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Nick Vatterott: Star of ‘Mash-Up’

Rain, rain go away, come again some other day. Well, fellow Kansas Citians, between the cloudy, rainy weekend nights and the Royals thirty year losing streak, we could all use a fun night out on the town where we can all get some great laughs, sit back and relax. You know, let the other guy do all the work.

That surely would be the case this weekend at Stanford & Sons at the Legends. Nick Vatterott began his early career in stand-up comedy by driving from Saint Louis to Stanford & Sons in Westport to do Open Mic on Mondays in the early 2000’s. Some of the people Nick got on stage with were other area budding stars like Nikki Glaser, Greg Warren, Iliza Schlesinger and James Johann. Ten years later, Nikki, Iliza and now Nick Vatterott all have their own television series. Nick is the star of the Comedy Central TV series ‘Mash Up’. The show caught on quickly this fall and has just been picked up for a second season. The comedy series is based on an unusual premise; wherein both Nick and his co-star TJ Miller do stand-up routines on air and then both act out those routines as sketch comedy to show you what the joke would look like in real life. Each week they have special comedy guest stars come on the show. It doesn’t hurt Nick’s show that his co-star is TJ Miller, who is the hottest comedic actor in the nation today. TJ’s current projects include Mash Up, the Fox series ‘The Goodwin Games’, his own HBO series this fall that he both produces and stars in, he just finished filming ‘The Rescue Party’ for Universal and is now beginning primary shooting on ‘Transformers IV’ with co-lead, Mark Wahlberg. TJ also finds time to stop in and do Chelsea Lately twice a month or so. Yes, TJ even will make an appearance here at Stanfords in September, his only comedy club appearance for the coming year.

TJ and Nick became fast friends on the road and have worked together extensively, especially in New York and Chicago over the past several years. TJ quickly recognized the unique talent of Vatterott who has a morbid but undeniably funny take on such things as cell phones, answering machines, social media, newscasters and of course everyone’s love life including his own.

Vatterott has had a big year, recently appearing on Jimmy Fallon, Conan and also filming a half hour Comedy Central special which is airing currently. He and TJ Miller have also been contracted to do an animated adult show for Fox this fall.

We first met Nick when he featured for TJ Miller a couple of years ago. Audiences loved his stand up, this will be the second time he has headlined Stanford’s in the past two years. Come see the talent of this young comedy star whose career is already on fire. You will also majorly enjoy his co-star Roy Anthony from BET’s ‘Comic View’ and also from the MidWest. For further information call the club at (913)400-7500.
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