Bobby Slayton, friends gather for some laughs

You know these guys, even if you have to think about just how.

If you don't follow comedy podcasts or syndicated/satellite radio, then maybe veteran Boston stand-up Lenny Clarke is better known as Uncle Teddy from "Rescue Me."

And headbangers know Jim Florentine from "That Metal Show" on VH1 Classic. Or maybe you saw his amazing turn as a hack comic on the season finale of "Louie," which involved a philosophical discussion of the stand-up life and fart jokes before a tragic accident.

This level of "Oh yeah, that guy" is no accident. It involved careful deliberation for a third veteran stand-up, Bobby Slayton, as he lined up his second run of "Bobby Slayton and Friends" at the South Point.

"We wanted to keep this going," he says, but the "Friends" had to land in the right place, between "people who either wouldn't sell tickets or were busy headlining on their own."

This way, "you get three headliners," instead of visiting a comedy club three times or paying more to see one big name. "You get three guys doing 30 minutes and you get a taste of different styles."

"The only thing that sucks is I'm going to really have to be at my best to be able to follow them," says Slayton, whose mastery of crowd work and insult humor made him known as "The Pitbull of Comedy."

"But I'd rather do that than have two guys who really suck and have to carry the show."

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