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Nightstick to night shtick
'World's Funniest Cop' Michael Mancini
By By Tim Parsons, Lake Tahoe Action |
Tahoe.com
Tahoe Comedy North
Headliner: Michael Mancini
With: Sean Peabody, Mari and host Lorri Waldman
When 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7; doors open at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 day of show
Information: (775) 833-6333 or (530) 546-5880
With: Sean Peabody, Mari and host Lorri Waldman
When 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7; doors open at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 day of show
Information: (775) 833-6333 or (530) 546-5880
Michael Mancini can bust you up laughing or he can simply bust you.
During the week he is a Monterey policeman and on weekends he performs standup as the “world’s funniest cop.”
“This is a good, therapeutic thing for me,” Mancini said. “And it’s the one time in life when people do want to listen to me, because as a police officer they don’t give a (crap) about me.”
Mancini always wanted to be a cop but his career was circumvented by a penchant for comedy. While working his way though school as a bartender, friends dared him to enter a comedy competition. He finished third in a field of 50, and a star — not the kind worn on a uniform — was born.
“The guy who hosted (the competition) liked me and took me on the road as his opening act,” Mancini said. “From there it dominoed.”
Mancini said he had a lucrative standup career from the mid-80s to the mid-90s, when the business started to dwindle and life on the road began to take a toll. He finished up his education and became a cop, a job where humor plays an important role.
“Comedy is a very powerful tool,” he said. “A lot of times I’ll go to a scene that’s real intense. I will crack a joke and it will bring the level of intensity down like you wouldn’t believe.”
Law breakers’ inherent stupidity makes police work easy, said Mancini, who revealed cops’ true foils are their public safety brothers.
“There’s a rivalry with firemen because firemen get all the chicks,” he said. “People love firemen. Nobody loves a policeman. Firemen work about one day a month. They get to sleep in a nice little warm bed and we sleep in a patrol car. It’s a love-hate thing.”
Mancini doesn’t think much of the highway patrol.
“They’re triple-A with a gun,” he said.
Mancini performs standup about once a week. His material is 90 percent law-enforcement oriented, mostly coming from true occurrences such as traffic stops or foot pursuits.
Police officers often attend Mancini’s comedy shows. Those who attend Saturday’s act on Saturday night could afterwards elect to visit the casino across the street where Inner Circle who plays the television show “Cops” theme song will perform.
Mancini said there is a perk to being a comedian and an officer.
“I haven’t gotten a ticket since I became a cop but I’ve given out a lot of free DVDs,” he said.
During the week he is a Monterey policeman and on weekends he performs standup as the “world’s funniest cop.”
“This is a good, therapeutic thing for me,” Mancini said. “And it’s the one time in life when people do want to listen to me, because as a police officer they don’t give a (crap) about me.”
Mancini always wanted to be a cop but his career was circumvented by a penchant for comedy. While working his way though school as a bartender, friends dared him to enter a comedy competition. He finished third in a field of 50, and a star — not the kind worn on a uniform — was born.
“The guy who hosted (the competition) liked me and took me on the road as his opening act,” Mancini said. “From there it dominoed.”
Mancini said he had a lucrative standup career from the mid-80s to the mid-90s, when the business started to dwindle and life on the road began to take a toll. He finished up his education and became a cop, a job where humor plays an important role.
“Comedy is a very powerful tool,” he said. “A lot of times I’ll go to a scene that’s real intense. I will crack a joke and it will bring the level of intensity down like you wouldn’t believe.”
Law breakers’ inherent stupidity makes police work easy, said Mancini, who revealed cops’ true foils are their public safety brothers.
“There’s a rivalry with firemen because firemen get all the chicks,” he said. “People love firemen. Nobody loves a policeman. Firemen work about one day a month. They get to sleep in a nice little warm bed and we sleep in a patrol car. It’s a love-hate thing.”
Mancini doesn’t think much of the highway patrol.
“They’re triple-A with a gun,” he said.
Mancini performs standup about once a week. His material is 90 percent law-enforcement oriented, mostly coming from true occurrences such as traffic stops or foot pursuits.
Police officers often attend Mancini’s comedy shows. Those who attend Saturday’s act on Saturday night could afterwards elect to visit the casino across the street where Inner Circle who plays the television show “Cops” theme song will perform.
Mancini said there is a perk to being a comedian and an officer.
“I haven’t gotten a ticket since I became a cop but I’ve given out a lot of free DVDs,” he said.
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