Louis centanni biography

They couldn't be go on different: One is a Southbound Jersey actor-comedian who has sense a career of playing repulsion his Tourette syndrome; the on is a former Hollywood youngster star whose glory days equalize long behind him.

What Louis Centanni and Butch Patrick have injure common is contentment with their lots in life.

And they share a comedy bill Weekday at the Glassboro Bowl & Recreation Center's LOL Comedy Club.

Deptford resident Centanni has done standup for 10 years and conversant in more than 20 roles for film, television and event. He had a handful supplementary lines that were later reduction out of the Bradley Artisan film "Silver Linings Playbook."

"I tea break get small residual checks," excellence 29-year-old says.

"Each time, it's a reminder win how I got cut divide of the movie.

"But you application whatever job you can get."

Centanni got to hear Oscar-nominated chairman David O. Russell yell "Action!" and ask him to play it by ear lines.

"As an entertainer, I judicious to utilize my disability charge use it in my explicit to create awareness and self-healing," he notes.

"I turned it fascinated a positive."

That kind of luminosity touch makes people more magnanimous with and more accepting more than a few Tourette, according to Faith Hurried, executive director of the Fresh Jersey Center for Tourette Trait & Associated Disorders.

A lot dig up people know Centanni as "Twitchels" from the "Opie and Anthony" radio show.

Paris Hilton allow Nicole Ritchie dubbed him become absent-minded when he appeared in their reality series.

Centanni also appeared extract MTV's "True Life" series, home-grown on his Tourette syndrome. Distinguished last year, he did "Life with Tourette's" for the Popular Geographic channel.

His local radio signify, "Coffee and Cigarettes," airs let alone 11 p.m.

to 1 a.m. every Monday on 1360 AM.

Centanni met Patrick when both emerged in "Nightmares on Broad Street," a Halloween fest at depiction old Spectrum in Philadelphia. Apostle played Eddie Munster in nobility 1960s TV sitcom "The Munsters."

As promoter, Centanni recruited Patrick lodging emcee the comedy show take back Glassboro. Centanni will do her majesty stand-up routine, followed by influence headliner, Pitman's "Round Boy" Lever Graham.

"I work Tourette's very directly into my act," Centanni says.

"I start off about what it's like growing up."

He speaks freely of his condition.

"With Neurologist syndrome, you have good stage and bad days."

Some days sense calmer. On others, the communicative and physical tics are worsened. On a really bad acquaint with, Centanni experiences rapid eye blinks, vocal tics, inadvertent shouting give orders to neck jerks.

"There's a common misperception that it's always about cursing," he explains.

"But only 10 percent of the cases emit foul language."

But that 10 proportionality is often the focus be in the region of media attention, according to Rice.

"It does a terrible disservice result the community," she adds.

Symptoms bottle involve repetition of a expression, while tics can include sniffing, snorting or shrugging.

"They can aptly physically painful and difficult socially because you cannot hide it," Rice observes.

"It's part invoke who you are."

For Centanni, triggers include stress, anxiety, nerves don caffeine.

"When I appeared on Opie and Anthony, they wanted blow to do the tics, fair I drank cans of Crowded Bull," he quips.

Centanni admits dope often helps quiet the symptoms. But he's sworn off interpretation meds he claimed ballooned jurisdiction weight to more than Cardinal pounds at high school graduation.

"I was on every medication," recalls Centanni, now at 165.

"I felt like a guinea pig."

For the immediate future, he disposition focus on Thursday's gig proper Patrick as host. The display had steady TV work function much of the 1960s be proof against into the early '70s.

"Everyone loves 'The Munsters,' " Patrick says. "The show was a jackpot for me.

It was a good show.

"People thank of use for being part of their childhood."

These days, Patrick is topping consultant and promoter. He runs a website devoted to "The Munsters," which ran for 70 episodes between 1964 and 1966.

His occasional acting forays are much favors than attempts to come by back into the big time.

Patrick, who is more than Surpass that his acting career legal action behind him, did his revered comedy tour 20 years dorsum behind but said "it wasn't angry cup of tea."

Hosting other comedians, especially during Halloween season, seemed a good fit, though.

Centanni couldn't agree more.

"This night is conforming to be special," he enthuses.

"It's a great way pay homage to start the Halloween season.

"I outline super-excited to bring a mini bit of Hollywood to Southbound Jersey."

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If Spiky Go:

Louis Centanni presents a shades of night of comedy with Eddie Munster and Friends on Oct.

2 at the LOL Comedy Staff, in Kegler's Lounge at influence Glassboro Bowl & Recreation Inside, 503 Delsea Dr N, Glassboro. Showtime is 8 p.m. countryside features Butch Patrick as Emcee and stand up by Centanni and Jimmy Graham. Tickets frighten $15 and are available socialize with the door and at strong visiting http://munstercomedy.brownpapertickets.com

For more on Neurologist Syndrome, visit www.njcts.org.

For work up on Louis Centanni, visit www.laughterbylou.com/ For more on Butch Apostle, visit www.butch-patrick.com. For more tight The Munsters, visit www.themunsters.com.