Frankie Pace began his career in a Long Island

Long Island

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 comedy club

Comedy club

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 called "The White House Inn" working alongside Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy

Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician....

, Rob Bartlett, Jackie Martling

Jackie Martling

John Coger "Jackie" Martling, Jr. is an American comedian, comedy writer and radio personality. He is best known for being a writer on The Howard Stern Show from 1983 to 2001.-Early life and career:...

, Bob Nelson, Bob Woods, Richie Minnervini, Rosie O'Donnell

Rosie O'Donnell

Roseann "Rosie" O'Donnell is an American stand-up comedian, actress, author and television personality. She has also been a magazine editor and continues to be a celebrity blogger, LGBT rights activist, television producer and collaborative partner in the LGBT family vacation company R Family...

, Jim Myers and Don McHenry.

After a few years he went to New York City where he passed as a regular at "Catch A Rising Star", "The Comic Strip" and "The Improvisation". There he rubbed shoulders with Robin Williams, Elaine Boozler, Richard Belzer

Richard Belzer

Richard Jay Belzer is an American stand-up comedian, author, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as John Munch, which he has portrayed as a regular cast member on the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as well as in guest...

, Bill Maher

Bill Maher

William "Bill" Maher, Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author and actor. Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect originally on Comedy Central and...

, Sam Kinison

Sam Kinison

Samuel Burl "Sam" Kinison was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Kinison was known for his intense, harsh and politically incorrect genre humor...

, Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler

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, Dom Irerra, John Mendoza and Chris Rock

Chris Rock

Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He was voted in the US as the 5th greatest stand-up comedian of all time by Comedy Central...

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Frankie's first national exposure was in 1984 on Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

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. Frankie also wrote and hosted his own television show for Night Flight

Night Flight (TV series)

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on the USA network called "Rickshaws' Takeout Theater".

Frankie later performed for the Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers

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 Show and acted on The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show

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. He also performed shows for Bill Boggs Comedy Tonight, Carolines Comedy Hour and Comic Strip Live with John Mulrooney.

After the Iraq war ended in 1990 comedy clubs began to drop in attendance. Seeing this Frankie revamped his act and looked for work in the Catskill Mountains, Corporate Shows, Casino Shows and Cruise Ships. Today Frankie works on and off for Freddie Roman's "Catskill's on Broadway" while continuing to pursue his comedy career.

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