Comedy @ Firehouse Presents James P Connolly with Katsy Chappell December 12, 2012

Popular TV/radio host and stand-up comedian James P. Connolly headlines a Ready-For-The-Holidays comedy event. Opening for Connolly is film and TV veteran Katsy Chappell.

James P. Connolly (www.jamespconnolly.tv) hails from both Northern and Southern California, depending on who he is trying to impress, and is known for his playful, confident style and unique sense of humor. He attended Harvard University on a Marine Corps ROTC Scholarship, which he says "left him feeling 'wicked smart', but possessing the skills to hurt people who are 'actually smart'." While serving in Desert Storm, he was actually ordered to write jokes for a commanding officer. Understanding this to be a lawful command, James erred on the side of funny.

Connolly eventually ended up in Hollywood, headlining at the Comedy Store, Improv, Ice House, and other major comedy venues. As currently one of the most played comedians on Sirius XM Comedy Channels, his latest CD 'The Master Plan' recently debuted to rave reviews. Between TV, radio, commercials, and film work, James also makes multiple trips overseas to entertain the troops.

Audiences will recognize opening act Katsy Chappell (www.facebook.com/KatsyChappell) from starring film roles in the block-busters 'True Lies' opposite Jamie Lee Curtis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, 'Yes Man' opposite Jim Carrey, and frequent co-starring roles on ER and Torchwood, to name just a few. But Chappell will be quick to tell you that "what she really loves is stand-up comedy!" She has performed with Howie Mandel, George Lopez, and was Patti LaBelle's opening act for two years.

According to Chappell, her humor tends to be 'slice of life', and "skewed on funny with a bend on green, ecology." And like headliner Connolly, Katsy Chappell makes time to travel abroad to entertain the troops.

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