About Us

Uncle Vinnie’s Comedy Club of Pt. Pleasant Beach, NJ is owned by 2 brothers from Belleville, NJ, Dino and Jerry Ibelli. What started out as Ferrara’s Ristorante doing comedy one night a week as grown to one of the hottest full time comedy clubs on the East Coast!!

Who we would like to sincerely thank?

DAD

We named the Comedy Club after you!! If it wasn’t for all your hard work and the values that you instilled in us growing up, we would not be as successful as we are today. You gave everything 100%, you took crap from no one, you did things your way, you commanded respect and you were always thinking. Those philosophies, as simple as they may be, is what makes for a successful business, no matter what “Corporate USA” has taught us over the years. You don’t learn that in college. We know you are looking down at us from up above laughing as much as we are while listening to the comedians!!!

MOM

Thank you for being there for us, the support and your love can never be matched!! The strength that you have shown over the past few years has made us grow even further and has thought us the true meaning of family and the important things in life. You are truly our backbone.

GUIDO & SKIPPY

Again, the 2 best shelties anyone can have. The joy you have brought to our lives in the most difficult of times is something that only you 2 could have given to us at that time.

BELLEVILLE, NUTLEY, BLOOMFIELD AND ALL OF ESSEX COUNTY

Growing up in Belleville during the late 70’s, 80’s and into the 90’s has provided us more value and knowledge than any textbook could give you. It is very hard to explain to people unless you are from Belleville or the surrounding towns. It provided a lot of special times, special memories, special people and a lot of knowledge about life. Growing up in this area has molded us into better people and we will always be honored to say where we came from.

OUR CUSTOMERS

Thank you for all the support, the kind words and the word of mouth advertising that you do for us. We will never forget it!!

JIM FLORENTINE & DON JAMIESON

We support the 2 of you and the path your careers are going!! The exposure you have given us on your videos and Comedy Central can only be re-paid by us saying, “treat Uncle Vinnie’s Comedy Club as your home away from home” WHATEVER THE 2 OF YOU NEED WE ARE HERE FOR YOU!!

REV. BOB LEVY

Bob, the exposure you have given us with the Howard Stern Show has been a major accomplishment and an honor for us. Your generosity towards us with always having our club in conversation is something we won’t forget.

VIC DiBETTO, SEBSTIAN MANISCALCO

What the 2 of you have done for us and our club and to see your careers just take off to levels only legends will know

DFI PRODUCTIONS

Our website company, Dave thanks for making this one of the most popular and most visited comedy sites around!!

JACKIE “THE JOKE MAN” MARTLING

When everyone said, he would never perform by Uncle Vinnie’s and to give us the opportunity to do a live taping, you are deserving of all the respect that we can give to a person. You proved the jealous people wrong and you FAR exceeded our expectations with dynamite performances here. Thank you for everything!!!

ANDREW “DICE” CLAY

The living legend in our book!! “DICE” when people said “you would never get him” or “we were crazy” We both proved them wrong!!  You are a class guy and always welcomed back here!!

 

 

Who we would like to backwards thank:

HI PITCH ERIK

Thanks for the bounced check you freakin idiot!! Because of your stupidity or your slickness, probably stupidity, you gave us NATIONAL EXPOSURE!!!!!

 

ALL THE “NAY SAYING” LOCALS

“We have nothing to do down here, it is boring” Well now you have comedy and you are still saying the same thing as we get people from surrounding towns enjoying the club saying “we wish the comedy club was in our town”

ALL THE DOUBTERS AND NEGATIVE PEOPLE

“You guys might do alright during the summer, but you’ll never make it through the off season”. Hmmm…..Tell that to the 200+ people that walked through our doors to see Jackie Martling, Jim Florentine and Rev. Bob Levy on a Tuesday and Wednesday before Christmas and tell that to the numerous capacity crowds on Saturday nights from October thru April these past years. Yeah, they were rough off seasons at the Jersey Shore!!!

OUR ORIGINAL BOOKER

Wow for you to think we named the club after you? You are full of yourself and full of jealousy that we are still around!!

 

WHO WE WANT TO SAY “TOLD YOU SO”!!

PAST ACQUAINTANCES

When I get a phone call from a house wife and she asks us “if we know what we are doing with a comedy club and why don’t you have this particular guy?” Well this guy was doing a Saturday night comedy night at a gentleman’s club. How good could he be? Do you really think he is funny, don’t people go to those places to see the dancers? The response was “oh do you think you are going to get Jackie “the Joke Man” Martling to perform at your place?” Well 20 performances by Jackie later, we say “told you so”!!

THE BOOKERS WHO THOUGHT WE WERE ONLY A RESTAURANT DOING A COMEDY NIGHT?

Guess what? WE ARE STILL HERE and WE ARE BOOKING OTHER ROOMS as well as COMEDIANS FOR PRIVATE AFFAIRS!!!! Keep emailing us trying to get your acts into the club, now who has mud on their faces…

 

THE 5 OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS STARTING TO DO COMEDY IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA WHEN WE STARTED AND THOUGHT THEY COULD JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON? 

Need I say more?  They are all closed down!! 

For anyone reading this, what we want to prove to you is hard work, dedication and the desire to be the best is what keeps us in business!!  When animosity stares you in the face, just GROWL BACK!

 

THE GUYS WHO STEAL OTHER PEOPLE’S ACTS, WHO THINK BECAUSE THEY GET ON A STAGE, HOLD A MICROPHONE AND THINK THEY ARE COMEDIANS?

Keep booking your own shows and your lies will catch up quicker than you know.