Barry Dougherty Barry Dougherty is the author of How To Do It Standing Up, The Friars Club's Guide To Being A Comic, A Cut-Up, A Card, Or A Clown (Black Dog & Leventhal, October 2002) which explains how to be a stand-up comic with insight from comedians themselves. Culled from his interviews with thirty five comedians and comedy club owners/managers such as Lily Tomlin, Howie Mandel, David Brenner, Phyllis Diller, Joy Behar, and Shecky Greene, Barry allows them to tell their owns tales--their first time, their worst time, how they put their acts together and, best of all, tips for the up-and-comer. He is also the author of New York Friars Club Book of Roasts: The Wittiest, Most Hilarious, and Most Unprintable Moments From The Friars Club (M. Evans, October 2000). The book is a hysterical composite of the famous Friars Club's devilish Dinners and ribald Roasts. Sifting through the Club's private archives; along with his interviews with such celebrities as Jason Alexander, Milton Berle, Red Buttons, Carol Burnett, Dick Cavett, Alan King, Ed McMahon, David Hyde Pierce, Freddie Roman, and Jerry Stiller-Barry put together a hysterical historical compendium of one of the premier entertainment organizations in the world. Barry wrote and edited the popular The Friars Club Bible of Jokes, Pokes, Roasts, And Toasts and edited The Friars Club Encyclopedia of Jokes (both Black Dog & Leventhal). Barry is the Editor of the Friars Club's magazine, the Epistle. Since 1991 he has been covering the Friars events-from Roasts and Dinners to in-house activities and Friars Frolics. Along with his reporting on Club events he has also profiled Friar celebrities Ernest Borgnine, Bob Costas, Michael Feinstein, Steve Lawrence, Jerry Orbach, Sally Jessy Raphael, Rob Reiner, Geraldo Rivera, and Joan Rivers, to name a few. Other miscellaneous articles in the Epistle include a story on Barbara Walters' ABC morning show, The View, as well as his investigative first-hand experiences of being an extra on television shows. During his tenure at the Friars Club Barry has also written jokes for Roasts and speeches for Testimonial Dinners. He has produced several events for the Friars, some of which include author book signing parties, movie screenings, and a huge party to celebrate the final episode of Seinfeld-the party was covered in Variety. A former television news reporter for Cablevision Systems, Barry has also written numerous humor articles for various magazines and newspapers such as Update magazine, Newsday, and The New York Times. back to our guests ... Print-Version