Hire Comedian Gary Valentine For Your Event

Gary Valentine is a Long Island, NY native who has been headlining comedy clubs and theaters for the past 15 years. After an appearance at the Montreal Comedy Festival, he headed to Los Angeles and quickly landed spots on various talk shows performing standup, including “The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” among others.

Valentine is perhaps best known for his role as Danny on “The King of Queens,” on the Network, for which he also wrote several episodes. Additional television credits include “Men of a Certain Age,” “The X Show” and his own standup special, “Comedy Central Presents Gary Valentine.”

His feature film credits include “Stuck on You,” “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry,” “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” “Zookeeper,” “Poolboy: Drowning out the Fury,” and the independent short “Alive N’ Kickin’.”

He is an avid golfer and plays in several golf charity tournaments each year, including BMW/Synnex Pro-Am,Monday after the Masters, hosted by Hootie and the Blowfish, and The Drive, hosted by Russell Wilson and Casey Kahne. In addition, he is actively involved with The JVK Foundation, named after his father, which supports various charities, including Retinitis Pigmentosa. His sister suffers from the disease.

What is Summit Comedy, Inc.?

Summit Comedy was formed many moons ago in 1998 by Chuck Johnson, current owner/President.  Chuck Johnson entered the comedy business the day after graduating from Appalachian State University in 1995 where he booked all of the live music and comedy for the university’s club “Legends”.  His first job post college?…..one of comedian Carrot Top’s college agents and booking agent for the comedy club chain The Comedy Zone.  His second job?…..well, in 1998 he formed Summit Comedy, Inc. and he and his team of amazing agents has turned it into one of the Nation’s Largest suppliers of Stand-up Comedy & Comedy Entertainment for Colleges/Universities, Corporate Events, Country Clubs, Cruise ships, Clubs & beyond.

Why Summit Comedy, Inc.?

Well, it’s simple…..we know comedy, it’s what we do….it’s in our name!  We want your business, but we won’t compromise our integrity just to ring up a sale.  Ask around, or ask us for references of previous customers….Heck, you can even see some of our google reviews RIGHT HERE.  We stand behind our comedians 100% and can’t wait to add you as a client for your next event, and for many years to come!

Gary Valentine