Rick Conety

I am a clean stand-up comic, focusing on bringing intelligent and non-offensive comedy to discerning audiences.

After being urged for quite some time to perform at a comedy open mike night by friends who apparently thought I was funny, or at least funny by their bizarre standards, I did eventually write some material and sneak off to an open mike one evening to try it out.  By the end of my 10-minute spot, I had gotten so many laughs that I was hooked.

I spent the next year writing monologues, and going to various open mike performances to try out my routines until I knew I was ready to step away from the 7- to 10-minute open mike spots and start to get more stage time.  One year after my first open mike performance, I had my first professional gig (and thereafter incorporated the word gig into my vocabulary to an obnoxious degree).

Since then, I have been performing stand-up comedy at venues all around New England and western New York, including winning a Wise Guys Comedy Club stand-up competition in Syracuse.  In addition to college and club audiences, I have performed for many benefits, including fundraisers for Childrens Mental Health Fund, Center for Autism, Youth and Family Services, Rape Crisis, Kylie's Cause, Project Against Violent Encounters, and the American Cancer Society.

Inspired by my comedic muse, my beautiful wife Elaine, I draw my humorous observations from everyday life, encouraging all of us to laugh at ourselves.