Funny Stop Comedy Club welcomes back comedian Joe Machi, headlining this weekend! Funny Stop Comedy Club also has an upcoming charity show to benefit the East Palestine community. Bring your friends and laugh for a good cause! To attend this show on May 9th at 7pm, simply make a $20 donation via The Way Station and show your receipt in place of a ticket. 100% of the proceeds go directly to helping our Ohio neighbors affected by the train derailment.
Funn Stop also has comedy hypnotist Michael Oddo on a special Tuesday show, Open Mic Night Wednesday, and on Thursday is the Uncle Pimpin' Birthday show!
Joe Machi is an experienced comedian, actor, and writer from PA. Some of his accomplishments include:
-Finished 4th on season 8 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing.
-Performed a half hour standup comedy special that aired Comedy Central in 2016.
-Performed stand up on Conan O’brien in 2018.
-Performed stand up on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in 2012.
-Current regular on The Greg Gutfeld Show on Fox News.
-Past regular on Red Eye on Fox News.
-Cameo on Season 2 of HBO’s Crashing.
-Performed on Comedy Central’s Roast Battle 2018.
-Performed on upcoming Netflix series Bumping Mics.
-Won The NY Comedy Festivals Funniest Comedian Competition in 2013.
-Won The NY Underground Comedy Festivals Emerging Comics Contest in 2010.
-Selected for The Just For Laughs Comedy Festivals New Faces Unrepped Showcase and Howie Mandel
Gala in 2012
Funny Stop Comedy Club also has an upcoming charity show to benefit the East Palestine community. Bring your friends and laugh for a good cause! To attend this show on May 9th at 7pm, simply make a $20 donation via The Way Station and show your receipt in place of a ticket. 100% of the proceeds go directly to helping our Ohio neighbors affected by the train derailment.
About Alex Ortiz:
Along with working comedy clubs around the world, and his many TV appearances (HBO’s Bad Boyz Of Comedy, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Who’s Got Jokes, BET’s Comic View, Que Locos, Loco Comedy Jam, and Winning Showtime At The Apollos TKO Comedy Championship), he has performed for USO Tours in 15 different countries!
Over the years, Alex has shared the stage with the late Bernie Mac, Damon Wayans, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, and Bobcat Goldthwait, just to name a few.
Alex’s high energy, laugh a minute style, is guaranteed to keep you in stitches and wanting more. With a combination of life stories, and voice impressions that are uncanny, Alex Ortiz puts on a show you will not soon forget!
Funny Stop Comedy Club welcomes comedian Claude Stuart this coming weekend!
Funny Stop Comedy Club also has an upcoming charity show to benefit the East Palestine community. Bring your friends and laugh for a good cause! To attend this show on May 9th at 7pm, simply make a $20 donation via The Way Station and show your receipt in place of a ticket. 100% of the proceeds go directly to helping our Ohio neighbors affected by the train derailment.
From packing comedy venues across the globe to regular television appearances on shows like “The Tonight Show” and “Last Comic Standing”, veteran comedian Claude Stuart has come a long way from his down home southern roots. By his own admission, he was “paddled on more than one occasion for being the class clown.” Claude’s explosive, in-your-face, rapid-fire, madman stage style is truly an exhilarating assault on the senses and has evoked comparisons to golden era physical comedians such as Steve Martin, Robin Williams and Jim Carrey. Claude’s unique brand of Don Rickles-esque crowd interaction, coupled with clever and well-written jokes, makes him not only the world’s first physical insult comedian…but a “comedy triple threat”!
Claude’s decision to pursue a career as a comedian was not well received by his family. Born in deep south tugboat town, Greenville, Mississippi, Claude’s attorney father and school teacher mother were not initially thrilled their only son chose stand-up over law school. Growing up, there was a lot of judgment. “Most kids got in trouble; I got cross examined. I would often hear, ‘This is what you did wrong and here’s why,’” says Claude. Instead of taking the criticism personally, he transformed the experience into the unique style his fans have come to know and love. He likens his comedy to legal arguments focused upon proving a point, which clearly comes from growing up in a family full of lawyers. Now, even his parents agree: Comedy was the right choice.
Claude’s natural comedic flair was recognized early on. As a teen, he interned at a local radio station. Though he
wasn’t supposed to be on the air, one of the DJs thought he was funny and let him call in as celebrities and random characters. When the boss found out all these voices and jokes were coming from Claude, he offered him a job writing and co-hosting the morning radio show, which was broadcast to 35 cities nationwide. Next he won the title, “Funniest Person at SMU”. After a pit stop in Houston where he developed his stand-up act, he naturally ended up in L.A. This led to an extremely successful stand-up career; as well as myriad appearances in feature films and television, including starring with Jay Leno on the wildly popular “Undercover Jay” skit segment of “The Tonight Show”.
Many people recognize Claude Stuart from hilarious national commercials he did for products such as Honda, Heineken, Jeep, Grapenuts, Doritos and even Midol. He has appeared on “That 70s Show”, “Scrubs”, “The Late, Late Show”, “Will & Grace”, “Comics Unleashed”, “Agent Carter”, “Melissa & Joey”, “Last Man Standing” with Tim Allen, “The Best Damn Sports Show, Period!”, “Oblivious!”, “Talk Soup”, and as a regular on “The Bob and Tom Show”. He has been in feature films such as Starship Troopers, Man On The Moon and Adam Carolla’s Road Hard. He also created a show for The Tennis Channel that he wrote and hosted called “Game, Set & Laugh!”
Claude most recently co-created and is starring in the critically acclaimed sketch series “High Land Parking” on Amazon Prime, and he is a regular performer on The Weather Channel’s “Weather Gone Viral!” Claude has also been writing for the popular comedy game show “Funny You Should Ask” starring Howie Mandel, Tiffany Haddish, Louie Anderson and Jon Lovitz; and he has gotten over 300 jokes on the air.
Bill squire returns to Funny Stop again! Come check him out!
Funny Stop Comedy Club is also hosting a fundraiser show on May 9th at 7PM to help benefit our Ohio neighbors in East Palestine. Instead of a normal ticket, you will gain entry to our show by using your receipt of a $20 donation to The Way Station. Click here for a link to the show list Jay Boc - All dates are confirmed for the East Palestine Comedy... | Facebook .
To make a donation 100% to East Palestine, log into East Palestine Crisis - The Way Station (thewaystationinc.org) and select the show you'd like entry to.
About Bill Squire:
"Bill Squire is a comedian and the co-host of The Alan Cox Show on 100.7 WMMS The Buzzard in Cleveland that has thousands of listeners/viewers across the country on iHeartRadio and YouTube. Bill has 4 albums that have millions of streams across Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music, and reached number 1 on iTunes comedy charts. Bill has appeared on Laughs on FOX and Hulu. Bill’s comedy touches on his life as a step-parent, divorce, dating, and leaving the Mormon church in his early 20’s." (Source: https://billsquire.com/)
Visit Bill's Website, Facebook, Youtube Channel, Instagram, and Twitter.
Sean Lynch
Sean Lynch has been a comedian and writer for MTV, Food Network, Spike TV, Comedy Central and Amazon Prime as well as getting his own pilot for VH1.
Sean has been on the stage (in front of a crowd, and not just the janitor) at the premier comedy clubs in New York City including Carolines, Broadway and the Underground Comedy Lounge.
You won't want to miss Sean Lynch's hilarious stand up and characters on drinking, being Irish, friends, pop culture and everything else. He did a wonderful job in a one night appearance as our New Year's Eve headliner, ringing in 2021, and we are glad to have him back for a full weekend of laughs during this appearance.
You can follow Sean Lynch on Facebook by clicking HERE.
This weekend's headliner is New York comedian Brendan Eyre! Come down to Funny Stop Comedy Club to see him at either of our Friday or Saturday shows!
Brendan Eyre is one of the country's top young comedians. His laid back, observational style is a hit with audiences across the country. He has appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers on NBC, Comedy Central, is a regular on Sirius Satellite Radio, and his comedy has racked up over 20 million views on TikTok (a platform he still doesn't really understand). Brendan's debut album Desiree was a hit on both the Billboard and iTunes comedy charts. Also, he has a blue belt in jiu-jitsu and his weight fluctuates wildly.
This weekend Funny Stop Comedy Club welcomes back Cleveland standup comedian, bartender, and father of 3 - John Armstrong! Catch him at either of our Friday and Saturday evening shows which also feature comic Bill Stone!
Monday March 5th Funny Stop Comedy Club is hosting the Chris Brown Benefit Show and this Wednesday March 8th we also have our FINAL round of the Open Mic Night competition. Thursday March 9th is Crowd Control with BTidy.
Come out with your friends, enjoy the comedy, and support the local talent! Call or go to Funnystop.online to order your tickets today.
"Born in New York, but raised in Florida, Lynne Koplitz never lost her Long Island bite. After graduating from Troy University, Lynne began following her passion into comedy and has experienced a whirlwind of success on both stage and television. Lynne was a regular on Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best and also starred on the IFC cult favorite Z Rock. Lynne has been featured on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Comedy Knockout, and had her own special: Comedy Central Presents Lynne Koplitz. She is also a featured comedian in Jenny McCarthy’s Epix comedy special “Dirty, Sexy, Funny,” and her 2016 Netflix special “Hormonal Beast” is getting rave reviews! She is one of the most respected comedians in New York, and has recently opened for both Chris Rock and Louie CK."
This Wednesday we also have another round of Open Mic Night Semi Finals. Thursday we are featuring Crowd Control with special guest Josh Volchko. Get your tickets today!
Funny Stop Comedy Club welcomes back comedian Bill Boronkay this weekend!
Catch the first round of Open Mic Night Semi Finals this Wednesday!
Bill Boronkay
Once one of the country's fastest rising sportscasters, Bill Boronkay enjoyed stops in Clarksburg, WV, Evansville, IN and Kansas City before finally landing in sunny Cleveland, OH where he was assigned various hazardous duties. Along the way, Boronkay won 5 Emmy’s, one of which is proudly displayed in his mother's home office behind a lamp.
After a failed audition with ESPN (a mirror was involved), Bill reevaluated his career and took off in lukewarm pursuit of his true 14th dream and stand up.
Bill's been seen on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, SportsTime Ohio, Time Warner Cable and heard on ESPN Radio, Bob & Tom and various radio stations across the country.
In 2015, Bill moved to New York where he can often be found on the right train going the wrong direction.
Don't Miss Bill Boronkay this weekend or the first round of Semi-Finals will take place this Wednesday for Open Mic. Night!
Hilarity ensues this coming weekend Funny Stop Comedy Club featuring comedian Tom Cotter!
Comedian Tom Cotter has taken the comedy scene by storm since finishing as runner-up and becoming the Breakout Star from Season 7’s "America's Got Talent." He lost to a dog act, but don’t hold that against him; Tom was the first comedian ever to be a finalist on the show and was the highest finishing human being on the show that year.
In August 2013, AGT asked Tom back to perform as a special guest star (along with Train) and then again to host “The Season 8 AGT Snapple Viewing Party.”
In January 2019 Tom was again invited back to the AGT stage - this time to perform against the best of the best “Got Talent” performers from other years and around the world in “America’s Got Talent: The Champions.” In one the most talked about sets of the entire competition, Tom received a STANDING OVATION from the adoring crowd.
Tom's other numerous television and radio credits include "The Tonight Show,” “Last Comic Standing,” his very own "Comedy Central Presents... Tom Cotter,"The Howard Stern Show, Comics Unleashed, multiple appearance on CBS’ "The Late Late Show" and Celebrity Host of “Gotham Comedy Live” on AXS-TV.
You can find Tom headlining all of America's most famous comedy clubs including: The Comedy Cellar, The Improv and Caroline's On Broadway just to name a few. Tom has also been featured at the Montreal "Just For Laughs" Festival, the HBO Comedy Arts Festival and headlining "America's Got Talent Live" show at the Palazzo, Las Vegas. And recently, Tom was on the dais and took part in the Friars Club Roast of Boomer Esiason at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Tom is also a regular on Fox News Channel and co-starred on an episode of CBS’ “The Good Wife.”
In addition, Tom has performed in a wide variety of venues from Alaska to China. His appeal is truly international as he was summoned to London to tour and perform on British Television, and won The Seattle International Stand-Up Comedy Competition and Boston Comedy Festival as The Boston Herald noted “winning by the largest margin of victory in the history of the event.”
Tom came out with his first book, “Bad Dad: A Guide to Pitiful Parenting” (Willow Street Press) in February, 2016 which is a collection of jokes, gags, one-liners and pithy bad advice for fed-up parents everywhere. It is this kind of versatility has allowed Tom to excel in other areas of showbiz as well. So whether it be comedy, voice-overs, or acting, Tom Cotter gives it everything he's got. "If laughter is the best medicine, I yearn to be drugged."
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