writer. I'mvery excited he's here. Started in stand
up and then you decided in seventynine to open up these side comets.
I was in real estate, Yes, you in real estate, and you
said, ooh, there's a pieceof property. I knew about supplying demand,

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and I'm going on to these openmic nights and sometimes you're waiting online.
We used to do to catch risingstar. Yep. We would stay
up all night to get online.At six o'clock in the morning, the
guy would show up at nine o'clockand give you a number. You'll be
number ten. Go all right,everyone's doing five minutes. Show starts at
eight. I'm number ten, soI'll be on it. Eight fifty dollars

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be great. So it's twelve tofifteen. Freddy Prince is coming down the
set. David branna came into theset. I said the guy, Hey,
listen, man, I want toget on. He said, well,
David Brennan just walked in, sowe'll put up A singer said I
don't, I don't care. DavidBrannan, just put me up here.
You don't have all David Brenner,No, I said, I don't.
I don't care. I'm not waitingany longer. I mean, it's a

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six am in the morning. SoBrenna walks in and he's got a fur
coat on, long fur coat threequarters of winter, and his girlfriend's at
the same exact coat. And here'sDavid Brennan that I've seen on TV,
yeah, and knocking the snot outof the crowd. And I'm, oh
my god, this guy here,and I want to be just like David
Brenner, and everyone is laughing.I'm looking around the room and I realized

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I don't want to go on afterthis guy. Everyone's laughing except his girlfriend.
Really with the thirty she got topush on her face like yeah.
So I go up on stage.I do my jokes. Nothing really,
I said, ladies and gentlemen,I said, I can't believe this is
a tough spot. I following thenumber one commingting in the world, David
Brenner. I got introduced by KellyRodgers, who's kind of like a number

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two. And everyone who's laughing exceptfor David Brennan's girlfriend with the thirty thousand
dollars main coat. I said,this is what I strived to be.
You get a girl like that withI got a third guy and she still
girlfriends? Are they always pissed?You can't be better than David Brenna.
And then I hear David Brynn.I went, oh my god, I'm

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funny. Yeah exactly. He lateron he comes open books. You thank
you very much. I think youruin my relationship. But and it was
so much fun. I was like, okay, and that was the only
laugh I got. And it's cool. But I followed David Brennan. And
that's not an easy thing to dobecause I remember when I was at thing
was Stand Up New York, acomic ship, I think it was Comic

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Ship, and Chris Rock walked inand I got bumped. But if you're
gonna get bumped, I don't care. I get bumped by Chris, and
you know, I didn't follow himeither because I didn't want to, but
you know, and then yeah,it's like late and you're like, I
want to get up. I wantto get up, So yeah, I
totally, I totally get it.So fun, I have a pick.
Let's show your head shot back inthe day when we did them in Oh

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oh boy, look at that here, look at you. So listen.
So Eastside Comedy Club, So youfound a spot this piece of property,
and he said, hey, yeah, I was. I was a realtor,
Yes, s a realtor. Thisguy owned this place and he died
and his son was selling his father'srestaurant. And I went in there and
I said all right, and Isaid, we're doing stand up for Dixon's.
And then I was doing a coupleof shows around at the Hungry Bear

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top of the town in Huntington,and I went, you know, as
long you know the legal license,he said yeah. I said, why
don't we use your liqual license.We put up a plastic signs at east
Side Comedy Club. I'll sell it. You know this comedy is gonna be
hot for a couple of months.Yeah, yeah, yeah, a couple
of months. I forget. Well. We opened up and the place was
pocked immediately, seven nights a week. We closed down. I bought the

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place two months later. We JimMyers was a was a carpenter, so
he came in and was the contractor. Frankie pace I was a plumber,
Dominic, Henry was a rug guy. My brother was a title guy.
So you had no all professionals andthe comedians and we built this club and

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it was amazing. It was amazing, amazing. It was magic. It
was magic back then magic and youhad it was a premiere, Premier long
I was Premier comedy club. Youhad Rosie o'donnald back in the day,
Jay Leno, Eddie Murphy, youhad Kevin James, Ray Romano, of
course, Bob Nelson, Jackie thejoke man, Martley. I have a
couple of a couple of picks.There's Jackie with Eddy. They're doing it.

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That's a Sunday night improv class.You got Rob Bartlett on the right,
was Eddie Murphy in the middle,and that looks like Jackie on the
left. Was that Rob is onthe right hand side here with the yeah
wow was I was saying where Nelson? I love it? And Vinnie Mark

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was the fourth guy in that improvgroup. They were called not threes com
company, No, no, no, identical triplets, the identical triplets.
That's a circle with Eddie, Yes, and Vinnie Mark was actually a really
good I went to four people,but they still call themselves the identical triplets
because somebody wouldn't show up eventually soit didn't look ridiculous. Yeah, and

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you you had the club up untilwent from seventy nine I think two thousand
and uh five. Wow, youknow I was on the road working.
Yes, Jackie Mason, who Imet at Dangerfield. Yes, this is
probably a year after I met misterBrenna and Jackie Mask. I tell you
comedian. I never saw such afuntastic comedian. I don't know who you

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are, but you're definitely going places. I said, you think so?
He said, yeah, you're notcoming back here. I'd like to help
you a little jewish. I saidno, he said, I'll help you
a little. I can't help youtoo, A mud chick can't. So
this. I know. I'm inFlorida about eight months later, and I
saw Jackie Mason performing down in uhSo, I buy tickets. I buy

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tickets on Friday, I buy ticketson Saturday. I buy tickets on Sunday.
Wow. I was afraid to talkto them, you know, really,
but I went up to month Sunday, said mister Mason. He said,
don't I know you? I said, I met you danger Fields about
a year ago. I'll give youmy number. I said, I called
about eight times. He said youdid. I said, yeah, but
what happened? You said hello Heloand I would hang up the phone.

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So that was you. I toldher. He didn't start. Yeah,
so I he said. I said, I'd love to stick around, but
I have to go. He said, no, no, no, we
got to talk. But there's nocomedians in Miami. He said, I
closest think to a comedian Miami isa magician. So we talked and I
said this, I'm flying out tomorrowmorning. No you're not. You know
how to drive a car? Doyou have a license? Yeah? My
driver drive home. So I drovefor him for about six months. He

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said, I'm trying to be acomedian. I don't want to be a
driver. So he said, you'reopen for me. Then there you go.
So I you know, I'm openingfor him. And after a month
of that, he said, tome, listen, it looks absolutely ridiculous.
I'm a big star and I'm aroundwith a limousine driver. So you're
fired. No more limousine driving.I said, oh, all right,
well I gotta go back home.Hold on a second, how much am

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I paying you? Four hundred dollarsa week. We'll make it eight hundred
dollars a week. It'll be myopening act. We'll get someone else for
two hundred dollars a week. You'vebeen robbing me. I can get a
limousine driver for two hundred dollars aweek. You've been robbing me for a
year and a half. And Iended up driving his limousine. And then
when I'm in the back of thelimousine, Wow, greaty to sign with
him. So then I told himI was opening up a club. He
said, well, I'll be thereopening weekend. So I think it was

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ten twelve thousand dollars. Uh huh, it was one hundred seats. I
charged ten dollars a ticket. Peopleare banging on my door, my employees,
and I had his money in anenvelope. He said, wait a
minute, how many seats do youhave out there? Said one hundred.
How much of tickets? Ten dollarsfor the twenty upfront, eight dollars for
the ones in the back. Hesaid, so you don't have enough money

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to pay me. So I gotmoney right here, and he had to
hear he had the ten thousand.He gave it back to me, Wow,
pay those people over there. Isaid, well, no, no,
no, no, this is yours. He said ten thousand dollars.
I don't need. Okay, that'sfor cocktail. I'll come back next year.
You give me twenty thousand. Hecame back the next year. He
didn't want the twenty thousand. Whata salesman. But he's great. Hedn't

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want it was amazing. So hecame in and uh, wow, great
man, what a story. Astory? So now you perform. You've
performed comedy now all over the country. You're all all over the country.
You're at the in Vegas, atthe Riviera, You're in Atlantic City at
the Borgata since two thousand and six, if I'm not mistaken, the famed,

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famed theaters like the Paramount and DelbyBeach. Sense of the Arts,
Kevin James this Wednesday at the Paramount, Yes, Paramount, this Wednesday,
This Wednesday, Kevin James and KevinJames speaking about Kevin James. But you
know what, wait, wait,wait, wait wait wait, I think
I think we need to take dowe need to take another break and then
talk about Kevin James. No,let's look for a little bit more and

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then we'll take a break. Iwanted to tease them a little bit.
I think the first person to breakout of the East Side wuld be Eddie
Murphy obviously. Yes, he wassixteen and seventeen years old. We would
pick him up, Oh he wassixteen seventeen. Yeah, and he was
funny and he'd be like, hey, I got school tomorrow with twenty six
twenty seven drinking. He'd be inthe car sleeping. You know. We

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take him home at four o'clock inthe morning. Yeah, that is sterical.
It's so funny. It was juststerical. But so you also tour
with Kevin Jeans and Ray Vermonalds.Yes, I was at the Mirage.
We had about five six good yearsthere and it was great and uh,
Kevin would headline, I would MCand Ray would go on the middle right,

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and then sometimes they would switch itand Read would headline. They switched
it every I think maybe six timesa year. It was just so great.
And you know, next thing youknow, you're backstage and Jay Leno
comes backstage and it's like, oh, you're doing so one of you guys
comes backstage now and Ray said,you know, it's amazing. Your name's
not on the sign, but you'regoing out there. I forgot what it's

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like to hear real laughs. Igo, what are you talking about?
He goes, well, I gotmy TV show. I'm ready Romano.
So they're like, oh, Idon't even off I'm funny anymore. They
laugh at you know, he said, they laughing at your stupid voice.
Right, oh yeah, yeah.And so the guy is in the back
room and he goes, hey,you're very funny. I said, thank

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you very much. He said no, no, no, no, I
really think you're funny. I go, yeah, okay, And then by
the fourth you're really funny. Gohey, dude, you and twelve hundred
other people thought I was really funny. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he
said. I said, all Iget it. He goes, but I'm
Bobby Fairrely. I go, oh, that is important. Oh Bobby Fairly.
Oh my god, you and yourbrother are funny. Oh now,

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now now you're that's great. Well, well, you also have had TV
appearances through the years too. Youdid Live with Me Just and Kathy Lean
back in the day. Also theRosie Show. But you know you Rosie
Rosie went to high school my brotherokay, yeah, and they were going

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to play together. No no,no, Neette or something. I don't
know, but she wanted you tostand up comedy. So I said,
come to the club. So shecome to the club, and to be
honest with you, I didn't gether. But my audience was hysterical.
She was sixteen years old, wasn'tit true? I heard that she was
doing other people's material until someone saidto how you have to write your own?

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Well, we all did other people. We thought we didn't know about
comedy. I mean, now,well, you gotta understand. We were
the first comedy club in the countrythat paid. They was catching right and
star. They was trying to feelsthe improv catcher and uh out in la
improv. So we were like aband, you know, Oh we're doing
like a Beatles song. And someonesaid to Rosie, you're very funny,

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said thank you, but that's JerrySeinfeld's material. She goes, yeah,
isn't he great? Right? Andme? And that's how it went.
Are you gonna do this bit orI'm gonna do that bit? And we're
gonna call a Jerry's bit. Wecalled it the U the left handed bit,
you do the left handed bit.And then when we started going to
the city. They schooled us onyou can't do other people's material, right,

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Honestly, folks, I'm still notgood at not doing other people's material.
That's great, it's so funny.Oh my gosh. All right,
now we're gonna take a break.When we come back, though, we
have a plethora of wonderful pictures withyou and many many funny peace and during
the break, I'm gonna find outwhat plethora remains. Don't go away.

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We'll be back after this. What'swonder woman was everything to little girls,
especially that looked like me. Shestands for being a voice for people that

(27:59):
need a voice. My organization renovateshomes for people with disabilities, and when
I come home a self care routinemakes me feel my best. I'm very
proud of the difference that we're making, and to see that impact in my
community inspires me to work even harderfor everyone around me. Hi. I'm

(28:21):
Georgia Rose, founder of Zenkuda.You can watch me on the soul Space
podcast every Friday at noon on Channeltwenty for spiritual guidance. And as you
all know, that is how Ifirst opened into my own psychic gifts was
through the angelic realm astrology, andso we've got Mars and the Sun together
in Scorpio, which creates a lotof combustion, and the astrological world we
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means we have a lot of choicesto make, and we're not looking at
what's really being divinely given to us. We're too busy in the busyness of
the choices to really see the divineintervention of divine timing and define guiding where
the place. Watch the Soul Spacepodcast. I ain't doing South of Boys,

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Facebook. Tee Time with Teresa KuntisDracy fow We'll see you there the way
you say my name. Welcome backto tea Time people. I'm with richimond

(29:37):
Avidi. He's an actor, he'sa comedian, he's a writer. He
is hysterical. I've been wanting tomeet him forever because, to be honest,
I'll be honest with you, I'veI've played so many comedy clubs,
and I'm sure I've played east Side, but I have to look at my
comedy resumes. Oh yeah, yeah, so many places A night toward.
I played in Florida, I playedin California back in the early nineties.
That's when it was like, youknow, because back then your top five

(30:00):
sitcoms were Kevin Ray Ellen. Uh. Tim, I mean, I'm thinking
someone's gonna see me and either I'mgonna get my own SITCOMA ends up on
SNL because I do characters right,didn't happen, But you know, you
never know. You just never know. I'm not you know, we're still
here right well, you know,at this age, I could be Jerry

(30:25):
Stiller in the basement. I'm hopingAdam Baraa breaks the big Gary Valentine in
the basement. I'll be the oldguy scream this is to left, and
I have to say, I gottashout out, please forgive me. Joe
de Barry his birthdays today, acta good friend of mine. Happy birthday,
Joe de Barry. How to getthat out? All right? So
IMDb, so nineteen ninety seven throughtwo thousand and seven, you're on King

(30:48):
of Queen's to nine episodes. Wegot a picture of that. There you
are. Oh my god, yeah, oh god, we have two of
them. Dom Dom's standing right nextto you. This show here, This
was not shot. It was shotat the amusement park in California. The
whole show is out there. Kevinhad this idea that he just put me

(31:08):
in every scene. I was gonnabe at the front and I was taking
tickets, and then I'd be atthis machine, and then I'd be at
the worldly world, and then theroller coaster. I'd be selling ice cream
cones. And the premise on paperwas brilliant, right, But when it
came to actually, when it cameto editing, it looked ridiculous, like
he wasn't that same fat guy andso not the top show. But yet

(31:33):
it gets a lot of I stillget checks for twelve Residual fabulous. I
can't believe it. Why I thinkelementary cool kids that there's other things under
the Policeman, Lawyer, doctor andDentist. Two thousand and nine, he
did paul A Blart All Shot inYou also did Undernew Management. You played

(31:55):
an FBI agent. I played anFBI agent, which was great. It
was written by Dennis Hamill, whowas a great writer, still a great
writer, and then he went onto produce Exactive produce and write Law and
Order amazing. His brother Pete Hamillwrote the definitive book on Frank Sinatra.
And these guys are both great usthrough good brothers, really great brilliant guys.

(32:17):
And at that I met Ray Garvey, who owned Pips in Brooklyn,
and I did and became friend.Well, let me tell you, but
I made them laugh. That wasa tough crowd. So David Brenner I
got friendly with him. Yeah,because he remember David Brenna always remembered you're

(32:37):
the one or maybe wait, Igotta do you know my favorite David Brennan
joke the newspaper. Yes, yes, we gotta do it for it,
Okay, David Brenna sitting on asubway and it doesn't realize he's sitting on
a newspaper. Someone comes up tohim say, excuse me, are you
reading that? I am? Hestands up, flips it on right now,

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one of my favorite Brennan's stories.So now I opened a new club
and Mason now is on it.He's on Broadway. He's making a million
and a half a week, sohe doesn't need east Side Comedy Club,
although he would stop in the casingand jump up just so it's so wild
to watch it. You know,you have regular shows on Jackie Mason's here
and you know where I do.Here's your money? Leave, Yeah,

(33:27):
you can just leave and that heand the crowd would just go absolutely crazy.
So Brenner, I have opening upmy new club coming soon, David
Brennan. It's on Route one teneast Side Comedy and it's a beautiful club.
The first one was a you know, give me some paint, but
this one, it was the seatsfor cushiony. There was no duct tape.
Yeah, we built a brick wall. There were real brick walls in

(33:52):
every club in New York City.The walls have made a brick. But
we built a brick wall, whichwas ridiculous. So Brenda's gonna do that.
And we were advertising and then Roryrose Garden, who is now Gary
Valentine's manager, Ray Reminods manager,called me said David can't do it.
No no, no, no,no, no no listen, I've been
advertising for three months blah blah boband right, Rory, I don't like

(34:15):
legal stuff. I don't like lawyersstuff. But we got contracts. You
didn't ask, you made me signthe contract. I said, this reputation,
come on, and David calls meup, rich, rich, I'm
going through a divorce. It hasto do with alimony, child's support and
visitation. I got it, David, Why don't you just tell me that.

(34:38):
I'm telling you that I said,no problem, you come back when
you can come back. So theson of a gun if he didn't come
back in and another guy, ripthat check up, just rip rip it
up, rip it up. Theseguys are great. You know what.
Look they make, they make awhole bunch. Really, God blessed that

(34:59):
they that position to even say that, David. I was one day.
I'm in that. I can't waitto do that. Listen, twenty grown
ups. Oh boy, I wasto pick you that you play cardio?
Yeah, there you are, there, I am. That was the kid's
scene. And for those of youdon't know, that is Adam's that's Adam's

(35:20):
life. Has two children. Yes, so what happens. I'm on the
set with Adam and I bring myown kids there, right, and my
kids were like eighteen and uh tohis dad, I'm gonna go out drink
with these I said, no,you're not. Said, Adam's having a
July fourth party. All the kidsare drinking. I said, sweetheart,
you are being judged. And youhave a name in Ravini. If you've
got drinking, you have the kids. They all throw up. I've seen

(35:43):
him in another park. You wantto go drinking. Yeah, I said,
you go drinking, and then tomorrowbring you the airport and go home
because I'm not I'm not doing thiswhole something. Yeah. Yeah, And
so I said, she's all right. So she goes over into a sandbox
with Kevin's children's Sienna right, anduh oh Sianna, and his first daughter

(36:07):
is uh, I'm in trouble.Sorry, can we cut? Can we
edit? Anyway? He's got histwo kids and it's Sandy Sandler and she's
playing with the kids and Adam comesover and I don't know, Adam,
I'm working with them. But heputs it around me and he goes,
hey, man, I love theway you. You know, you are

(36:29):
with your kids and the kids.It's great. But why is your daughter
in the sandbox with the kids.Why didn't you I go just because my
daughter has some special needs you don'tget to make fun of a jerk.
And I get right in his faceand say it again, say it again,
and he goes, hey, dude, I had no idea I had
know. I said, say itagain, go ahead, and he so

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he said, ook, I'm sorry, And I said, everyone knows.
Don't tell me you didn't know.So he goes over to the sandbox.
He goes, Hi, Olivia,I see you in this box. Yeah,
and with my friend Shay Shay.That's Kevin's other daughter's name, Sha
Sienna. And these are your daughters. I just met them, indeed,

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And he goes, yeah, Igo why are you talking to my door
like that? He starts howling,he starts he puts me in a head
like it. No one's broken mytestacles right in about ten years great,
and he goes, you want tocome over to the house at dinner to
night. You do? Absolutely?Yeah? Oh yeah. One of the
nicest men I've ever met in showbusiness. Yeah again, show business.
One the nicest men I've ever met. Right, Jerry Still is the nicest

(37:36):
man I ever met. Adam Sandler'sabout right there, Kevin, somewhere over
here. Yeah, twenty eleven,you're in zoo Keeper. Oh yeah,
Kevin got me in Zookeeper and twentytwelve you did Here Comes the Boom,
which was Kevin's greatest movie. Youhaven't seen it rented. It's I'm believe
it's a boxing movie. Uh,MMA movie. It was so much fun.

(37:58):
We had boss routing there, JoeRogan from MMA was there. Yeah,
I mean great Mark Delagradi, oneof the greatest fighters. It was
so much fun. But they're doinga fight scene. Yeah, and uh
it's boring. There's nine hundred peopleand they're doing that missing and missing and
these people are like I said,Kevin, you got a couple of MMA

(38:20):
fighters here, you got you havethe ref Why don't you have a couple
of fighters going there, have areal fight ifoul react film the crowd.
Yeah, yeah, oh good idea. Well, i'm execut produce. Now
turns out the MM guys are allon the contract. They can't fight unless
they're getting paid like being a screenactor. So he goes, well you
box, he said, yeah,So why don't you box Gino? I

(38:43):
said, because I'm fifty eight.Gino's twenty seven. The last time I
boxed I was twenty seven, Soit's like a Jake Paula. So we
go in and box. I said, oh, Gino, we're going to
run around a little, dance arounda little bit if you hit a good
shot. You know this capy anklealways told you he's not a real fight.
Your back off. You wait tillthe guy goes, I'm good,

(39:06):
come on back here. But Ginostarts going like this, oh wow,
and I go, what are youdoing? Oh? These guys are taking
money over there. They bet fivehundred dollars. I can knock you out.
I'm oh, no, no,no, I'm not doing what I
said. I know it's a thousand, two thousand dollars. I went,
hey, Gino, I said,we're in a real fight. So I'm
like, oh my god, Ijust stinish having a big old lunch.

(39:29):
Oh my, I fought a onehundred and forty seven. I'm now two
hundred and sixty three, you know, and uh, Gino's doing this number.
I went, all right, Iguess this is it. I said,
well, make sure Gino has somehead gear, right, and knows,
well, what aren't you wearing headgear? So I'm not going to get
hit right right? And I'm lying. I wanted you to put it in
head he's gonna get hurt. He'slike, well, I'm not gonna wear

(39:51):
headgear. If you don't wear Ilook stupid him. You're right, I'll
put some headgear onto all pack guard. So he starts and he starts kicking
me. I don't know nothing aboutit, mma gee. And he's kicking.
He's kicking, and then I waslike, but he's got to break
my freaking leg. And the crowdis booing him because he's beat up some
old man. But he opened himselfwide open. His Joe was right there

(40:13):
heed him. I had my eyesclosed. I threw upon clocked him,
and I hear the crowd grow crazy, and he tapped out, yeah,
I put him in a headlock.Nice. He tapped out, Oh so,
now, like I don't know ifyou know MMA fights. They climb
up on top of the ring andthey go, oh yeah, well I
don't want to climb on top ofthe ring, but they're pushing me on
top of the ring. I'm fullinglisting you up. No three guys.

(40:37):
Yeah, one guy took his backout and Joe Rogan Thank god Joe was
there. He was doing the announcing. Yeah, he jumps up from the
side and catches me because I'm readyto full over and drop twelve feet.
Yeah. Wow. Twenty thirteen grownup too. We'll get back to that.
Wow that twenty fifteen More Cop twoSurviving Sam, which is a TV

(41:00):
series. You played Mel Schmidt.That was really cool because I got to
play a character I wasn't familiar with. Yes see I have addressed to Judge.
Yes, so I'm gonna ask you. Does the defense arrest him?
And I was finally I felt likean actor for the first time. You
know, It's nice. It wasreally fun to be someone else. Kevin.

(41:24):
It didn't go anywhere, but Kevin, you like a really good act
I knew you could act. Toput you on the show more. Well,
in twenty seventeen you put you inKevin Can Wait. You did one
episode kevincan Waite. Was it wasIt should have been a great show.
Yeah, yeah, I know ithad potential? Did they didn't give it
the time to grow? They had? They had potentially? Really it really

(41:47):
did. Twenty eighteen you did Cowboysand Mattresses, which was a short.
You played Tony. I played Tonyand Cowboys. Well, this girl had
the cowboys and Mattresses. I was. We were the Mattress Kings. Yes,
we shot, we edited. Ithought it was a good idea.
They put it into a TV orsomething and the guy said, oh,
you got a great little show herenow I have. I'm just the actor,

(42:09):
Audrey Lynn is the producer and star. And he said, but what
kind of a show could you possiblyhave as a Mattress King. You have
a couple of employees. It's notlike Cheers where they're coming in every week
and I'm two stripping strangers drinking.You know, there's no way the show
can go. Yeah. So weworked for three months on this thing,

(42:29):
and then another three months editing.So they came back with the Beer Kings
okay, and I went, thiswas a lot like Cheers, except that
we're making beer. So the BeerKings are still out there somewhere waiting to
be picked up. Three recently,you did, I got something recent big
bad cast? Which is actually it'sa podcast. She did it was a

(42:50):
podcast, right, which one?Is this a big bad broadcast? It
was a big bad broadcast? Yeah, maybe a guest, Yes, I
was a guest. Okay, that'sit. But who's the host? I
don't know. I didn't want todance. All right, I have that
information, but you became sag.In nineteen eighty eighty seven, Jackie Mason,
I was in Florida, Jackie Masondoing a movie. I think it's

(43:13):
called Tight Jeans, The Blue Jeans. It had everybody in it, every
great second actor. We had AlexRocco, the guy who got eye shot
out, and the Godfather, thesheriff from all the James Bond movie Why
Are You So a Bitch? Hewas in. I mean, Jimmy J
J. Walker, People are beauty. It was actors. I kept,

(43:36):
oh my, Karen Black was inthe movie. They're all there, and
I'm with Jackie and I'm writing withJackie and yeah. So he had a
car scene and I was pretty goodwith a car. Yeah, And I
said, it's boring that car scene. I said, I can do.
The rock Felt thing was that,I said, you're a Rockford, you
know. You get in the car, you put a reverse, you turn
the wheel, you spin it around, and you go the other way.

(43:57):
He goes, you can do this. Yeah, I get in the car,
I floor it and reverse, spinthe wheel in right the street,
turn it around and if I goand they go that's fantastic. Oh,
Mason says, well, I gottaget out of the car. So Mason
gets in the car. He's inthe back seat. Oh boy, doesn't
put a seatbelt on. I floorit. I want to make it a

(44:17):
little bit better this time. Huh. So I go a little bit faster
and I hear him screaming. ButI throw the car around. He's banging
around like a pinball. We hada cut for the day because he was
taking to the hospital. Oh yeah, And I said, oh, that's
it, that's all over. NowI'm out. And he said, wasn't
your fault. Wasn't your fault.We got, we got water shot,

(44:38):
we got we got a terrific shot. You can't believe the shot. So
and that. So then when thepremiere that was that was my first movie
in nineteen eighty seven, and Masonsaid, get your Screen Actors Guild card.
And so I've been a Screen ActorsGuild and oh my god, listen,
we're gonna take my last break.When we come back. We're gonna

(44:59):
throw up some like I said,some pictures. Oh, we'll be back
into this. Son'll go away,stay away. This wonder Woman was everything

(45:21):
to little girls especially that looked likeme. She stands for being a voice
for people that need a voice.My organization renovates homes for people with disabilities,
and when I come home a selfcare routine makes me feel my best.
I'm very proud of the difference thatwe're making. It. To see
that impact in my community inspires meto work even harder for everyone around me.

(45:50):
Hey, everybody, it's Teresa fromteen Times. What's my show about?
I interview people in the entertainment industry, producers, directors, actors,
and guess what My show is onevery Saturday morning at ten am on Channel
twenty on Optimum TV. So tunein because it's fun, interesting and excited.

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Yeah, who's the best comedian?You know? Teresa Barrow? And
who know boy? Terresa Barrow theradio Teresa Barrow? Who's Teresa Barrow?
Right now? Terreesa Farrow? Allright, I love you, love you,

(46:46):
love you. Dak Dak's gonna beon the show. Good God,
Mine's gonna bring me here for meall right, So listen before we go
to the pics. Richie mend Avieni'shere. He's an active comedian and a
writer. And we're gonna go throughsome picks. First of all, you
with Rob Hello, tell me aboutthat. Oh my gosh, okay,
I never bother anyone for a picture. You had to This was the Rob

(47:08):
Ryan of roast Yes, uh anduh it. I said, you know
what, I don't care. Ilove this guy. I love him,
Thank you, thank you for that. Hey, next one, we've got
our friend. Oh it's John.He's the reason Long Island comedy is popular.
He was with Good Times magazine.He would come to all the clubs
and he would write us up,yes, and he would give us these

(47:30):
great reviews, even if we didn'tdeserve it. We have next. Now,
that's Gary, the other guy.That's for nothing. You and Gary
look like brothers, more than you, more than him and Kevin. It's
crazy. I did it pass liketwins. I did a show for senior
citizens fifty five over and they havewith Gary's picture up there with my name.

(47:52):
Oh my gosh. What's the nextone? All right, Joe,
get on your show. That's avery good question. I was living with
Joe Cooney, the fighter, yes, who was trained by Johnny Kapamianko.
And Uh, Billy comes into theBilly comes into the club, and I
call him Jerry. We're big fans. We've been to this show, but
we didn't never meet him. Andhe goes, I got to meetium,

(48:14):
and here's Jerry Cooney six for six. He comes down. Billy, can
I have a picture? And Billygoes, no, no, I'm five
for six. I'm like an idiot. I don't know Billy, Okay.
All this picture makes it looks likewe're the best friends, but we've been
drinking. It's two thirty in themorning, three o'clock in the morning that
I slip underneath Billy put him onmy shoulders and now he's up there like

(48:34):
this and he's taller than Jerry Cooney. We take the picture and then we
all be started hanging out and hadso much fun. That is so cool.
What's the next one? You andRichie Kanata richieka is the greatest saxophone
player in the world. Richie,Oh my god, Richie and inside and
we do bat with a Yankee miracleand Richie did the show with us.
He's the greatest guy. He hada club in was it glen Cove and

(48:59):
he had a glass wall that openedup. And when I built the East
Side Comedy Club, I put aglass wall that opened up. Canada came
in and goes, that's my wall. I said, yeah, I gotta
put your club. Who else wehave? We got five minutes left and
on the show twice right, seethe city guys all had their pictures up
on and capturating stars. So whatI did is I took the We were

(49:21):
called the the Long Island eight eventhere was nine of us I put.
I put these big posts aside,just so the look the Long Island commedian.
This is our club. That's right. So me we had Nelson Bartlett,
Bobby Wood, Jimmy Myers is Ithink Joey Color, Joey Cole is
the greatest. He's a young manshow not anymore. First he came into

(49:46):
my club. I want to bea comedians. I worked at the Bakery.
I said, oh yeah, you'refunny. Yeah, the open stage
said go up and stage. Nowhe goes up on stage for the first
time. He got left. Yeah, he came up the stage. I
put twenty dollars in his hand.It what's this? I said, I
want you back here next Wednesday.You passed audition. What's auditions? Don't

(50:07):
worry about it. You got it. And he came back and looked at
his success, opened up for Rosie, warmed up for Martha, Rachel right
now Rachel Ray and now Drew barrymore, what's next? Tom caught off the
show. He's a good man.He's a good man, a really funny
guy. Wice funny too. Goshin Vegas, Vegas. Yeah. Uh.

(50:34):
Dennis Bono had this on his showshow, which is great. Yeah,
yeah, yeah. And Tony wasjust a nice man. And listen,
we have to mention Darcy. Darcymanager. She's been since ninety ninety
five, and I'm so happy she'smy manager because she gets ten percent of
this and I'm working. I'm working, but nothing. So what you got

(50:55):
to say is great. It's Darcynovicsince thineteen ninety five. And uh,
okay, and listen, who elsedid you want to mention? Adam Adam.
I'm trying to get Adam on myshow now. Adam's good friends with
Joe Curry Kerry I've had on myshow, and I'm like, Joe,
hook me up when Adams in NewYork, I want to interview. Adams

(51:19):
had friends, He's called them.The band's name was Rot Gut. It
was the guys from that. Igotta get Adam. Adam's doing his own
podcast right now him and he does. He's one of his wives is a
wonderful, wonderful lady. Yeah,so listen, we have like two and
a half minutes left. So Iwant to tell everybody tomorrow evening you could
see Richie Menavini. There's about tentickets left at the Cinema Arts Center and

(51:45):
it's called Richie Menaviennie Roaster Rose Russia. We did that. It's gonna be
five minutes of that being shown,and they're doing stand up. You're gonna
show that. You're gonna do somestanding show some of the comics like you
already shown right, and my gueststomorrow night, will Maddy talk about many

(52:07):
Lay is the greatest fine. He'sgoing to be coming back and you'll see
a lot about him in the future. And I want everyone to know also
to see what Richie is doing,you go to Richie Minnavini on Facebook and
Instagram and that's where he posts.You know where he is. He does
shows in Florida. I'm so gladyou're up here. Are you up here
for a while? I'm here.I'm going to Boston in two days.

(52:30):
We're working at the Boston Okay,in Boston at the Fulcini's Winery. Right
there, you go, Skippies,Skippy is pier one so very much.
Well, my Boston guys like LongIsland guys like this. We are.
So we did the West Right Musichere with Darcy Yes, and we were

(52:52):
fourteen years. We ran out ofLong Island communions because the Long Island Comedy
Fest. So I bring in myfriend Tony V one of Boston's greatest.
Yeah, and lady and gentlemen,this guy's from Boston and they get booed
at Westbury and I get furious.I'm welcome to say come back and go
hey, hey, I got StitchesComedy Club, which got me sau sarg.
These Boston guys put me in theirhouse and put me on stage,

(53:14):
and they treated me great. Thisis not about the Meds and the Yankees
and the Red Sox, keep itfunny. It's all about the comedy.
Listen speak about comedy. Yeah,I have to thank you so much.
I got to thank you on Ihad a blast you tomorrow night tomorrow.
Do we have a date two nightsin a row. We have a date.
We have a date single, wehave a date. We're both saying,

(53:35):
all right, so listen, youstay right there. But before I
leave, I'm going to put upa picture of a very very good friend
of mine who just passed away.I'm dedicating my show tonight to Jeff Kriner.
Jeff worked for CBS for over thirtyyears. He was the producer of
the Dan Ratheris Show. In retirement, he decided to get into comedy and
he started lmaoh laugh my ass off, and he gave me the opportunity to

(54:00):
perform a Danger Feels in the cityright before COVID, right before everything shut
out. So my prayers are tohis beautiful wife, Patty at Ballito and
to the rest of the family.Thank you for that, Cammine, thank
you again. Listen to me.Everybody, tell everyone you love you love

(54:21):
them, and I'll see you nextweek. Chow everybody, thank you very
much. Tell me at