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By: Oct. 25, 2014
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While Spinning On Earth's Axis, Comedy in Connecticut on October 25th, 2014 Will Explode ....With Laughter. The comedy Gods will be looking down and laughing their @$$'S Off. And, here's why. Tonight, October 25th, 2014 one the grandest Stand-up Comedy Competitions in the Country will peak in Uncasville, Connecticut.

On October 25th, 2014 One of America's most popular Sitcom Stars will perform his stand-up comedy in New Haven, Connecticut and on that very same day where full-time Comedy in Connecticut began. Where comic luminaries like Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Jay Leno, Ray Romano, Rosie O'Donnell, Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Maher, Andrew Dice Clay and Lewis Black all first brought their now famous stand-up comedy to Connecticut. Yes, the comedy roots that were planted thirty-one years ago will return to where it all started for Connecticut Comedy goers ..... in the tiny town of Westport.

Sixty Comics Have Faced Off for Not Only Big-Time Laughs In The Funniest Comic on the East Coast Contest Finals But Also For $12,000.00 In Cash & Prizes. On Saturday October 25th at 8:00 and 10:30 at the beautiful Cabaret Theater at Mohegan Sun, the final five stand-ups will compete for the grand prize and title of "The Funniest Comic On The East Coast". Seventeen auditions covering Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey and hundreds of entries later, the Treehouse in conjunction with its comedy affiliates and partners will dish out the prize money to its jousting comedy participants.

Mohegan Sun is located at 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd. and for tickets guests can go to TreehouseComedy.com, mohegansun.com, ticketmaster.com, The Mohegan Sun Box Office or call 1.860.862.8499. Tickets are $22 & $25.

Have you ever watched TV'S Full House? Okay, have your kids ever watched TV'S Full House? Were you a kid when TV'S Full House debuted? Dave Coulier who for eight season's played "Joey" on the hit ABC TV series Full House, now syndicated on ABC'S Family Television and on Nickolodean will bring his impressionable brand of stand-up to Sports Haven in New Haven on Saturday October 25th, 2014 at 8:30. Dave Coulier. No, it won't be foul-mouthed stand-up Bob Saget or the handsome and charming John Stamos and certainly not the Olson twins doing comedy. Yes, the funniest of the five is a stand-up comedian . Dave Coulier started in Showbiz as the voice of Scooby-Doo. Dave then went on to lend his versatile voice to Jim Henson's multiple Emmy Award-winning animated series, The Muppet Babies, where he portrayed Animal and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew for the run of the series, and then became the voice of three additional characters; Waldorf and Statler (the two old guys in the balcony on the original Muppet Show) and Bean Bunny and the re-syndicated version of The Jetson's just to mention a few.

Dave's performed his clean stand-up on The Tonight Show, HBO's Detroit Comedy Jam and HBO's Comic Relief at Radio City Music Hall. Dave continues to sell out shows at colleges, corporate events, casinos, nightclubs and theaters throughout the country.

Additionally, the show is currently in worldwide syndication in over 100 countries. Dave followed this success by hosting his second prime-time hit series, America's Funniest People, which ran on ABC for four seasons.

Dave also hosted ABC's World's Funniest Videos and his own series, Out of Control for Nickelodeon. Dave hosted Animal Kidding on the Animal Planet Network. Recently, Dave guest starred on How I Met Your Mother on CBS and was also a guest on The Ricki Lake Show and the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

Dave appeared on VH1's #1 rated series The Surreal Life. Mr. Coulier hosted two seasons of America's Most Talented Kids for the i Network and partnered with Nancy Kerrigan on Skating With Celebrities series on the Fox Network. He starred in two movies; Shredderman for Nickelodeon and The Family Holiday, which aired on Lifetime and co-starred in The Disney Channel's highest rated movie, The 13th Year.

Showtime is at 8;30 and tickets are $25 and $30. Sports Haven is located at 600 Long Warf Dr. in New Haven. Tickets can be purchased at TreehouseComedy.com or by calling the Treehouse Box Office at 203.268.5857.

The original Treehouse Café and Comedy Club opened in February of 1983 at the New Englander Hotel in Westport, CT. On Saturday October 25th, 2014 Treehouse Comedy Productions in conjunction with Bistro B will stage its first comedy show at that very same location twenty-five years later. Headlining the opening night performance will be stand-up comic and movie star Angel Salazar. You might have seen him in the movies Scarface, Where the Buffalo Roam, Punchline, Carlitto's Way or Hot to Trot? Or, you might have caught his stand-up on Showtime, Showtime at the Apollo, the Apollo Comedy Hour or on the Latin Legends of Comedy. Also, on the bill will be TV warm-up comic for the View Tom Kelly along with Warren Holstein contributing writer for Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update and featured on MTV. For tickets go to Treehouse Comedy.com or call the Treehouse Box Office at 203.268.5857. Bistro B is centrally located at the Westport Inn at 1575 Post Rd. in Westport. Head downstairs into the Comedy Club, where Comedy in Connecticut All Started.




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