Mark Pitta, who was the multi-talented host of Tuesday Night Comedy (better known as Mark Pitta & Friends) for years, is flying in for a Saturday night stint on stage with good friend – the multi-talented Charles Fleischer! Expect some fireworks (and cake candles) and the kind of genius humor that will keep you laughing all year. Oh and Mark will close the show with one of his insightful Q & A with Charles, who’s done a lot of interesting living – enough to fit into 5 or 6 lifetimes already!
Definitely a show worth seeing and being at!
Mark Pitta is a national headliner coming from the fervent San Francisco comedy scene of the 1980s. Mark’s career flourished in LA, first, fulfilling his dream of appearing on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson then subsequent appearances with Jay Leno. A favorite on the comedy club; college; and corporate circuit, Mark has also opened for Chris Issak, Celene Dion, Vanessa Williams, Paul Anka, Kenny Rogers, Olivia Newton John, Smokey Robinson, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and Rick Springfield. Today Mark lives in Atlanta, Georgia and you can find him flying around the country as a headlining, sought after comedian.
Charles Fleischer is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, songwriter, voice artist, and comedian, best known for voicing in films, such as the voice of Roger Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Back to the Future Part II, The Polar Express, Rango, and We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story. He also reprised the role of Roger Rabbit in the Roger Rabbit shorts.
An excerpt from an article on Fleischer by Shayne-Michael: “I saw Fleisher at the Comedy Store a few years back. He was the most brilliant improv comic I had ever seen. His material was crisp, clean, and quick. He could take a single word uttered by the audience and take it one direction creating the kinds of laughter most comics only dream of, and then, without pausing to breath he could a take it the opposite direction with equal commitment, energy and create even more powerful laughter. Then he’d top himself as he closed his show at the piano and displayed an ability to create comedy songs at the drop of a hat about whatever was happening. The totality of the comic genus I saw that night amazes me to this day.”
“At core, Fleisher is a storyteller. But his style is deeply rooted in improv [unrehearsed comedy] comedy. Most comics walk onto the stage knowing exactly what they’re going to say. But Fleischer’s, much like Jimmy Brogan, Rob Twohy and Rick Overton put on a show consisting almost entirely of working the crowd. Yet, Fleisher is not an insult comic like Don Rickles. He simply takes whatever the audience says and runs with it. But like Robin Williams, there is shear brilliance in the number of directions Fleisher is able to take these ideas.”
As we were saying – you definitely won’t be disappointed – the only way you will is if you miss the show.
