Joe Nipote

Joe Nipote, who hails from Detroit, is best known for starring as Frankie Waters in NBC & UPN's Viper (1996) for five seasons and Steven Spielberg personally handpicked him to play the leader of the Ghostly Trio in the Amblin/Universal film, Casper (1995) as the title character's uncle, Stretch. He also has a big college cult following for his role as Boomer in the film, Meatballs Part II (1984). Joe has appeared in dozens of sitcoms, TV pilots, late-night talk shows, cable shows and numerous films. His first stop in LA was The Comedy Store. Within 8 months of doing stand-up, various headlining comedians began to complain to club owners that they didn't care to follow Joe and in less than a year, he went from being a paid "Regular" to Headliner, to Starring on HBO's "5th Young Comedian's Special," featuring the new top 5 comedians of the year. The HBO special gave Joe the exposure he needed to begin Headline other comedy clubs sprouting up all across the country, and word of his likab