New York City
The producers wanted to call it the Sopranos of Comedy, but were afraid HBO would sue them. The Italian Laugh Pack is a night of comedy that you won’t fuh-gedda-bout for a long time, starring the legendary Pat Cooper and a cast of the nation’s top Italian-American comedians. Since a 1963 Jackie Gleason Show appearance, Pasquale Caputo (AKA Pat Cooper) has shared the stage with Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Jerry Lewis, Sammy Davis Jr. and more. Impeccable timing and a commanding stage presence keep the original "loveable angry comic" in demand as a regular on the shows of Howard Stern, David Letterman and Regis Philbin.