Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit presents the view from the Idiot Spot the name that standup comedians apparently have for when they’re booked into performing the middle set on a three-comic program.
Actually, Dom Irrera doesn’t mind being the lunchmeat on the standup sandwich not when he’s playing the Count Basie Theatre for the first time in his long career and sharing the stage with veteran Pat Cooper and newcomer Tammy Pescatelli in a Saturday night three-for-all entitled The Italian Laugh Pack.
In an exclusive interview, Philly native (and LA transplant) Irrera tells us about the places where Italian-American humor does and doesn’t go over; why he considers himself “an equal opportunity ballbuster,” and why simply living in New Jersey can make you Italian.
It’s all here along with a chillingly prescient Cooper quote from last year about the coming economic crisis only in the minestrone that is Red Bank oRBit.
