Tammy Pescatelli
Arguably one of the hardest-working women in comedy today, Tammy Pescatelli brings brassy sexiness with a bold voice of witty sarcasm to her audiences, holding her own on the topics of sports, television, dating, and family life using tongue-in-cheek humor.
She is relatable to every audience member- male and female. After seeing Tammy perform, nearly everyone wishes she was their best friend or sister!
“Tammy Pescatelli’s: Way After School Special”, her new special, is a highly anticipated follow-up to Tammy’s award-winning one-hour Netflix (now both on Amazon Prime) special, “Finding the Funny.” Also this year, Tammy has appeared on the highly acclaimed Showtime Comedy Special “Women Of A Certain Age 2”.
Tammy was chosen to be one of the few hosts of a new network, Circle TV’s standup show called “Standup Nashville: Live From Zanies”. The clip from Tammy’s appearance on the “Just For Laugh’s Gala with Sebastian Maniscalco” continues to climb in views on the JFL Facebook and YouTube page, collectively garnering close to 50 million views.
Signed to Git R’ Done Records, Larry the Cable Guy’s label, Tammy took "funny" back in time with her successful 2019 album release, “#TBT: THROWBACK TAMMY”. #TBT debuted at the coveted number 2 spot on iTunes and is in continuous play on SiriusXM, Pandora, and many others.
Tammy has had recent big appearances on The View, Guy’s Grocery Games:Comics Compete and The Howard Stern Show and her being chosen by Jenny McCarthy & Donnie Wahlberg to be a part of their Dirty, Sexy, Funny franchise that included a hilarious all-female slate of standup comedians comedy special on EPIX/ Hulu, a touring show and a pilot for A&E.
With a slew of other accolades under her belt – including co-creating, executive producing, writing and starring in her own reality show, A Stand-Up Mother, on the WeTV Network – Tammy has appeared on a number of television shows like The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (4x), A&E's Donnie Loves Jenny (twice), Bravo’s Rocco’s Dinner Party, CBS’s The Talk, NBC’s Last Comic Standing: The Best of the Best, her own Comedy Central Present Special that won that year's Comedy Central's Standup Showdown, and many, many more.
Tammy’s career jumpstarted after appearing - and being one of the Final 5 - on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Her season played out to more than 18 million viewers, garnering her a mass of loyal new fans that found themselves alongside the others she had created by years of touring the comedy clubs.
It solidified her as one of the sharpest comics in the comedy world! Pescatelli also guested a number of times on the syndicated Comics Unleashed show and was chosen for their “Best of the Best” which was a world-wide top selling DVD. Internationally she was also featured on the Best of the Just For Laughs, in Montreal, Quebec Canada, and The World Stands Up & The Laugh Factory in Europe and Australia.
Tammy’s material is currently a fixture on the comedy channels of Sirius XM Radio. The Comedy Channels bestowed upon her the very coveted honor of her own “UnMasked with Ron Bennington”. Tammy is a regular guest of The Howard Stern Wrap-Up Show, Jenny McCarthy’s “Dirty, Sexy, Funny” (where she often co-hosts), TapOut, and Bennington. She has made frequent appearances on the syndicated The Bob & Tom Show.
Tammy recently starred as the flawed, yet lovable lead in “That’s Amore”- an independent “grown-up rom-com” that is available on Amazon Prime. Her film credits include: Made in Brooklyn, I Am Battle Comic, Single: A Documentary Film and Everybody Wants to Be Italian. Also a regular on USO Comedy tours, Tammy is honored and humbled to have been privileged to have entertained our troops all over the world.
Check out Tammy's website at Pescatelli.com and follow her on Twitter by clicking HERE, then call the Funny Stop.
Special Thursday Show!
Come Welcome comedian Learnmore Jonasi to The Funny Stop Comedy Club!
Learnmore Jonasi is a Zimbabwean stand-up comedian and actor. He stands at over 6 feet, his comedy is brought to life by past experiences, observations, and his view (from the top) which elicit rib-tickling laughs, regardless of the crowd.
He has performed with and alongside the biggest names on the African Continent and performed across 20 countries at various Theatres, Festivals, Comedy clubs, and on TV Shows. He was the winner of the 2023 Boston Comedy Festival and the 2023 audience choice Jersey City Comedy Festival.
In 2019 he won the National Arts Merit Awards as the Outstanding Comedian of the Year, the Savanna Comic Choice Awards as the Pan African Comic of the Year, and he was the People’s Choice Award winner in Steve Harvey’s Stand Up Spotlight competition. He can be seen on America’s Got Talent starting May 2024 after receiving the Golden Buzzer and advancing directly to the live show.
