[1][2][3] Pace began his career in a Long Island comedy club called "The White House Inn", working alongside Eddie Murphy, Rob Bartlett, Jackie Martling, Bob Nelson, Bob Woods, Richie Minnervini, Rosie O'Donnell, Jim Myers and Don McHenry.
After a few years he went to New York City where Rick Newman saw him and passed him as a regular at Catch a Rising Star.
Pace performed on the April 14, 1984, episode of Saturday Night Live which featured George McGovern as the host.
[4] Producer Cynthia Friedman had Pace write and host his own television show for Night Flight which appeared on the USA Network called "Rick Shaw's Takeout Theater".
[3][6][7] In 2016, Pace did a comedy sketch parody of a Kiss rocker for Topical Waffle on The Tonight Show's YouTube channel.