LONGBOARDS COMEDY SPECIAL EVENT with Tammy Pescatelli and Lenny Clarke

THURSDAY JUNE 27th at 7:30pm (doors open at 6) at the North Shore's hottest new standup comedy venue LONGBOARDS RESTAURANT AND BAR 76 Wharf St. Salem, MA

THE SUMMER JUST GOT A LITTLE MORE HEAT WITH A PACKED SUPERSTAR SHOW THAT INCLUDES BOSTON LEGEND LENNY CLARKE FRESH OFF HIS SEASON DEBUT OF HIS NBC SITCOM HIT "EXTENDED FAMILY" .

LENNY CLARKE - is an American comedian and actor. He is known for his thick Boston accent and as the role of Uncle Teddy on the series Rescue Me. He was the most famous "saloon comic" in Boston during the 1980s, the heyday of the Boston comedy scene.[5] The DVD release When Standup Stood Out (2006) 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.[6] Clarke and Olson were roommates, and their apartment, known by comedians as "The Barracks", was a notorious "crash pad" for comics visiting Boston, per the film.

and TAMMY PESCATELLI -- Pescatelli is an American stand-up comedian. Tammy learned her skills growing up in a large Italian family outside of Cleveland and has married into an even bigger Italian family. Her most recent comedy special, Tammy Pescatelli: Finding the Funny (2013) was released recently in an exclusive deal with Netflix, which also hit number 3 on the charts on iTunes.She won Comedy Central's Stand-Up Showdown (2010) and was a finalist on the second and third seasons of Last Comic Standing (2003). She has performed on talk shows such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), The Talk (2010), and The View (1997). She has also been a guest a number of times on the syndicated show Comics Unleashed (2006), and was chosen for their "Best of the Best" worldwide top selling DVD

Hosted by Long Time BOSTON COMEDIAN DAVE RUSSO

RUSSO is the inaugural winner of the Boston Comedy Festival and frequents the Laugh Factory in Las Vegas at the Tropicana. His runner-up performance on Wayne Newton's THE ENTERTAINER (reality TV) kicked of his career as a comic/actor and landed him huge roles as cohost of DirtyWater TV, local commercials and stage time with acts such musicians as Bruce Springsteen and some of the biggest names in stand up comedy