Later in his career he gained another wave of popularity in his elder years with appearances on The Howard Stern Show, Imus in the Morning, and Opie and Anthony.

[2] Pat Cooper was born Pasquale Vito Caputo on July 31, 1929, in Coney Island, Brooklyn and grew up in the nearby neighborhoods of Midwood and Red Hook.

[2] His father Michele Caputo was a bricklayer[1] from Mola di Bari, Italy and his mother, Louise Gargiulo, was born in Brooklyn.

[3] He was drafted into the Army in 1952 and was stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina but was soon discharged because of hammer toes caused by his mother making him wear shoes that were too small when he was a child.

[2] Afterward, he played top nightclubs such as the Copacabana and Sands Hotel and Casino, opening for major entertainers such as Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett, Jerry Lewis, Sammy Davis Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, and Liza Minnelli.

In May 1969, Cooper and singer Jimmy Roselli premiered in their two-man show at Broadway's Palace theater in New York City.