CAPS OFF TO CAPARULO! THE WORLD TELEVISION PREMIERE OF "JOHN CAPARULO: MEET CAP" DEBUTS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20 AT 12:00 A.M.

NEW YORK, December 8, 2008 -- The next generation of Blue Collar comedy has arrived with the laugh-out-loud stand-up of John Caparulo. Get to know the man who never shies away from telling it like it is in the World Premiere of "Meet Cap" airs on COMEDY CENTRAL Saturday, December 20 at 12:00 a.m.

John Caparulo is a character, to say the least. He sets his alarm for P.M., he loves TV, he hates traveling and now he is spilling all of his thoughts and opinions in his hilarious new stand-up special. Tune in to the World Premiere of "Meet Cap" and get acquainted with Caparulo's "type B" personality riff on life and love, with his trademark sharp humor and slight tendency to cuss.

Caparulo has made three appearances on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," has had his own half-hour "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents" and is now a part of "Blue Collar Comedy: The Next Generation." Caparulo's first film, "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show," was released by New Line Cinema and is a comedy documentary that follows Vaughn and four stand-up comics as they tour around the country. Caparulo is the host of the CMT series "Mobile Home Disaster" and is a regular on E!'s hit show "Chelsea Lately."

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