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Ring in the New Year with 3 great line ups starring JOHNNY WATSON!

Johnny Watson is a nationally headlining comic whose star is on the rise.  He's earning a reputation as clean and clever with charm of "the boy next door".  Except that you wouldn't want to be his neighbor growing up...Watson, a kid from a dysfunctional home lived in some of New Jersey's seedier neighborhoods with his two brothers and two sisters.  He learned to use his razor sharp wit to survive.  "I was the poor kid on free lunch who always got my balls busted so since I couldn't really fight, I had to be funny".  He started drinking when he was five years old and kept on going until high school. ("I was burned out from drinking by the time I got to high school, so I became the designated driver before they had designated drivers," he says)  After briefly attending college in California, Johnny joined the Navy.  Once he got out, he turned to comedy as a full-time profession (his grandmother implored him to become a comedian because "you can't do anything else right")  And so ... a comedy career was born.  Since then Johnny has taken life's lemons and turned them into lemonade which he freely shares with his fans!  And from coast to coast they love it!

Watson has appeared throughout the United States at the biggest clubs, including Rascals, The Laugh Factory in NY, The Comedy Store in Los Angeles and the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City.  He has also been seen on TV, most notably Saturday Night Live and Good Morning America and in a host of independent films and theater productions.  Don't miss your chance to see Johnny, Live, at  The Comedy Cove on New Years Eve!

Johnny's show will also be featuring the very funny Chris Rich  &  Mike Warsaw!   

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The  Ala Cart Dinner will start @ 7:00, the comedy Show @ 9:30 and then DJ & Dancing @ 11:30 with complimentary, Hats, noisemakers, favors and Champagne. 

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