A Stand Up Comedy Event
Benefit for FOMCHA
"Friends of Monroe County Homeless Animals"
Featuring
THE LEGENDARY AMAZING WID
Alex House
John Kensil
Tom Riccobono


The Legendary  Amazing Wid
The Wid is one of the funniest people to ever come from New Jersey. Since his humble beginnings in Cranford, NJ, THE LEGENDARY WID went on to become the undisputed Prince of Props and Puns! In fact, when you look up ..Prop Comedian.. in the encyclopedia, it says, ..THE LEGENDARY WID... From his sold out shows at New York's The Bottom Line in the early 80's to his frequent TV appearances ever since, THE LEGENDARY WID has always been an audience favorite. WID uses props and puns to hilarious effect. He has hosted TV shows such as VH-1's.Top 20 Countdown, appeared on VH-1'S.Stand-Up Spotlight, Make Me Laugh (Comedy Central), Comedy On The Road, Caroline's Comedy Hour (A & E)  WID also appears on the best selling DVD "Laughing Out Loud"- America's Funniest Comedians along with Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen Degeneres, Jeff Foxworthy, Ray Romano, Drew Carey and Jay Leno
Truly Amazing



Alex House

A two time winner in the Bud Light's Ladies Of Laughter Comedy Contest, has participated in the Toyota Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival and the Arizona Women's Funny Fest. She has also been on ABC's "The View" twice in the course of two weeks and was one of the East Coast Semi-finalists chosen out of thousands of comics on NBC's "Last Comic Standing". Alex has been seen in Kevin Costner's For The Love of the Game and Meryl Streep's Music of the Heart. She has performed at Caesar's Palace in Atlantic City and is a regular performer at Stand Up New York.


John Kensil

JOHN KENSIL HAS PERFORMED IN THE BOSTON COMEDY FESTIVAL AND THE LAS VEGAS COMEDY FESTIVAL. HAS WRITTEN FOR THE TONIGHT SHOW AND HIS WORK HAS APPEARED IN ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE.
His TV credits include:
CAROLINE'S COMEDY HOUR, ESPN, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, FOX MORNING SHOW, COMEDY CENTRAL. COMCAST SPORTS NETWORK.
 


Tom Riccobono
 
Host & MC
Tom Riccobono has been a musical/comedy performer for 20 years. Starting out in the Pocono's and moving to New York City where he performs nightly his one man show musical comedy show. Tom has also appeared at the major comedy clubs in NYC including, Caroline's, Gotham, Stand Up New York.
 
TV credits include Saturday Night Live, Conan O'Brien and the New York New York show on Time Warner Cable (NYC)
Tom also performed for years regularly at the Tropicana in Atlantic City
Tom is also the producer of Poconuts Comedy.


Fomcha Mission


Friends of Monroe County Homeless Animals, Inc. is an independent all volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of the homeless animals in Monroe County, PA.
 

FOMCHA: Mission is to improve the living conditions and quality of life of homeless pets in Monroe County, help fund veterinary care and spay/neuter, facilitate adoptions, find foster care homes and work with rescues to place animals awaiting adoption in a safe and stable environment.  We work with the PSPCA in Stroudsburg and various rescues within the community to give every animal a chance at a long and happy life.
 

**Please note that we are not affiliated with the PSPCA however we do support the animals in their care.**
 

We will be collecting monetary donations as well as:

blankets, rubber chew toys, food, puzzle toys, slip leashes, biscuits (no rawhides), cat toys, stainless steel bowls of various sizes,
clay cat litter, dog crates (all sizes), nylon leashes, nylon bones, dog shampoo, towels, bleach and dish detergent & scrubby sponges.

 

We will also have some great raffle prizes the night of the show!
Visit www.fomcha.com for all and more info about Freinds of Monroe County Homeless Animals.
 

 

February, 6th 2009
9:00 PM

  Tickets on sale now at:

       
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   $15.00 plus THEATER MANIA handling fee or at the door for $15.00 the night of the show.
$4.00 of every ticket sold goes to FOMCHA

Poconuts Comedy is located in the Pocono Brewing Co. Swiftwater, Pa

www.poconutscomedy.com
(for all venue & show info. click above link) 




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A TOM RICCOBONO / STANDUPTOMMY PRODUCTION       
In association with "Friends of Monroe Country Homeless Animals"