The Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Personality test: Comic David Kaye
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Comic David Kaye opened Slapsticks Comedy Loft last year in Bethel Park. He grew up on Polish Hill and was a mechanical engineer before venturing into theater and stand-up.
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Comedian opens Slapsticks! on Library Road
Thursday, January 11, 2007
By Margaret Smykla
As a youngster in Gibsonia, David Kaye sought attention by joking around.
"I was the guy who put the lamp shade on his head at the party to get a laugh," the co-owner of the South Hills' newest comedy club said.
When word spread 20 years ago that he planned to take a stab at stand-up comedy, a couple of dozen friends and relatives came to see him at the "open mike" promotion at the former Roman Gardens in Brentwood.
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Comedy has a new room to roost
Sunday, January 07, 2007
By John Hayes
How many comedians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Pittsburgh comic David Kaye is the custodian, manager, box office attendant, waiter, publicist, opening act and occasional headliner at an intimate new comedy club. SlapSticks Comedy Loft fills the 80-seat upstairs room at The Royal Place Restaurant in Castle Shannon.
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Crafton comedian has made 'em laugh for 20 years
By Becky Hershberger, Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Crafton resident David Kaye has been making people laugh for nearly two decades.
His travels as a stand-up comedian have taken him to all of the states east of the Mississippi, Arizona and New Mexico.
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The Daily News
Kaye busy scratching comedy itch
By CELANIE POLANICK, Daily News Staff Writer
April 01, 2005
Some stand-up comedians think comedy is best left to the professionals - but not David Kaye.
A Pittsburgh native with an impressive résumé, Kaye (nee David Kwiatkoski) encourages amateur comics to try their stuff at the mike.
"If you've got the itch, I say scratch it," he said. "If you go through your life and you've always said to yourself, 'I'd really like to do standup comedy,' and if you don't - if you end up being a miserable person or unfulfilled because you don't do it - then you never know."
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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Comedy Preview: David Kaye is more than just a wise guy
By John Hayes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Friday, April 01, 2005
Talk about the comedy show from hell. In 1991, Pittsburgh comedian David Kaye and another local stand-up were oddly booked to open for a forgettable metal cover band at a theater in Greensburg, a town unschooled in comedy club etiquette.
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