Nick Di Paolo
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| Born | January 31, 1962 Danvers, Massachusetts, United States |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, radio |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse | Andrea DiPaolo (2003-present) |
| Notable works and roles | Born This Way, Road Rage & Funny How? |
| Website | NickDip.com |
Nicholas Rocco "Nick" DiPaolo (born January 31, 1962; Danvers, Massachusetts) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and radio host formerly on 92.3 Free FM in New York City until May 24, 2007, when the station changed formats. He is also a frequent guest on the Opie and Anthony and Howard Stern radio shows. DiPaolo has also guest-hosted for The Dan Patrick Show on radio when Patrick is absent and has been guest hosting for Dennis Miller on The Dennis Miller Show and Into The Night with Tony Bruno as well.
Career
DiPaolo's stand-up has been featured on Comedy Central Presents with three half-hour specials and he has appeared on other Comedy Central shows including Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, The Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson, The Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary, The Comedy Central Roast of Jeff Foxworthy, The Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy and the animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties, in which he voices the character "Baby Nick".
He has appeared as a police officer in Artie Lange's movie Beer League, in The Sopranos, and in numerous sketches on The Chris Rock Show, where his writing was nominated for two Emmy Awards. He was cast as the building super on Louis C.K.'s HBO show Lucky Louie. He also was a regular commentator on TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest....
He has been a frequent panel guest on The Joy Behar Show, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, Fox & Friends and Hannity.
DiPaolo appeared with a recurring role in Louis C.K.'s FX series Louie, which began airing on June 29, 2010. In one episode, Louie aggressively argues with DiPaolo's character about the latter's dislike of Barack Obama, to the point that a physical fight breaks out and DiPaolo's character hurts his hand. Louie then takes his friend to the hospital where they have "a genuine heart-to-heart conversation about the difficulties of marriage." In the series, Louie (like his creator/portrayer) is divorced and shares joint custody of his children with his ex-wife. DiPaolo's character is "married happily, but he has no children, and his wife and he have passed that sort of point where they can have kids and now they're faced with just each other 'til one of them is going to lose the other. And there's a melancholy feeling to that. But I envy it, because I'm alone," said C.K. in an interview.[2]
DiPaolo's first hour-long comedy special, Raw Nerve, premiered on Showtime on April 30, 2011. An accompanying digital album will be available for download beginning on May 2, 2011.
In 2008, DiPaolo visited soldiers serving in Afghanistan as part of a six-person USO/Armed Forces Operation Mirth Comedy Tour with Artie Lange and Dave Attell.[3]
Political views
DiPaolo says he opposes "political correctness that has ruined this country."[4] In an article written in the wake of Don Imus's firing by CBS Radio, DiPaolo was featured as part of the shock radio "brethren", and was described "mocking a manual that, he said, one of his bosses had given him that morning ... entitled 'Words Hurt and Harm.' ... 'Right away, we’re starting with a false premise,' DiPaolo told his listeners .... 'Because words don't hurt.'"[5]
References
- ^ http://www.zimbio.com/Artie+Lange/articles/32/Nick+DiPaolo+talks+Stern+Opie+Anthony+Comedy
- ^ "Comedian Louis C.K.: Finding Laughs Post-Divorce", transcript, Louis C.K. interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air, July 7, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- ^ Wicked Local Danvers
- ^ "Nick DiPaolo". Twitter. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ^ "Shock Radio Shrugs at Imus's Fall and Roughs Up the Usual Victims", by Jacques Steinberg with reporting contributed by Terry Aguayo, Rebecca Cathcart, Bob Driehaus, Theo Emery, Ann Farmer, Malcolm Gay, Jon Hurdle, Carolyn Marshall, Lori Moore, Regan Morris, Colin Moynihan and Andrea Zarate; The New York Times, May 6, 2007. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
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