Comic DiPaolo comes back to his roots this weekend at Giggles

SAUGUS – Comedian, actor and New York radio personality Nick DiPaolo, a Danvers native who rose from the Boston stand-up comedy circuit to the national stage with regular appearances on Comedy Central, The Chris Rock Show and other credits including The Sopranos, comes back to his roots this weekend with shows Friday and Saturday nights at Giggles.?I haven?t been to Giggles in a while. I?ve been flying between New York and L.A., but in between I like to come back when I have the chance,” DiPaolo told the Item Wednesday. “It?s always good to come home. It?s a little easier with the audiences because we have the same sensibilities and we laugh at the same things.”DiPaolo, twice nominated for his comedy sketch writing for The Chris Rock Show, said his stand-up routine nowadays is focused “on things that rub me the wrong way, ya know, like the Obama Administration.”Commenting on the President?s State of the Union address this week, he said, “Boy, that sounded different, didn?t it? ?We?re 14 trillion dollars in debt but our State of the Union is strong.??What the (expletive)? That?s like going into a bank for a loan even though you?re $200,000 in debt and telling them, ?But the state of my union is strong.?”DiPaolo said the stand-up comedy landscape has changed quite a bit since he began in the late 1980s, but for the talented, perseverance remains the key to success.?I was in Boston for two years doing one-nighters all over New England. One night you?d be at a ski lodge in Burlington, Vermont and the next night at a clam shack on Cape Cod and that?s what it takes,” he said. The surge in cable television comedy shows beginning in the early 90s, he said, opened a lot of opportunities. “That was invaluable at the time because there was only so much work to go around.”DiPaolo said he was also fortunate to be among his class of Boston-area comics at the time.?My manager called me one day and told me ?You and Dennis Leary will be working together? at this place in New Hampshire. I?d never met Dennis before but when he picked me up I got in the car and we just started (expletive) about everything like we knew each other for 100 years,” he said.DiPaolo, who turns 49 on Monday, said he also looks forward returning home to visit with his parents, who still live in Danvers.Rising Boston star Sal Votano and veteran Boston funnyman Johnny Pizzi are appearing with DiPaolo for the weekend shows at Giggles, located inside Prince Pizza on Route 1 South.If You Go?Doors open at 7 p.m. Friday for the 8:30 p.m. show; and doors open at 6 p.m.Saturday for the 7:15 p.m. show and at 9:15 p.m. for the 9:30 p.m. show. Tickets are $27.50. Visit the Giggles Web site at www.princepizzeria.com/Giggles-Comedy.cfm or call 781-233-9950.