LACONIA — Pitman's Freight Room hosts comedian Lenny Clarke Saturday July 15, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door.
Clarke is famous for his thick Boston accent and role as Uncle Teddy on the series "Rescue Me." Clarke was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the most famous "saloon comic" in Boston during the 1980s, the heyday of the Boston comedy scene. The DVD release "When Standup Stood Out" details Clarke's early career and affiliations with other famous Boston comics, such as Steven Wright and Denis Leary, his good friends. In 1980, Clarke wrote and starred in a local television show Lenny Clarke's Late Show featuring Wright and Leary, in collaboration with Boston comedy writer Martin Olson. Clarke and Olson were roommates, and their apartment, known by comedians as "The Barracks", was a notorious "crash pad" for comics visiting Boston, and the subject of a documentary film as Clarke and Leary explain in "When Standup Stood Out."
Doors open at 8 p.m. Pitman's is a BYO venue. For reservations, call 527-0043 www.pitmansfreightroom.com.
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