ANTHONY TERRIBILE
(Anthony Terribile has already accomplished much in the Hudson Valley Comedy scene. He has performed at Levity Live, Bananas and twice at the Serious Laughs Arts & Comedy Festival. He has been featured in an article in the Times-Herald Record. He was a two time regional finalist in the 2013 WPDH Funniest Person in the Hudson Valley Competition and is the current reigning Jester's Comedy Club Champion... Oh yeah. And he's only 14 years-old! How has he accomplished so much in so little time? There's only one way to find out...)
NAME: Anthony Terribile (pronounced) Terr-i-beel
HOMETOWN: Montgomery N.Y.
BIRTHPLACE: New Windsor N.Y.
EDUCATION: Currently enrolled in the 8th Grade at Valley Central Middle School
BEEN DOING COMEDY SINCE....: Doing Stand-up since July 2011
COMEDY HEROES: Andy Kaufman , Sam Kinison, Eddie Murphy, Andrew Dice Clay, George Lopez, Jim Norton, Dave Chapelle, Gabriele Iglesias, Chris Rock.
Comedians I have met and had opportunity to speak to include Mark Viera, Colin Quinn, Kevin Lee And the man kicked out of Kingston The very funny Rich Schultis.
LET'S START OFF WITH THE MOST RECENT EXCITING NEWS, WHICH IS THAT YOU ARE THE NEW JESTER'S COMEDY CLUB CHAMPION. YOU MANAGED TO BEAT OUT JORDAN FRIED AND RYAN DALTON (WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY PROFILED ON "THE HUDSON VALLEY'S FUNNIEST PEOPLE"). HOW DID YOU DO IT?
I don’t feel like I beat anyone out. Everyone deserved to be on that stage that night and they all did good. Lots of great comedians have played there. That night I had one of the best sets that I have ever done. I think it is because of all the open mics that I have been doing. That week I did three in a row. I did Virgos Sip N' Soul on Wednesday, then I did CV’s Hideaway on Thursday with Ryan Dalton and then the competition on Friday.
WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO GET STARTED IN COMEDY AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL YOU WERE OLDER AS MOST OF US DO?
I thought that if I started early I would be out of drug rehab or at least have a grip on my crack problem by the time I finish High school.
Just kidding the truth is that I have a sister who is 2 years younger than me. She has cerebral palsy. When we were younger my parents and I used to travel all over to different hospitals. When we were at the hospitals there were always other kids who had disabilities like my sister. I always used to make them and their siblings laugh by telling jokes or fooling around.
Than I started doing skits in Boy Scouts. Someone filmed it and sent it to Kevin Lee at Bananas Comedy Club. Kevin Lee than gave me a chance to do an open mic there.
My parents always taught me if I want to do something start young. Professional baseball players don’t start at 21 years old. They start younger to get the training early.
THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU WAS AT MAHONEY'S IN POUGHKEEPSIE DURING THE WPDH'S COMEDY SEARCH. YOU AND I WERE BOTH FINALISTS ALONG WITH IAN LAZARUS. TELL ME, HOW DID ALL THREE OF US MANAGE TO GET BEATEN OUT BY AN OLD LADY?
I don’t know. You were the only one out of the four of us wearing a dress. LOL
My parents always tell me that it’s not always about who comes in first that wins. I did not come in first that night but Coop and Robin did talk about me on the air and I walked away with two spots on the Serious Laughs Comedy Festival. I think we all won that night.
AHEM... TO CLARIFY, IT WAS A KILT.
YOU MUST BE HUNGRY FOR COMPETITION SINCE I SEE YOU HAVE ALSO SIGNED ON FOR THE SLAUGHTER STAND-UP SUMMER SHOWDOWN IN MID-JUNE AT CHARACTERS IN SLOATSBURG. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WILL DO IN SUCH A LARGE FIELD OF OTHER COMICS, SOME OF WHOM YOU KNOW TO BE VERY TALENTED?
There are a lot of talented people who will be performing. I don’t do it as a competition I do it to perform. To get stage time. At 14, there are not a lot of places to perform. People need to see me before they take me seriously. Some comedy clubs are worried that I’m going to tell Knock, Knock Jokes.
But now that I have been doing the competitions, I’m becoming known in comedy groups.
MOTHER'S DAY JUST PASSED. THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, YOU HAD JUST DONE A SHOW IN KINGSTON WHERE THE CROWD GOT A LITTLE HOSTILE AND YOUR MOTHER HAD BEEN THERE TO SEE THE WHOLE THING. HOW DID SHE HANDLE THAT AND HOW IMPORTANT HAS YOUR FAMILY BEEN TO YOUR DEVELOPMENT AS A COMIC?
I did not even know that it was a bad night until other people started saying it. Truthfully that was not as bad as what I have seen .
One night a few months ago at an Irish Pub I was performing at, some drunk guy started calling me a “little Guinea “ in the middle of my set. I tried to ignore him but he kept getting louder.
Than another night at CV’s hideaway some fat redneck with a ZZ Top beard starting yelling at me that he did not like my material. So I asked him if he ever got his beard caught in his boyfriends zipper ,than he laughed . Then I asked him if he would rather I talk about something he knows about - Incest. He then let me finish my set.
My parents were at both of those shows. They understand that its not all going to be easy. That this is something that comes with the territory.
My parents are very supportive of me, but I have to keep all of my school grades up or I can not continue. They say school is always first.
YOU ALSO TOLD ME AT ONE POINT THAT YOU SOMETIMES DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE PERFORMING UNTIL 2 WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME. DO YOU THINK THIS HELPS OR HURTS YOUR ABILITY TO PREPARE SETS?
I think it helps because if I know about it in advance I may get over stressed trying to prepare for it. If I just go and do it, I'm fine. I did not know I was doing WPDH at Mahoney's until the night before.
CAN YOU GIVE US AN OVERALL OPINION ON COMICS IN THE HUDSON VALLEY AND MAYBE TELL US WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL GUYS TO WATCH ON STAGE?
The comics overall have been extremely supportive of me most go out of there way to give me advise. There are some that ignore me and keep there distance from me, but I don’t let that bother me.
Dan DiMarino, who is a great comic, let me perform at CV’s Hideaway and he always is very friendly and helpful.
Dave Saitzyk is a really cool guy and great to be around. He is very supportive even though he doesn’t believe Batman survived at the end of Batman: Dark Knight Rises.
Ryan Dalton- is very hard working comic and always leaves it all on the stage.
Brett Eidman is very supportive of me. Its funny because everyone was telling me about a comic that gets punched on stage. My Dad and I watched it and my Dad said ”I know that guy I went to school with him”. Brett is a very talented comic .
I like to watch all the comics. When I do open mics I try to watch as many as I can but Most times I have school in the morning,
I have said it before and I'll say it again. It's entirely possible that in 4 years (or maybe sooner) we'll all be opening for HIM. At 14, I'm pretty sure I was trying my best not to be noticed. This kid is standing on stage in night clubs with a microphone in his hand. Love him or hate him, it's hard not to respect his guts as a performer.
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