Art
Laughter Is The Best Medicine Nick Callas Uses Comedy To Bring Light To People During Dark Times by
Megan Montemarano
L
ife is better when you’re laughing. Having the ability to be the source of such bounding joy that can’t be contained is a true gift. Bergen County native Nick Callas discovered this gift early on in his adolescence after becoming enamored with animated and live action comedies. “I loved silliness — Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy and eventually whatever standup comedy was on Comedy Central when I got home from school,” comments Callas. “I was fixated on it. There was just something so inviting and enthralling to me about one person, with only a microphone, their thoughts and feelings and a story — a story that could be whatever you wanted it to be, with the express purpose of surprising and exciting you.”
42
