| Bio | "Cannoli and Cabbage: Irish / Italian / Comedy" features New York City comedians who are Irish or Italian - American, sharing honest and humorous stories about religious mothers, going to Catholic schools and Mass, crazy familes, immigrant relatives from off-the-boat, and of course, alot of eating and drinking!
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Regular performers include:
Mary Dimino, who has appeared on "Late Show w/ David Letterman", "Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien", HBO's "CHris Rock Show", and Comedy Central's "Graham Norton Effect". In Spring 2007, Mary Dimino was featured on PBS special "FAT". Mary's grandparents are from Sicily, Italy.
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James Oakes, who appears on Sirius Radio & XM Radio, and is a regular at Catch-A-Rising-Star comedy clubs. James has also appeared in movies such as "Blood of the Champion". James's folks are from Cork, Ireland.
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Fiona Walsh, who has appeared at Galway Comedy Festival several times, and frequently appears at New York City's "Irish Rep". Fiona was born and raised in Tipperary, Ireland.
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Bill Michaels, who has appeared on Comedy Central, and performs at New York Comedy Club, Stand~UP NY and Caroline's Comedy Club. Bill's grandmother was from Naples, Italy.
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"Cannoli and Cabbage" also has special guests appear, including:
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Dean Obeidallah, who has appeared on ABC's "The View", "Late Show w/ Conan O'Brien" and Comedy Central's "Tough Crowd w/ Colin Quinn", his own up-coming Comedy Central series "The Watch List" and "Comedy Central's "Axis of Evil" tour and show. Dean grew up with a Sicilian Mom and Arab Father.
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Bryan Kennedy, who you can see every Tuesday at Caroline's hosting "New Class Clowns" show. Bryan has also contributed voices to Saturday Night Live's "TV Funhouse".
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Mike Bocchetti, who frequently appears on the Howard Stern Show. Mike has also been on season 4 of NBC's "Last Comic Standing", plus the Tonight Show and USA series "Monk". Mike's relatives came from Sicily.
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"Jimmy Q", aka Jimmy Quinn has appeared on Manhattan Neighborhood Network's "Laughing Matters", and regularly appears at NYC's Limerick House. | | Website | cannoliandcabbage.com | | Influences | Our Moms, the Catholic Church, Guiness Stout, Saint Patrick, Popes John Paul II and Benedict, all the Italian popes from previous 500 years, Joe DiMagio. | | Members | Mary Dimino, James Oakes, Fiona Walsh, Bill Michaels, Dean Obeidallah, Bryan Kennedy, Mike Bocchetti, "Jimmy Q". | | TV Shows | Letterman, Conan, Tonight Show, HBO's "Chris Rock Show" & "Sopranos", Comedy Central's "Tough Crowd w/ Colin Quinn", "Watch List", "Graham Norton Effect" and "Upright Citizens Brigade". |
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