Last night’s Nick At Nite Search for the Funniest Mom show at Rascals in Cherry Hill, New Jersey was headlined by SHECKYmagazine editor Traci Skene and hosted by local pro Regina Smith, featured a handful of first-timers as well as local vets Mary Frances Connelly and Dena Blizzard (website). Chuck Darrow, writing for the Courier-Post (South Jersey’s largest daily!):
What could be called the “mother” of all comedy talent searches came to South Jersey on Tuesday evening as Nick@Nite, Nickelodeon channel’s prime-time programming entity, brought its Search For the Funniest Mom in America contest to Rascals inside the Hilton Hotel.
We’re basically looking for the next “domestic goddess of comedy,” said
Sal Maniaci, vice president of development and production for Nickelodeon, referring to the “hook” Roseanne Barr used during her rise to stardom in the 1980s.
Those selected in the course of the contest will convene in Manhattan on April 7 to tape a one-hour special to air May 3. Read the whole thing.
We must say that the art direction and packaging of Mary Frances Connelly’s CD is quite something. It’s available on her website.