“Those Two Guys” Return to the Tent at PS21
Laugh Out Loud Entertainment for the Whole Family

[CHATHAM, NY] – PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century is delighted to welcome back for the fifth consecutive season two of Columbia County’s zaniest residents, “Those Two Guys.” Pat Ferri and Dave Cox will combine their talents at The Tent at PS21 Saturday, July 2 at 7:30pm.

Those Two Guys unique Comedy for A New Depression incorporates juggling, unicycling, tumbling, outrageous physical feats, and dangerous stunts into a laugh out loud evening. This family-friendly show will include new skits as well as the classics. “This year we are introducing contortionist Miss Ekaterina (aka : Miss Coney Island), vaudeville Magician Adam Cardone, plus Evil Dan and Colleen The Side Show Queen!” said Ferri. “Come. You will laugh.”

Those Two Guys performed recently in Albany where they sold out WAMC’s Linda Norris Auditorium and earlier this year in Maryland they performed to more than 40,000 people at Virgin Mobile Fest. Dave Cox has appeared on Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Those Two Guys will perform at PS21 Saturday, July 2 at 7:30 pm. Admission is $25 for adults, $20 for PS21 members and $10 for children under 14. For information or to order tickets, please call 518.392.6121 or visit ps21chatham.org. Tickets will also be available at the door until the show sells out.

Those Two Guys have physical flights of fancy
Published: Thursday, December 09, 2010
By Stephen Douglas
Special to The Record

On Saturday, Pat Ferri and Dave Cox will fly into WAMC’s The Linda with a comedy show that you’ll likely never see again. Pat and Dave — those TWO guys — are set to entertain the crowd with “Comedy for the New Depression,” which features seafood, physical comedy and yes, an airplane.

Ferri lives locally and on the road. He grew up in Schenectady and now resides in Austerlitz, but comedy has consistently taken him away from the Capital District since he graduated high school.

“I was class clown and shortly after dropping out of college, I started acting school in New York. I took some improv classes at the Improvisation in New York.”

From there, Ferri moved to Chicago where he preformed for a year in the late 1980’s before moving back to New York. In 1995 he met another standup comedian, who was into physical comedy. “Since then, I’ve been doing all physical stuff.”

Eventually that comedian moved to California, which allowed Ferri to work on his own for a couple years before he met up with Dave Cox.

The decision to work in entertainment was an easy one for Cox. “I basically started out as a juggler. At one point someone offered me money to come juggle at one of their parties. I did that and wondered why I would do any other work?”

Working as a juggler soon led to other jobs in live entertainment. “I did that for quite a bit. I did a lot of walk-around gigs where you just walk around and talk to people while you juggle. Then I started to put an actual show together. I did a lot of street performing in Boulder, Key West, California and Canada. I had a pretty solid solo show.”

Cox and Ferri met at a variety show in Columbia County. In 2006, they did a show together with each performer doing a separate hour-long set. They did the introduction and farewells together and it got a positive response according to Ferri. “People said ‘why don’t you do more stuff together. That was really funny.’”

They decided to write a couple sketches together, but went their separate ways for a year. “In 2007 we did two or three bits. Every year we did a couple more bits together and this year we combined it into a single storyline. That’s ‘Comedy for the New Depression’.”

“Comedy for the New Depression” tells the story of two guys who live in Maine who are trying to help their aunt save her restaurant in Chicago. Being physical comedians, Cox explains that the humor comes from the visuals. “A big part of what we do is our props. The first scene is with a boat. The second scene is with an airplane. It’s all about big, heavy sets and its pretty elaborate.”

The biplane has a 14-foot wingspan and spins 360 degrees. I’m not sure how they’ll get the plane inside The Linda, but they seem confident. The idea for the plane was just a joke on Ferri’s part. “When you’re still fleshing out the story, we got the idea of the restaurant and these guys changing a lightbulb and serving dinner. Something brought us away from the mid-west. I just said ‘why don’t we throw a plane in the show?’ That’ll get us from Maine to the Midwest.”

Cox agreed, but Ferri didn’t think he was seriously considering the suggestion until Cox built a model plane out of legos. The next thing you know, they had a plane with hydraulics, gears and pedals that took two months of non-stop work to build.

The end result is something both men are excited to show the world. “We’ve got so much invested in this show,” said Ferri. “I think it’s more interesting than what I’m doing on my own. Its grown into a bigger thing in a way.”

Ferri and Cox still tour separately. Ferri plays both close to home and on the road while Cox travels the country and spends a good deal of time in Canada. Ferri says that Comedy for the New Depression is something that fans won’t see anywhere else. “I’ve got a pretty good handle on who is doing what in the US and I can think of maybe three or four people that are doing something theatrical. I can almost guarantee that no one has seen anything like this in their life.”

Dave Cox and I had some new pictures taken last week by fellow performer and photographer extraordinaire Evan Young

AH HA ! There are my shoes !

You can check out Evan’s photos at www.evanshotme.com .

Also, I had the immense pleasure to sit and watch one of my all time favorite entertainers, Irish singer, guitarist and songwriter Luka Bloom Tuesday night at the famous Caffe Lena in Saratoga, N.Y. He started with some of his newer material and then played songs from the past 20 years.
Just AMAZING !!!

Check out the videos and pictures below. I apologize for the quality in advance.

No Matter Where You Go, There You Are

I will be joining my cousin Leon on WCDB 90.9 FM this Friday night at 8 PM. It will feature the year 1983. Who knew the 80′s would live on ?

www.wcdbfm.com/80s

The Berkshire Fools Festival show went good and gave us a chance to come up with some new add ins for both of the bits we did. We will be at PS 21 again this year on Saturday, August 1st and hope to have a new stunt-man routine that will be hilarious.