Dennis Leary Headlines 'Rescue Me Comedy Tour' In South Florida
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Dennis Leary Headlines 'Rescue Me Comedy Tour' In South Florida

 
April 27, 2009 09:58 pm CDT 
 

Dennis Leary has provided fans with outrageous comedy routines for over 20 years. Leary is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated actor, comedian, writer and director whose rants have entertained audiences since his days working the Boston comedy-club circuit in the 1980's.

His angry comedic style takes jabs at everyone from Hollywood's elite to common people in the news. Leary's Rescue Me Comedy Tour - inspired by the FX series of the same name in its fifth season - made a stop at the Seminole Hard Rock, Hollywood, FL Sunday night.

He last toured in 1997 and stared in a smash hit one man show, No Cure For Cancer, which became the highest grossing comedy album of all time.

The 51-year old performed to a packed house along with comedians Adam Ferrara, Lenny Clarke and Mike DeStefano.

Leary started the show with his band, The Enablers, performing the song "At the Rehab". The song took jabs at Hollywood celebrities whose drug use landed them in rehab, including Lindsay Lohan and Amy Winehouse. The big screens on the stage and on each side flashed pictures of the celebrities and the words to the song.

Following the performance of another song, entitled "F*** You", Leary went into an hour-long set of hilarious outtakes. He put up pictures of people like Dr. Phil, Salma Hayek, and a woman pregnant with eight fetuses who earned the name Octomon. Leary called Octomom "The craziest b*** in the history of crazy f****** b*****," and expressed his displeasure with the rest of his victims, one-by-one.

Leary poked fun of his resemblance to actor Willem Defoe. He then told a hilarious story that took place at a health spa where someone mistook him for Defoe as he sat naked in a hot tub.

DeStefano then performed a short set in a traditional comedic style that diverted from his co-stars' shouting and anger. He told of a story on Alligator Alley (I-75) where he drove right through a fire because "it was a rental car."

Clarke, who started his career alongside Leary in Boston, came on next and performed for around 45 minutes.

"I'm not into drugs. I did cocaine once," he confessed, "for nine years. But I only did it to learn the metric system."

Clarke then told a story of when he got into a car accident with a midget. "I'm not happy," said the midget. Clarke responded, "Well, which one are you then?" referring to the Seven Dwarves.

The last performer was Adam Ferrara, whose set was quite possibly the funniest of all four performers.

Ferrara spoke of when he got arrested stealing a car at age 16. When the police called his father to get him, his father replied "keep him."

"When my father finally came to get me, a police chief opened the cell door with a huge smile on his face," said Ferrara, referring to the beating the police chief knew Ferrara would receive at home.

The tour started March 21 in Atlantic City, NJ and ends April 29 in Philadelphia, PA. A portion of the proceeds benefits The Leary Firefighters Organization.

"Rescue Me" can be seen Tuesdays at 10 on FX.

 
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