CAROLE MONTGOMERY Our National Mom
“LET ME SOLVE THE BUDGET CRISIS, I HAVE COUPONS!" Carole Montgomery has had a long and varied career. In addition to her over two dozen television appearances including her recent Showtime special "Funny Women Of A Certain Age" Carole has headlined clubs & colleges across the USA and starred in 2 different Las Vegas production shows. In her ten years as a Las Vegas star, it is estimated that she has been seen by over 5 million audience members. The Las Vegas Sun calls Carole "one of Vegas’ premier comics." The San Antonio Express says Carole is "one of the pioneering female comics of the modern era." The Seattle Times calls Carole "one of the strongest women working today."

Linda Belt has performed throughout the US and Canada and has been featured in a number of comedy festivals, including the Hogtown Comedy Festival (Toronto) the Detroit Comedy Festival, the Long Island Comedy Festival, The Women in Comedy Festival (Boston), Laugh Your Asheville Off, Asheville, NC and the Boston Comedy Festival. As a full-time working comic, she can be found at various local & national venues, fundraisers, private and corporate events. Linda was profiled in the Hartford Courant, The Chicago Tribune and The New Jersey Star Ledger. She has appeared on affiliates of NBC and ABC as well as PBS.

Nicole Korkolis is a stand-up comedian and television writer living in New York City. A comedian for more than 20 years, she has performed several hit shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Scotsman's Kate Copstick called her show, "hard-hitting, fun, well-observed, edgy, clever material from a smart, sassy, memorable comic. She has some outstanding lines and she delivers like the Pony Express…I hope she comes back next year." Copstick continued to say she wished there were more British comedians with that kind of firepower!

Nicole was handpicked by Graham Norton to be a staff writer for his U.S. show, The Graham Norton Effect on Comedy Central. Norton says of Nicole, "she has the face of an angel, and the mind of a very wrong person. She's so funny, I forgot about my erectile dysfunction."

She has also appeared on the television show, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch on CNBC, National Lampoon Television and has hosted The Club on Sirius Satellite Radio. Nicole is a regular at New York City clubs such as West Side Comedy Club, Dangerfield's, Broadway Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club and others across the United States, and has performed throughout the world, including Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. She's also appeared on countless talk radio shows and was featured in the comedy documentary Edinburgh or Bust.