Sarcam Comedy Class is for you!

Tuition for Sarcasm Comedy School is $300.00 and includes an 8X10 Headshot and a DVD of your graduation performance in front of a live audience!

Everything you need to get started in the lucrative comedy field. Space is limited so SIGN UP NOW!

The same class was taken by Stanley Cup Champion Dave “The Hammer” Shultz, Wrestling Legend King Kong Bundy and former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Garry Cobb. The Sarcasm Comedy School will teach you everything from writing jokes to opening your own comedy club!

You’ll learn…

• How to master public speaking! Many salesmen, attorneys and others in the public eye take this class.
• How to look at your life experiences, opinions and observations in a funny way that will relate to an audience!
• The proper way to organize material into an act that will keep people continuously laughing!
• How to ”mine” the audience for more material!
• How to handle hecklers!
• How to get booked into the top comedy clubs! (just by taking this class you’re already on the radar for Sarcasm comedy Club AND Catch a Rising Star)
• How to market yourself and get positive press!
• The many ways of making money in comedy such as fundraisers, corporate events and even opening your own comedy club!

“I felt like Walter Cronkite,” says Trevelise. “Most outlets were focusing on what was happening in New York. But people tuned in to our station because we are New Jersey. I had the privilege of letting people know what was happening and it was wonderful interacting with those that were calling in.”
The animated Trevelise clearly enjoyed visiting with an eclectic group of listeners from throughout the state during an extraordinary night.
Then again, he has a blast holding court during ordinary evenings as well.

“This is the best radio job I ever had,” says Trevelise. “It’s a dream job since what I do is akin to what I did while growing up in Union City on the stoop. I shoot the breeze. I sit out there and talk with whomever wants to talk with me. Anyone can come out and listen.”
The topics Trevelise brings to the table range from best candy bar jingles to what New Jersey resident would you most like to meet.
“People in New Jersey love Bruce Springsteen,” Trevelise says. “That’s no surprise. But then you had to tune in to hear who else they want to meet. I try to have some fun, talk about music, do some comedy.”

“I’ve known Trev for almost 30 years and the thing about him is that he has this tremendous work ethic,” New Jersey 101.5 brand director Eric Johnson says.
“Steve oozes Jersey culture. He’s a (New York) Giants fan. The people love him. He’s doubled the ratings at night at the station. He’s been great.”

Comedy has been a big part of Trevelise’s life. He’s been a stand-up comic for the last generation and he is the owner and general manager of Sarcasm Comedy Club, which on Saturday features its comedy competition with headliner Billy Terrell at two shows.
“It’s a wonderful thing to own a club and also to be able to get out there and perform,” says Trevelise. “It’s a great time. We’ll have celebrity judges come out. We’ll have icons like Robert Klein and Uncle Floyd play the club. And we’re going to present the unpredictable Gilbert Gottfried at Pitman’s Broadway Theater in February.”

Sarcasm also hosts a comedy class. Alums such as former Philadelphia Eagle Garry Cobb, wrestling legend King Kong Bundy and Eric Potts have cut their comedic teeth there. The latter has earned the MC gig at Sarcasm and will introduce Gottfried when he returns to South Jersey in February.

“I think we have a little something for everyone,” says Trevelise. “If you want to learn how to become a comic, come on out. If you want to just laugh and forget about everything, come on out.”

Trevelise, who owns a shore house in Sea Isle City, is a dynamo. Aside from working the night shift at New Jersey 101.5 and toiling at his club in Cherry Hill, he does the weekend overnight shifts and weekday updates at WIP.
“It helps when you love what you do,” he says. “I enjoy what I do at WIP. I’m used to doing what I do there. It’s great there. It’s great to be at New Jersey 101.5 and I love what I do at Sarcasm.

“The wonderful thing is that I get to do what I love and how many people get to say that? I believe that I’m in a unique situation. I’m incredibly fortunate.”
Steve Trevelise’s Sarcasm Comedy Club features its comedy competition with Billy Terrell headlining at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the venue at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 2349 W. Marlton Pike/Route 70 East in Cherry Hill. Tickets: $20. Information: 856-382-6253.

Potts, who lives in Ewing, NJ, said “I’m excited about the opportunity to work closely with Steve and help build Sarcasm Comedy Club into a National name, the level of entertainment Steve is able to bring to the area is unbelievable and I am using the opportunity to learn from one of the best promoters in the business”.

“In a short amount of time Eric has gone from student to feature in area clubs and he is a perfect fit to manage and be house Emcee of Sarcasm Comedy Club”, Trevelise added.

Eric has performed at Catch a Rising Star, LOL Comedy Club, Helium Comedy Club, The Stress Factory, Sarcasm Comedy Club, and Parx Casino just to name a few. He is the winner of the 2011 Sarcasm Comedy Club competition and has opened for Gilbert Gottfried, Joe Matarese, Roundboy Jimmy Graham, Joseph Anthony, Vic DiBitetto and Uncle Floyd.

“I love it when there’s a packed house and they are laughing at everything you’re saying,” he said. “There’s no greater feeling in the world.”
In an effort to share that feeling with others, Trevelise is hosting the Comedy School at the Broadway Theater in Pitman beginning March 17 and running for six weeks.

I’ve always been fascinated with standup comedy. One of the earliest memories of standup I have is when Comedy Central debuted in the early ‘90s Jersey and I caught The Amazing Jonathan special (Lounge Lizards anyone) and became infatuated. People could actually do this for a living? Be filthy on stage, make fun of customers who bought tickets and still be beloved?

Sign me up.

The Sarcasm Comedy Club is one of the best-kept secrets in South Jersey. Housed in the Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill, the club has some of the top headlining comics in the world, including Gilbert Gottfried, who performed at the club in late 2011.

The club also hosts popular local legends such as Philadephia Flyers great Dave “The Hammer” Schultz and wrestling legend turned standup comic King Kong Bundy.

The man behind club?

You wouldn’t necessarily relate him to the comic game, but he’s got the chops to stand up with the best of them.

Steve Trevelise, current radio personality on both 94.1 WIP and NJ 101.5 FM, owns and operates Sarcasm, using his decades of comedic experience to turn the club into a premier site for comics in South Jersey.

“I love comedy and Cherry Hill is really a great location for a club. I’ve been on the radio in Philly forever. I started doing comedy back in the ‘80s and I would do updates on the Howard Stern show when he was on WYSP,” Trevelise said. “I started getting into the comedy business – and I hosted shows at Comedy Works. This is during the comedy boom during the ‘80s. I even brought Bill Hicks on stage when we performed at The Funny Bone.”

In 2004, Trevelise participated in “Catch a Rising Star” at the Princeton Hyatt and impressed the brass so much that he was offered the role of house emcee just several weeks later. It was here, he said, where he learned the inner workings of a comedy club and the idea to open his own comedy club began to grow.

Besides, when you perform 250 comedy dates a year, you tend to pick up on what makes a successful club and what doesn’t.

“I was there every week, I had tons of stage time and simply through doing that, I became general manager. I learned the inner workings of a comedy club,” he said. “I was doing 250 shows a year. That’s a lot of stage time. The next natural progression was to open my own club. It’s the perfect size, it’s big enough to get the big acts and it’s a great area.”

Now, Trevelise wants to share his comedic experience with interested “stand ups” in South Jersey. Sarcasm will be offering a “Sarcasm Comedy Class” beginning on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 4 p.m.

The four-week class will teach prospective comedians how to craft material, write a set, deliver jokes, deal with hecklers and market themselves as comedians.

The class will culminate with each student performing during a Sarcasm Comedy Club show on Saturday, Feb. 11.

“It teaches you how to find your funny. We find what’s inside of you, what your views are and how you look at the world. There are so many things in your life that are funny that you don’t even know about. We work with you, find what’s most comfortable, and we find what’s inside of you that’s not inside of anyone else and we bring it to the surface,” he said. “Crowds and fans can sense the honesty in you. That’s how other people will buy into it. Crowds can sense that. There’s no better high than being on the comedy stage and having the room go crazy.”

The class isn’t just useful for those interested in a stand up career, Trevelise said. Comedians know how to handle a room, they know how to project themselves and immediately become the focal point of a conversation, he said.

“A sense of humor is one of the most valuable assets you can have in what you do. In work, public speaking, sales, a sense of humor can take you a long way. We have attorneys that take our course. It helps them better address the juries. We have a lot of sales people that take the class and better learn how to think on their feet,” he said. “You can control a room with comedy. A guy that walks into a room and starts cracking jokes – they get the attention. There are so many things out there that can scare you. The bully is not going to bully a guy that can humiliate them in front of a crowd. If you cut the bully to the core comically, you become king of the hill. I’d love to teach kids comedy … how to have fun with it.”

For $300, the four-week class will teach you all of these traits, provide you a DVD copy of your final performance and give you a professional 8-by-10 headshot for your future career in comedy.

Want to sign up? Have questions? Either visit the Sarcasm Comedy Club at www.sarcasmcomedy.com or call at (856) 382-6253.

Don’t want to take the class yourself? Read my week-by-week running series of the class and check out my final performance after Feb. 11.