Joe grew up in Cherry Hill, NJ and was the only one in his family to move off the block. After doing standup for three years in Philadelphia, he moved to New York City to pursue comedy more seriously. That move really paid off. He has since appeared on many TV shows including MTV’s Spring Break, The Jim Bruer Show, MTV’s Carson Daly Show, NBC’s Late Friday, NY Metro’s New Joke City with Robert Klein, numerous times on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, CNBC’s McEnroe, VH1’s Celebrity Breakups, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Better Half on Bravo. Joe also just taped his very own 1/2 hour special for Comedy Central airing in the winter of 2008. Joe’s completely autobiographical act pokes fun at his neurotic Italian family and how they’ve molded him, his hatred of single-life, his frantic move back East to find real love, and his marriage to a woman who has a Ph.D. in Psychology (his perfect match). Now his main objective is fixing Joe - he has to if he wants this relationship to work.
"Now you got the attitude Rat"
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Website
joematarese.com My live CD's are available there.
Influences
Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks, Dennis Miller, Steve Martin, Dana Gould, Steve Perry
Members
TV Shows
The Late Show with David Letterman -
Comedy Central Presents -
Live At The Laugh Factory TBS - Celebrity Fashion mistakes VH1 -Celebrity Breakups VH1 -Date Nite AMC - McEnroe CNBC -Premium Blend Comedy Central -Last Comic Standing NBC - Late Late Show w / Craig Kilborn CBS (3 times) - Contest Searchlight Comedy Central - Double Platinum(MOW) ABC - Couch Potato (pilot) VH1 - Late Friday NBC - Jim Breuer Show MTV - Carson Daly Show MTV - Friday Night NBC - Shut up And Laugh MTV - New Joke City NY METRO -
A video I put together. You can’t win Rocky Dennis!
Films
Boogie Late Nights - Double Platinum
Albums
1.Quiet Please 2.Fixing Joe 3. Untitled new CD coming soon. My newest CD is available at joematarese.com
Joe Matarese's Interests
Music
Hendrix, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Journey, Christopher Cross, ACDC
Movies
ROCKY, ROCKY 2, Goodfellas, Fastimes at Ridgemont High, Rudy, Field Of Dreams, High Fidelity, Dumb and Dumber
Television
All in the Family, Family Ties, Wonder Years, Beyond The Glory, The White Shadow
Books
The Comedy Writer, Catcher In The Rye, You Gotta Believe
I'm sorry I didn't get to write you sooner, but that was a fun show out at Stitches Comedy. It was great to see you again! You're the one of the best, most definitely.. :)
Hey man I just wanted to say thanks so much for adding me, you are one of the best comedians I've seen, and I love your work. It makes me laugh no matter what mood I'm in. Well have a good day.