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Pete Dominick

www.petesbigmouth.com

About Me



I am a Stand Up Comic living in New York. I travel the country trying to make people laugh and like me and maybe even think a little. In New York I am the audience warm up comic for The Colbert Report,Stand up Nation w/ Greg Giraldo and a few other shows here and there. If you have Sirius Sattelite Radio you can here me on all of the Raw Dog Comedy Channel's shows. I love performing at colleges and I love my life. I have a 17 month old daughter who is the reason for living. To find out more, go to my new and improved version 2.0 of my website www.petesbigmouth.com

My Interests


I love my job and snowboarding. I love travelling and meeting new people. I love my family. I love reading the newspapers and internet sites. I have strong opinions that I love having challenged. I love Italy and anything Italian including my partner Val. I love to love.

I'd like to meet:

I'd Like to Meet:

As many different types of people that I can.

Music:


I went to 2 concerts this year. Both were U2. I attended both alone. I would blow Bono for world peace.

Movies:


Top 10

1. Platoon
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Boyz n The Hood
4. Dances with Wolves
5. Braveheart
6. Forrest Gump
7. Swingers
8. Traffic
9. The Natural
10. Good Will Hunting

Television:


Everything HBO. NY Jets and Yankees. CNN. Sunday Morning News Shows. 60 Minutes. Conan O'Brien. The Daily Show and of course the Colbert Report.

Books:


Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier
Siddhartha
by Herman Hesse
Youth In Revolt
by C.D. Payne
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
The Comedy Writer
by Peter Farrelly
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
About the Author
by John Colapinto
Jim the Boy
by Tony Earley
The Kite Runner
byKhaled Hosseini

Heroes:


My Love Valerie, My Brother Brian... so many more.

My Blog

My Daughter

My daughter will be 2 on Sunday. She is my favorite person in the world. She is my inspiration, she is my motivation. She is why I never take "No" for an answer. She changed my world. She made me a ma...
Posted by Pete Dominick on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:44:00 PST

Pat Robertson's Conversations with God

Pat Robertson spoke to God again. He apparently makes these chats annual traditions. I hadn't realized it until this year. As I don't follow much news about him. Unfortunately CNN.com wasted 5 minute...
Posted by Pete Dominick on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:46:00 PST

The Business of Comedy

The most annoying part of becoming and remaining a working stand up comic is the marketing and promotion of yourself. As a stand up comic you are also a salesman. The irritating part is that you are s...
Posted by Pete Dominick on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:43:00 PST

Meeting My Idol's

I love my job at Sirius. In the 3 months since I have been hosting "Comedy By Request" and "Getting Late" I have gotten to meet so many of my heroes. There was one day last week that was really speci...
Posted by Pete Dominick on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:28:00 PST

What Makes you Laugh

What makes you laugh ?That is a question that can have infinite different answers. The answers are what we as comedians are trying to find. comedy can be found anywhere anytime. In the poorest coun...
Posted by Pete Dominick on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:28:00 PST

Hell Gigs Vol. 1

I have learned that getting paid to do what you love the most in life is one of the most important keys to happiness. No matter what your job whether it is pro athlete or prostitute it doesn't matter...
Posted by Pete Dominick on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:29:00 PST

"You should be on Letterman"

After a good performance every decent stand up comedian has at one time or another heard the following compliment "You are so funny , you should do Letterman." I suppose it is very cynical of me not...
Posted by Pete Dominick on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:31:00 PST

Pop Culture Vol. 1

What a week in pop culture What a week in pop culture . Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes finally released the long awaited photos of their gorgeous daughter Suri. She really is very beautiful but surpris...
Posted by Pete Dominick on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:27:00 PST

Summer is over....

Today was a warm August day with the sun high and the breeze gentle. I was sitting on a park bench blowing bubbles with my 19 month old daughter. One of those summer days that seemed close to perfect....
Posted by Pete Dominick on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:26:00 PST

SIRIUS HIRES PETE DOMINICK

I am extremely excited that Sirius RAW Dog has hired me to be their midday Radio personality. I have just finished my first week on air hosting Comedy By request with Pete Dominick . Get Sirius and li...
Posted by Pete Dominick on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PST