(OUTscene NW) INTER-view: OUTscene FAVE, Tripoli's Trippin' back to Seattle

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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