Venue: Murphy's Pub on Madison

Murphy's Irish Pub lives in Midtown on Madison Ave and traditionally, it's been the grimy punk and rock joint that locals flock to on any given day of the week, being the neighborhood spot. It also happens to be the only bar for a few blocks that serves hard alcohol!

So, why not do a comedy show there? Great idea. The room is now run by Randall Holcomb and Kate Lucas. Kate typically MCs the night, with her style of neurotic charm. "Victory!" she cries in her Dexter's Laboratory-type voice, after the night goes well.

Irish pub and comedy? How does that work? To tell you the truth, very carefully. On any given Tuesday night, you might find a few of the regulars showing up and a lot of comics in the audience. The regular rockers don't always turn up, but the regulars that do show, tend to be 40s-ish bar flies that do enjoy the comedy. They've been great and very supportive thus far.

Punk rockers and hard alcohol, why didn't we think of trying to do comedy here before?

Well, we did have comedy at Murphys in days past. The legend goes, Katrina Murrell was doing comedy during a band show, not even the comedy night, when she was very new and very drunk and very much on a chair. She was being heckled and began shouting (hilarious) obscenities at a particular female patron, who happened to be a girlfriend of a manager or an owner. Managers don't really like when people talk smack to their girlfriends, so that night was canned.

Now it's back, every Tuesday at 10:30pm, with a new crew of comics and some comics returning with more experience under their belts. On any given week, you can typically see Memphis comedians like Will Stephenson, Randall Holcomb, Josh McLane, Jane Haze, Brandon Sams, Michael Kline, Stephen Kline, Caryn Loveless and if you cross your fingers and wish hard enough, you might be graced with a performance by the nefarious Mo Alexander.

If you come out, come prepared to see a slightly different show, with games and different ideas, because it's a total workout room for comics. And remember, there is a full bar.



Murphy's Irish Pub
1589 MADISON AVE.
MEMPHIS, TN 38104
901-726-4193

Show starts at 10:30pm
Hosted by Kate Lucas
FREE!