The early bird gets the worm, so the saying goes. Not exactly sure what "the worm" would represent in this particular case, but when it comes to getting a jump on the game, few began their comedy careers earlier than Eddie Murphy or Dave Chappelle, both of whom were hitting the stage regularly in their teens. Not nearly as famous but well on his way to joining their ranks is Fatel, who first grabbed a microphone at age 15. Since then, the sweetly naive, reliably offbeat horndog has made the requisite rounds on Comedy Central, XM and Sirius satellite radio, Letterman, Conan and Carson Daly, and before he served as a correspondent for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Fatel interned for Howard Stern. All this and he's yet to reach his mid-30s? Then again, Rodney Dangerfield didn't really begin his career until he was 40...
Thu., April 2, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., April 3, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.; Sat., April 4, 7, 9 & 11:15 p.m.; Sun., April 5, 7:30 p.m., 2009
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