Paula Poundstone Headlined a One of a Kind Fort Lauderdale Event

The first ever Mardi Gras Stand Up Comedy Challenge took place Summer 2011 when our Dawg House Sports Bar became Hollywood Florida's hottest stand up comedy club. Hundreds of comics auditioned for a chance to open for comedy legend Paula Poundstone at our world famous Hollywood Florida Racetrack on October 22nd, 2011! It was THE Fort Lauderdale Stand Up Comedy Attraction of the Year.

Comedy Challenge Winner Opened for Paula Poundstone
October 22nd Live Outdoors Comedy Show at the Hollywood Racetrack Grandstand

Live Stand Up Comedy Legend Paula Poundstone Came to Our Hollywood Casino

Appearing on stage with a stool, a microphone, and a can of Diet Pepsi, PAULA POUNDSTONE is famous for her razor-sharp wit and spontaneity. The Boston Globe said, "Poundstone improvises with a crowd like a Jazz musician…swinging in unexpected directions without a plan, without a net." Paula is so quick and unassuming that audience members at her live comedy shows often leave complaining that their cheeks hurt from laughter and debating whether the random people she talked to were "plants". Paula grew up in Sudbury, Massachusetts and by the time she was nineteen was traveling on a Greyhound bus across the country – stopping in at open mic nights at comedy clubs as she went. She credits her kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Bump, with being the first one to spot her comedic talents. Bump wrote in a letter to Paula's parents: "I have enjoyed many of Paula's humorous comments about our activities." In 1979 Paula began nurturing her standup comedy talent as part of the Boston comedy scene, and then moved to San Francisco where she continued to flourish. By 1990 she'd relocated to Los Angeles and had starred in several comedy specials for HBO, as well as appeared on Saturday Night Live when friend and mentor Robin Williams hosted the show.

Paula's first one-hour HBO special, "Cats, Cops, and Stuff." made her the first woman to ever receive the Cable ACE for best standup comedy special. She also starred in a self-titled talk show series for HBO (for which she won her second Cable ACE Award for Best Program Interviewer, beating out other, more recognized names in that field.) In 1992, Poundstone forsook what she considered the 'staid' 5-minute stand up comedy set on late night talk-shows for something she thought would be more real with the audience and filed memorable field commentary of the Presidential Election for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. This led to her own show on ABC, aptly named, "The Paula Poundstone Show", and behind-the-scenes coverage of that year's EMMY Awards for which she was critically acclaimed. During this time, she also became the first woman to perform at the White House Correspondents dinner. Paula has made numerous appearances on "Late Night with David Letterman;" "Sesame Street;" "To Tell The Truth" and "Comic Relief." Paula won an EMMY Award for her field pieces on PBS's "Life & Times". Poundstone has shifted her performances from comedy clubs to performing arts centers and theatres where her interactions with the crowd became the stuff of legend. Paul is sure to turn our world famous Hollywood casino grandstand into Florida's hottest comedy club.