May 7, 2010

  • " I like Yodels"

    From Friday's Asbury Park Press...

    LAYING DOWN THE GUFF    AW
    Curt Carlson cops a funny attitude this weekend in Toms River

    By Ed Kaz !
    Comedy Correspondent

    Comic. Club owner. Cop.  Three of the most dangerous jobs on the planet, and Curt Carlson does 'em all.  He's a comic/actor who runs Knuckleheads Comedy Club in Toms River, making sure the Jersey Shore receives its recommended weekly dose of laughter.  Not only that, Carlson is your go-to-cop when it comes to TV police procedurals. Need a crook hustled out of a courtroom on Law & Order SVU?  Dial Curt Carlson.  This busy funnyman will host "Treat Your Mother to Laughter" Saturday night at Knuckleheads.  Keep your hands where he can see 'em.

    KAZ!:   Curt, do real cops ever give you a hard time or offer advice?  

    CARLSON:  Not really, since I'm a real police officer during the summer on the beach. I try to use real techniques on TV. However sometimes production only wants "TV Real".

    KAZ!:  Did you ever have to use any of your police technique on unruly customers at Knuckleheads?

    CARLSON:  Only the right to remain silent.

    KAZ!:  What's your most memorable moment on Law & Order SVU?

    CARLSON:  I had the opportunity to work with Jerry Lewis.  I played a court officer and had to remove him from the courtroom with Richard Belzer. It was surreal working with the comic legend. What amazed me most was that he was always on even at his age.

    KAZ!:  Tell me all about this Saturday's  "Treat your Mother to Laughter."  

    CARLSON:  Mother's day is on Sunday so we figured why not take her out on Saturday night and get her loaded?  Nothing says "I love you" more than a Mother's Day hangover.  Performing that night will be Eddie Clark, Tim Gage and of course yours truly.

    KAZ!:  Do people ever get you confused with the other Curt Carlson I found on the Internet,  the VP and CFO at Advanced Systems Engineering Corporation in Virginia?

    CARLSON:   No, I don't have that problem.  He is rich and I am eating a tuna sandwich in my car before I perform to tens of people in Toms River.

    KAZ!:  What's your favorite cake?

    CARLSON:  I like Yodels. They are like a hand held cake that you can take with you anywhere.

    KAZ!:  What's the big five-year plan for Curt Carlson?

    CARLSON:  Another Ed Kaz interview.

     
    TREAT YOUR MOTHER TO LAUGHTER
    Hosted by Curt Carlson with Eddie Clark and Tim Gage
    Saturday Night
    Knuckleheads Comedy Club
    Holiday Inn, 290 Route 37 East
    Toms River
    Showtime: 9pm
    Tickets: $17
    Call: (732)-473-9200
    www.knuckleheadstomsriver.com