Bob Levy is not Vince Vaughn
Submitted by jstudent on Wed, 2006-06-07 18:10.Like the movie
Comic Bob Levy’s home life is like The Break Up…only worse
By Joe Student
Philly EDGE Editor
Some divorced men would take great pleasure in rubbing a new girlfriend in their ex-wife’s face.
For stand-up comic Bob Levy it’s a little different; his ex is still his housemate in a Westville, New Jersey (Gloucester County) condo.
“She hasn’t dated. I had a girlfriend for about a year-and-a-half. (My ex-wife) didn’t know,” Levy, who is scheduled to perform comedy gigs in both Doylestown and Cherry Hill this weekend, said. “Once she found out, she got a little pissed.”
Levy’s real-life scenario resembles the plot of the recently released Vince Vaughn- Jennifer Aniston film The Break Up, which chronicles what happens after Vaughn and Aniston’s characters spilt, yet continue to live together.
While The Break Up is currently the No. 1 grossing film at U.S. theatres after taking in more than $39 million at box offices June 2-4, Levy is hoping that fans want to see what he feels is an even more realistic take: his own. He’s developing a sitcom about his living situation with his ex-wife.
“(The Break Up) is not as realistic as mine. They haven’t lived it. I’ve lived it,” Levy, who appears regularly on the Kidd Chris Show on WYSP (94.1-FM), said of the living arrangements with his ex.
“It’s a little strange. I stay in the basement… We got a kid together, so at least we stay together for him,” Levy says of his 7 year-old son, Domenic.
Before the divorce, Levy’s mother-in-law, who has since passed away, also lived in the condo, which often made him even more uncomfortable.
“She used to write her name on everything in the refrigerator that she bought…I got drunk one night and wrote my name on everything,” Levy said. “I’d yell out to her if she opened the door ‘I hope you’re not touching my milk.’”
His home life helps provide Levy with fodder for his bi-monthly satellite radio show Miserable Men, which can be heard on Sirius satellite radio channel Howard 101 every other Monday at 7 p.m. The show encourages men to call in with their worst relationship stories.
“Guys just go off about bad relationships. They finally get to tell their side of the story,” Levy said. “One guy called in and said that after his break up, (but) before he left the house he masturbated into his wife’s shampoo bottle. Every time he’d see her after that he’d tell her ‘Your hair looks great.’”
The Miserable Men show grew out of Levy’s frequent spots on the Howard Stern Show, which started years ago while Stern was still on terrestrial radio. Stern helped Levy land the show once the radio host announced the move from Infinity Broadcasting to Sirius last year.
While Levy said that he enjoys contributing to both the Kidd Chris and Stern shows, he noted that the radio personalities’ programs, both known for their sometimes controversial approach, each have a unique feel to them.
“With Howard, it’s like you’re going over to his house. Everybody talks and eventually you’re going to get your balls busted,” Levy said.
“With Chris, you better be ready when you walk in the door. You know you’re going to get attacked, so you better be able to defend yourself.”
Indeed. On the Friday of Memorial Day weekend, a recorded segment featured Levy and now former Kidd Chris Show personality “Spike” sniping at each other with insults much to the delight of Chris and the other members of the show, which airs weekdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on ‘YSP.
“It’s a challenge,” Levy said of the on-air banter, adding that his audiences are often filled with fans of both radio shows. “The audience is expecting to hear the same attitude from me that they hear on the radio. I want it to be even better.”
Bob Levy
Where: Comedy Cabaret at Poco's, 625 N. Main St., Doylestown
When: Fri. Jun. 9, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $20
Call: 215.345.JOKE
Where: Comedy Cabaret Cherry Hill, Clarion Hotel, 1450 Route 70 east 295, Cherry Hill.
When: Sat. Jun. 10, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $20
Call: 856.427.0427
