Pat Cooper Live with Special Guest WKTU's Goumba Johnny April 26, 2008

Saturday April 26 – 8PM

Tickets $57.50, $47.50, $42.50, $32.50

Englewood Cliffs, NJ (February 20, 2008) - “The Italians Are Coming” featuring the Houdini of Comedy Pat Cooper and the groups that everyone loved in the 50’s and the 60’s are coming together to perform their greatest hits The Duprees and Emil & The Classics will give a star stunning show at the beautiful Coral Springs Center For The Arts.

Pat Cooper
www.patcooper.com

For nearly four decades Pat has appeared on many stages, from comedy clubs to major theaters, including the legendary Copacabana, Westbury Music Theater, Trump Castle, Caesar’s Palace, the MGM Grand Hotel, and Trop World. He is however, the funniest angry man you will ever see. Pat Cooper appears in the episode “The Friars Club” of the TV series Seinfeld. Throughout his long and lucrative career, Pat has had the opportunity to share the stage with such superstars as Jerry Lewis, Tony Bennett, Tom Jones, Paul Anka, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Englebert Humerdinck, Sammy Davis Jr. and the list goes on.

Goumba Johnny
www.goumbajohnny.com

WKTU’s voice personality Goumba Johnny was hired in 1996 and originally was brought in as a writer. The chemistry that he brought to the station was too good to waste behind the scenes. Management brought him out from behind the pen and paper and put him behind the mic. He was so successful as a co-host in the evening slot of that the KTU executives made him co-host of their morning show.

In the mid eighties he Johnny did character voices and wrote comedy bits for radio station across the country from Z-100 in New York City to KIS FM in Los Angeles.
Johnny has shared the stage with many of the top acts in comedy such as Andrew Dice Clay, Mario Cantone, George Wallace, Tommy Davidson, Martin Lawrence, David Allen Grier and many more.

Goumba Has appeared on various television shows such as Growing Up Gotti, The Weakest Link, The Montel Williams Show, The CBS Early Show, The Ricki Lake Show, The Queen Latifah Show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Metro TV/Naked New York and Court TV.

Count Basie Theatre
99 Monmouth Street
Red Bank, NJ 07701
732-842-9000
http://www.countbasietheatre.org

To Purchase tickets call (732) 842-9000 or go to www.countbasietheatre.org

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