SPECIAL EVENT
Gary Valentine
SPECIAL EVENT
Gary Valentine
with Richie Minervini
Gary Valentine is a Long Island, New York-native who has been headlining comedy clubs and theaters for the past 20 years. After an appearance at the Montreal Comedy Festival in 1997, he headed to Los Angeles, and quickly landed a hosting job on the NBC show, “Friday Night Videos.” In addition, he did spots on various talk shows performing standup, including “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” Gary was on the CBS comedy, “Kevin Can Wait,” for two seasons as Kyle Gable, Kevin’s fireman brother. He also appeared as Danny on “The King of Queens” for nine years on CBS, for which he also wrote several episodes. Additional television credits include, “Fargo,” “Chelsea Lately,” “Men of a Certain Age,” co-host of “The X Show,” and his own standup special, “Comedy Central Presents: Gary Valentine.” Gary also starred as George Bannister in a series of TV movies for ABC Family, “The Dog Who Saved Christmas,” and “The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation.” His feature film credits include, “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2,” “Here Comes the Boom,” “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry,” “Zookeeper,” “Stuck on You,” “Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury,” and the independent short, “Alive N’ Kickin’.” In 2022, he appeared as Mitch Bizone in “Home Team” on Netflix. Now, Gary is serving as an Executive Producer on the exciting upcoming limited series about professional golfer John Daly, slated for 2026. The series will be produced along with Rory Rosegarten, with whom he launched Valentine-Rosegarten Productions and Village Roadshow. He is an avid golfer, and plays in several golf charity tournaments each year, including BMW/Synnex Pro-Am, “Monday After the Masters,” hosted by Hootie and the Blowfish, and “The Drive,” hosted by Russell Wilson and Casey Kahne. In addition, he is actively involved with the JVK Foundation, named after his father, which supports various charities, including Retinitis Pigmentosa. Gary is married, and lives on Long Island. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @Gary_Valentine, and on his Website, gvlaffs.com
Richie Minervini
Back by popular demand, Richie is a club favorite because he has the ability to appeal to all ages and audiences. He was a writer and regular guest performer on the hit show “King of Queens”. He has also appeared on HBO, Comedy Central, Showtime and can be most recently seen in the hit movies “Zookeeper” and “Paul Blart Mall Cop” with Kevin James and “Grown Up’s “ with Adam Sandler.
A veteran of standup comedy, Richie is the former owner of Long Island’s premier comedy club, The East Side Comedy Club. His stage is where celebrities, Rosie O’Donnell, Jay Leno, Eddie Murphy, Kevin James, and Ray Romano started their standup careers.
Richie also has many writing credits to his name. In 2001 and the 2002 People’s Choice Awards and the CBS hit sitcom, The King of Queens. In addition, there are numerous television appearances such as Regis Live, Rosie O’Donnell and The King of Queens.