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Born in Oswego, New York, comedian Paul Morrissey has a soft spot in his heart for New York's underdog cities like Jamestown
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which is why he's making it a priority to record his new comedy album right here
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Alyssa Wright with an exclusive one-on-one interview ahead of the show. I'm super excited. I haven't done a live recording for an album in about seven years
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Most of my stuff has been on TV, so I wanted to do kind of an old-school comedy album
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People still love listening to comedy when they drive or when they're traveling or on the subway or whatever
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The comedian has made stops in Jamestown previously to perform during the beloved comedy festival and is excited to make a return
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I think the last time I was there was maybe 2016. So, yeah, it's been a minute
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And, you know, growing up, I did the David Letterman show. That was a big deal you know growing up in New York State and be able to do that If anything can be taken from Morrissey shows he hopes it is the message to always follow your dreams and don limit yourself My advice is don necessarily have a plan
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Just find things that you like to do. If you like writing, find ways to write
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And if you like performing, find ways to perform. And you don't necessarily have to say, oh, I only want to do stand-up
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because you might end up loving improv or loving just being a writer
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or, you know, being a director. I guess that's the part that you don't want to be overwhelmed with, you know, when you're 18
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hey, what are you going to do for living? And it's like, well, you don't have to figure that out
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You can just find a bunch of different things that you love doing. I think it's the key
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Comedy lovers can catch Paul Morrissey live at the Lucy Desi Museum's Tropicana Room
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March 24th and 25th, with one show at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. both days
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To purchase tickets, you can visit the Comedy Center's website, ComedyCenter.org slash events
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Reporting from Jamestown, New York, Alyssa Wright, WNY News now
