Tonight is the big night!  After a lot of hardwork by many people “The Chicago Stand-Up Project” premieres tonight at 8:30pm on WTTW.

The first episode will feature Shani Davis & Amy Freeze.

The second episode features Ron Kittle & Susanna Negovan and will air Friday, July 23rd at 8:30pm.

Check out this site to learn all about the show:  http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=78,1

Also, please be a fan of the show on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/chgostandup

The show I created, “The Chicago Stand Up Project”, recently taped it’s first two episodes at Zanies in Chicago. The show will air this summer on WTTW-Chicago.

Each episode features two well known Chicagoans, not known for comedy, attempting the art of stand-up for the first time.  The first taping featured White Sox Legend Ron Kittle &  Editor-in-Chief of Michigan Avenue Magazine, Susanna Negovan.

The second taping featured Olympic Champion & Chicago native Shani Davis and Fox-TV meteorologist Amy Freeze.

Ana Belaval of WGN Morning News is the host of the show and I am the comedy coach.

Both tapings were a ton of fun and I am excited to see the final cuts from our Producer-Extraordinaire, Eddie Griffin.  Many thanks to Bert Haas and the great people of Zanies as well as the crew and producers at WTTW for all of their hard work!

Please keep checking my site for the air dates.  I should be posting them soon.

In the meantime, take a look at the great press that the show has garnered so far…

USA Today

Chicago Tribune

NBC Chicago

Chicago Sun-Times

Check out the media page for pictures from the tapings.

I am very excited to say that I was invited to perform at the Great American Comedy Festival in Norfolk, NE from June 17-20th.  The festival is held in Johnny Carson’s hometown!  I will be performing with 20 other comics from all over the country.  For info on the festival, click here.

This article about a show that I am part of ran in the Pioneer Press this week.  I am working with 3 other great comics (John DaCosse, Andy Woodhull, & Haji Outlaw).  Come on out and laugh!

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/mundelein/entertainment/1481441,dl-laughs-031909-s1.article