Chris Distefano, a doctor with a sense of humor, at Mohegan Sun

Mar 19, 2018 1911

BY: Phyllis A.S. Boros

Chris Distefano is widely known in the entertainment world as a funny guy with a great stand-up persona. So he’s not looking to change careers anytime soon. But he can always fall back on his “other” career — as a licensed physical therapist with a doctorate degree from New York Institute of Technology-Old Westbury. As he often says, “I got a bachelor’s degree in psychology to impress my mom’s friends, and a doctorate to impress my friends’ moms.”

The 33-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., comic/actor said during a recent telephone chat that he’s loves making people laugh, loves being on stage and had wanted to become a comic since childhood. Although he took the “smart” route through college, when it became apparent that he could actually make a solid living in stand-up and on television, he made the decision to swap stability for self-expression.

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SOURCE: https://www.ctpost.com/

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