Ed Sullivan On Acid at Freddy’s Backroom, the longest running stand-up comedy show in Brooklyn has been on the verge of being shut down most of its run. What is threatening Freddy’s is the Brooklyn famed Atlantic Yards construction. And Freddy’s, a perfect Prospect Heights bar with creative graffiti all over the bathroom (above the hand dryer are dozens of suspected shooters of JFK) stands right in the way.
One thing that makes Freddy’s the perfect spot for a comedy show is the patrons. Freddy’s, being a drinker’s dream local bar, gets some fun characters that are always looking for a big laugh. Guys come to Freddy’s for a drink, stay for Ed Sullvian on Acid and then spend the night drinking with the comedian’s on the show. After two cans of PBR the regulars often prove to be just as funny as many comic’s they see and are told to get on stage sometime. But they’re just there for a good laugh.
Every other Monday night Bostonian comedian Pat O’Shea hosts a series of local New York comedians in the bar’s back space since 2004. Even then they expected the bar to be closed by the city within the year. There have been articles about the bar in the New York Times, NY Post and New Yorker magazine. They hang on the wall in the back room like a patriotic flag. There have been protests in and outside a bar; protests where protests should be, the bar.
Pat himself is a comedy foot soldier. He began performing stand-up in Boston where he was quickly welcomed with open arms. In 2009 Pat released his first comedy album Not Friendly. During the day Pat writes jokes for iPhone application iLarious.
