Joey Gay, new owner of Pips Comedy Club Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, fac formidable challenge as he seeks to rurrect club's former populary; was once nsired New York's edy central, jump-startg reers of Rodney Dangerfield, David Brenner and Andrew Dice Clay, among many others; A-list ics such as Jerry Sefeld and Gee Carl have long sce stopped performg there, and s remote lotn mak relatively accsible, pecially for Manhattan; club's history relled; photos (L)
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"Comedy naturally to me," says stand-up edian and actor Joey Gay, who m his lghs om his famo surname, his lorful childhood Brooklyn and his place the fay as the younger brother of five sisters, which gave him a unique perspective om an early age on the differenc between men and women. * joey gay comedy *
“Comedy naturally to me, ” says stand-up edian and actor Joey Gay, who m his lghs om his famo surname, his lorful childhood Brooklyn and his place the fay as the younger brother of five sisters, which gave him a unique perspective om an early age on the differenc between men and women.
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Joseph Vcent "Joey" Victory Gay is an Amerin actor and edian who peted Last Comic Standg 4. He has had numero appearanc Law & Orr, and appeared on Live at Gotham. Gay purchased Pips Comedy Club, regard as one of the olst edy clubs the Uned Stat, 2004. * joey gay comedy *
Remd how short life is by his father’s ath, Gay cid to pursue his dream of gog to show bs. Gay says he wanted to be on “Last Comic Standg” so he uld “pete agast the bt ics Ameri, ” and scrib his style of edy as “the same as my style of dance… dog what is least awkward. ” ON the big screen, Gay appeared the films “Close Strangers, ” “Ex 8A, ” “Tim Mom, ” “The Vibe” and “The Play.
JOEY GAY'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
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” n his spare time, Gay has been workg on a documentary about New York Cy’s historic edy clubs, which feature terviews wh some of the biggt nam edy, cludg Woody Allen, Bret Butler and Richard Lewis. Joseph Vcent "Joey" Victory Gay is an Amerin actor and edian who peted Last Comic Standg 4. Gay purchased Pips Comedy Club, regard as one of the olst edy clubs the Uned Stat, 2004.
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMarch 6, 2005WHEN Joey Gay heard that Pips Comedy Club Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, was for sale, he disvered his life's purpose. Gay, who at 35 is eight years younger than the club, uldn't bear the ia. Gay, who talks like a raspier versn of Joe Pci and radiat an old-fashned formaly that remds people of a 1930's film star.
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Info on Joey Gay cludg upg shows at Big Lgh Comedy, At, TX * joey gay comedy *
Gay got touch wh Louis Torelli, a rtrant manager who was his bt iend sixth gra at St.
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Gay persuad them to put their money to Pips bought the club September, and now they face a formidable challenge.
Gay's and his -host at a Lower East Si open mike, thought was a bad ia all around.
"The Ltle Prce of MidwoodAs Pips was beg a lnchg pad for a brilliant new generatn of ics, Joey Gay was growg up nearby Midwood, a workg-class Irish-Catholic hoehold, the cherished baby a fay that clud five olr sisters. Murrow High School his sophomore year, not for g trouble but for dog no work.