by Aiden Klein
Via SGN
'Stand-up comedy is just like meth - you'll eventually go broke and lose
all your teeth.' But that will not stop Tony Tripoli from making his
second appearance here in Seattle on August 17 and 18 at Re-bar (1114
Howell St.), where he will present his stand-up show, 'Tony Tripoli:
Dirty, Sexy, Funny.' Yes, the smoking-hot lead writer for Joan Rivers is
ready to dish it up with Seattleites once again, and no topic is off
limits. 'There's a lot of shit out there that's wrong and I think we
need to talk about it. For instance, that thing that Mrs. Rivers calls a
face. Now lets discuss'.
For those of you not familiar with this comedic genius, it's time to
wake up! Tony writes hilarious jokes for Rivers, which she uses in her
own stand-up act as well as on her reality show, Joan and Melissa: Joan
Knows Best (which just got renewed for a third season on WE TV), and
Fashion Police on the E! channel. Tony also has written for the Style
Network's hit show The Dish and has appeared on Kathy Griffin's My Life
on the D-List (but it's best not to bring that up).
'I've always been completely openly Gay and out of the closet,' Tony
told SGN. 'Let's be honest, I didn't have a lot of other choices. From
across the room no one is going to think I'm a lumberjack. My television
agents know not to submit me for any commercials or sitcoms unless the
role is a Gay role. With straight roles, I spend the whole time trying
not to 'walk that way' or 'talk that way' and it takes all the fun out
of it. There is a lot of bullshit you have to go through to actually get
to perform, but once you are finally performing that's the good part.
So to do something that will take the fun out of it - why would you do
that to yourself?
'I really attribute my career to Joan,' Tony went on. 'I remember my
mother wanted me to do stand-up comedy for a charity event and I killed
it. There were some pretty important people in the crowd that night and
later I was asked if I wanted to write jokes for Joan Rivers, and the
rest is history.' MORE!
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