Pure Comedy Night featured Otto & George

Otto & George appeared on Saturday, September 28 at Pure Restaurant and Lounge, adjacent to the Holiday Inn, 707 Route 46, Parsippany. Otto & George is an adult-themed ventriloquist comedy team composed of comedian Otto Petersen (born July 29, 1960) and his dummy George Dudley. Petersen began performing with George as a street act in Manhattan and Brooklyn in the early 1970s. In the late 70s the act moved into night clubs and began to evolve into the "x-rated" current act.
Otto & George are frequent guests on the Opie and Anthony radio show, have appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Howard Stern Show, Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular; Bullshit! programs, and Showtime's "Full Frontal Comedy". The duo have also appeared in the feature films Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen" with Chris Rock and Tim Allen, and performed a version of the "The Aristocrats" joke in Paul Provenza's; Penn Jilette's film of the same name.

Performing for over 30 years, Otto is well renowned as both a comedian and a ventriloquist. One notable aspect of his ventriloquism is that his lips still move while he speaks with the George voice, but the illusion of there being a different speaker is made with the sharp contrast in the George voice with his own. Otto speaks with a low, rather nervous voice whereas George speaks in a loud, harsher voice.

The team's latest venture is their internet variety show, The Pig Roast with Otto & George.

Otto cites the legendary ventriloquist Paul Winchell as his inspiration after watching him on television in the 1960s.

Otto fell ill recently with Bacterial Meningitis and was placed in a coma for over a week.

Coming up at Pure  on Saturday, October 12 is a double header event Joe Matarese and Big Jay Oakerson, from David Letterman, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central Presents and more.

A special superstar event on Friday, October 18 and Saturday, October 19 Bobby Collins will appear for one show per night at Pure Restaurant and Lounge.

On Saturday, October 26 "Rachel Feinstein" will appear. Feinstein appeared on Comedy Central Presents, Last Comic Standing and Inside Amy Schumer.

Otto & George perform all over the U.S. and Canada. The duo have performed several times at the annual Just For Laughs Comedy Festal in Montréal Canada.

A special CD/DVD taping with Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling will be on Saturday, November 9 and on Friday, November 22 "Nick DiPalo" will appear. DiPaolo appeared on "The Sopranos," "The Nick DiPaolo Show," "The Nick & Artie Show" and Howard Stern.

For ticket information visit www.jjcomedy.com.