Today, Richard Folea is a local comedian - at least he thinks he is.

Two years ago, Folea was in the U.S. Navy's nuclear engineering program when he had an accidental fall and hit his head. As a result, he has total amnesia, the loss of every memory before the accident.

Folea's first memory now is waking up on a gurney. As a guy who refuses to let this slow him down, he does standup comedy talking about his experiences since the accident.

In honor of Folea's achievement, a comedy roast will be held at 8 p.m. today at the Muse Arts Warehouse, 703D Louisville Road, to help him celebrate his "second" birthday.

Roastmaster Chris Davison put the event together. Local comics Phil Keeling, Shane Gray, Nicholaus Brown, Steven Clark, Josh Wood, Jayk Johnson, Chris Islame, Thomas Houston, James Fowler, Peter Griffin, MJ Houston and more will perform to offer Folea some good-natured public mockery.

- Linda Sickler