COMEDIAN ROCKY LAPORTE :
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Rocky LaPorte’s appeal comes from his everyman, streetwise style of comedy.
Delivering laughs in his trademark Brooklyn accent, he has become one of the
most sought after comedians in the country, and he is currently appearing on
the new season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing! A former Chicago truck driver
and dock worker, Rocky has accumulated a slew of performances throughout his
career, including being a featured comic on Showtime‘s The Godfathers of
Comedy, a special starring five of America’s most hilarious Italian-American
comics. On the big screen, he has been seen in two Tim Allen movies – Crazy
on the Outside and The Shaggy Dog.
Rocky traveled with Drew Carey to Iraq to entertain the troops and was seen
on the Showtime special Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie. Rocky has
filmed his own Comedy Central Presents special and wasvoted the network’s
second most popular comedian in a nationwide poll. He has performed on The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and appeared on A&E‘s Evening At The Improv and VH1‘s Stand-Up
Spotlight, along with sitcom appearances on Cheers and his own NBC pilot
called the Rocky LaPorte Show.
Rocky has opened for the likes of Garry Shandling, Drew Carey, Tim Allen,
Louie Anderson, Hootie and the Blowfish and the Righteous Brothers, just to
name a few, and his clean, blue-collar style of comedy continues to increase
in popularity as he travels the country.
"Rocky is a talented comedian, he's a natural, I see him having his own
sitcom on one of the major networks in the near future, he has that
something extra that pulls in a broad audience and will have longevity," - Louis Velazquez , UCW Radio Show