Karaoke is Japanese for either "Empty Orchestra" or "Go home, you're drunk!". "Karaoke Big Ass Ham" means low-tech, hi-energy bar entertainment! We have a growing list of karaoke songs and pre-scripted standup comedy. Try the veal!

We have a low-tech/no-tech approach to our evening... two mics, printed lyrics & comedy scripts, an MP3 laptop, ice cold beer and fabulous prizes. You can sing and win a canned ham or a t-shirt! Your host, Bill Carney and a cast of regulars, guide you through this lo-fi safari. Tony Limuaco works the MP3 laptop while Abe Maneri and Charlie Young serve up the lyrics. (No cover)

Q: "Can't I do this at home in front of my mirror singing into my lint brush?"
A: Yes you can, but why feel like a loser? This is a no-pressure evening, so put on some pants and bring friends.

Q: "What in the Sam Hill is Komadi Karaoke?"
A: It's pure comic magic. We have pre-scripted standup comdey from funny people such as Woody Allen, Redd Foxx, Bill Cosby... AND an MP3 laugh track. Laugh immitates art on karaoke night at Freddy's.

Q: "Those Karaoke Big Ass Ham T-shirts are FABULOUS!
Can I buy one?"
A: HA! No you have to show up and sing, consider it a trophy. Our limited edition iron-on T-shirts are hand-crafted by a guy from Guam.

Q: "Is it true that only women win the T-shirts?"
A: No, no they also win canned hams.

Q: What is Karaoke Don't Destroy?
A: It is an fundraising and awareness event affiliated with Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn. With guest host Scott Turner as MC, learn more about what you can do to stop the eminent domain abuse that hangs over Brooklyn and NYC like ill-fitting sweater.

Q: "Donde esta Freddy's?"
A: Freddy's is located "a la boca" of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn (NOT Downtown!) at 485 Dean Street. Just a stone's throw from the 78th Precinct, Freddy's is on the corner of Dean Street and Sixth Avenue.

Check out Don TV, it's the perfect karaoke video companion. The Village Voice says:

"Among the clunky mountains of half-ass video pastiche, Donald O'Finn's feverishly edited encyclopedically strange video collages are lively rivers. With or without a buzz, his jump-cut barrages of "reality TV" moments, loopy segments of odd porn and burlesque, left-field ve'rite', and all kinds of other crazy bric-a-brac footage ia a liquid experience. ...his editing is so hyper-intuitive that the culture shocks and time warps gel into a state of half vertigo and half trance. Catch his videos at Freddy's."

But is it art? You'll have to see for youself. Don TV plays every night at Freddy's.