Upcoming shows!

Just announced! A few shows coming up by some fantastic comedians. We're not saying that to be nice, every comic that is coming through will knock your socks off. Check each of their websites out or find more info about any of these guys.


Skitz at Neil's on Madison and McLean (Midtown)

October 9th - Spanky Brown
November 6th - Kerry White
November 26th or 27th (to be decided) - Mo Alexander

Minglewood Hall
January 22nd - Carl LaBove

Shows: Kyle Kinane and Mostly Comedy!

Fun show coming up for all to see! Kyle Kinane (Live at Gotham, Last Call with Carson Daly, Variety's Top 10 Comics to Watch 2010, Debut album "Death of the Party" out on aspecialthing records) will be performing on August 3rd with Mostly Comedy!

It's a very special show arranged around Kyle's schedule. Very funny dude, check him out on youtube.



Also on the show, you're gracious and hilarious hosts Andy Fleming (funniest person in Memphis 2009) and Katrina Murrell (self identified token female) with Richard Douglas Jones (Funniest Person in Memphis 2010) and the internet's Jane Haze (Comcast OnDemand, Club Deluxe "Yo Momma" Contest 1st runner up). Special appearance by Sting Mattress!

This is solid show not to be missed to show you what's up in Memphis Stand up comedy and some awesome alt comedy not typically found in memphis.


Full Moon Club
August 3
8:30
$5
www.mostlycomedy.com

Comedians - Sinbad - Minglewood Hall July 15

You know the name, you know the face, you know the funny.

Sinbad. That's right Sinbad is coming to Memphis on July 15 and will be appearing at Minglewood Hall. Doors will open at 7 and show starts at 8pm. Tickets are general admission and will be $35 a piece.

Sinbad has been known for his likability and his family friendly nature, now the kids are grown and he's ragging on his teenagers. Previously, there was a no cursing show that could be counted on, but these days, words like "bitch" have slipped into the act. He's still easily PG 13, but don't be surprise to hear words that weren't on his Afros and Bell Bottom special:




For tickets and more info:

Sinbad

Funniest Person in Memphis 2010

It's that time of year again, to bust out the funny for The Funniest Person in Memphis contest brought to you by Big Funny Productions.

There will be 3 qualifying rounds, each will cost $5 for audience to watch.


Round 1 - April 20
Round 2 - May 4
Round 3 - May 18

So if you think you're funny enough to go all the way, brings some folks, tell a friend and come down to see if you can succeed.

The finals will be June 1st. Tickets to that are $10.

All shows will start at 9:00pm. To sign up, show up the day of the qualifying round before 8:30 pm.

The Funniest Person in Memphis Competition will be held at Skitz Comedy Club, which is in the back room at Neil's Bar and Grill (Madison and McLean - in Midtown).

For the official site, you can go here! and for a general run down of last years finals, check out the Memphis Comedy Blog's Funniest Person Wrap Up.

Comedy Shows - Craig Ferguson

When it comes to comedy shows, I doubt the first place you think of is to go to Tunica, but you'd be surprised at the fantastic acts that show up just south of Memphis. Like I was recently surprised to find that one of the best comics I've ever seen live was coming to Millenium Theater in Tunica on March 13, 2010 - that comic, Craig Ferguson.

Craig Ferguson is probably most known for having the Late, Late Show on CBS, but Ferguson's amazing capacity as an entertainer doesn't stop at lip syncing puppets and making silly faces. Craig first got wide spread American noteriety by playing Mr. Wick on "The Drew Carey" show, where Ferguson will even tell you was the worst English accent ever.

Fergy is has written a few screenplays (Saving Grace is excellent!). He has written book named "Between the Bridge and the River" a dark comedy of falling from Grace, dealing with existentialist and philosophical themes. The Late, Late Show theme song was also another one of Craig's brainchildren.

All the other brilliance aside, Craig's stand up act is silly, story oriented, yet not an insult to your intelligence. In past shows, he's told the stories of his first marriage, how and why he wanted to become an American citizen, and of course his huge member - he can't get away with the dick jokes on tv as well as he can out at shows.

Please go out and support the man and if not for him, the crazy lonely cougar fans that show up with picture scrapbooks, cheeky monkeys, and 3 ft Craig Ferguson heads on snow shovels -- I worked security in SF for him two different weekends... I wish I was joking about any of that.

Find him on twitter.com/craigyferg or Official Late, Late Show Site

Shows: Doug Stanhope

Drinking, drugs, fighting and fucking.

Sounds like any good Friday night, but when you throw in comedy, you render a five part recipe for one of America's most notorious and revered comics - Doug Stanhope.

Stanhope's in your face style and social commentary is unmistakable. His cult following is almost as zealous as the most brainwashed Southern Baptist. But really, what else can you say about Doug Stanhope, he just is. He's a state of mind.

His material ranges from true-life graphic perversion to volatile social criticism. Doug is vulgar, opinionated, brutally honest and shockingly uninhibited and is certainly not for everybody. You might want to stay home if you are pregnant, nursing, or prone to heart conditions. Ask your doctor first, before trying Doug Stanhope.

Doug has built a wide-ranging television resume of dubious achievement. He hosted The Man Show on Comedy Central as well as the ubiquitous pseudo-porn for the sexually crippled, "Girls Gone Wild", both solely and shamelessly for financial gain. He has appeared on "The Howard Stern Show", "Comedy Central Presents", "Premium Blend", NBC's "Late Friday", "Spy TV" BBC's "Floor Show Live" while on ecstasy and wrote, produced and starred in Fox's "Invasion of the Hidden Cameras" and has even popped up on "Fox News with Greta Van Sustern" and "The Jerry Springer Show". But none of it compares to seeing him live.

Luckily for Memphis, with a reputation and history as he has, Stanhope is yet again gracing the stage of Hi-Tone for the night of August 7th. Come out to see one of the finest living mythical stand up comics of our generation before he drinks himself to oblivion.

Tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets.com or at the Hi Tone Cafe Website.

Doug Stanhope
The Hi Tone
9:00 pm
1913 Poplar Ave
Memphis, TN 38104
$19 (or $19 + $2 service fee)

Shows: Joby Saad, TR Degraw

For those of you who follow the Memphis Comedy Blog and find that the comics are too divisive or offensive or not kid friendly, we finally have an act for you. Coming Wednesday, July 15 to Christ United Methodist Church, Seabrook Hall is Joby Saad.

Joby Saad is one of the stars of Thou Shalt Laugh, the #1 selling Christian comedy DVD of all time.

With his 100% clean comedy routine, Joby has appeared on Comedy Central, CMT, ABC and A&E. In addition, he has starred in his own episode of the hit TV show Bananas.

His unique comedy includes wacky facial expressions, physicality and plenty of jokes.

Free event – Bring your family and friends! This starts at 7:00pm, so you can get home at a decent hour. Joby Saab's Website villageidiot.tv for more info on this great, clean act.


7:00pm
Christ United Methodist Church, Seabrook Hall
4488 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN
FREE!


For those a little more into the world of the deranged and dark, there will be comedy at Skitz Comedy Club @ Neils on Madison this Saturday. The savant stylings of TR Degraw will on display. He's there for the funny and the dark, the whimsical and the inebriated, with a delightful splash of physical humor thrown in. TR has had many lives, only one has been comedy, but in that life, he's been under the wings of Mitzi Shore at the The Comedy Store in LA. Hanging with Jimmy Shubert and the rest of the crew. Eddie Griffin was quoted as saying "[TR Degraw] is like the John Lennon of comedy." ... we think that's a compliment.

Tickets and information for this show can be found here at BigFunnyProductions.com.

July 18
Skitz Comedy Club
@ Neil's on Madison
8:30pm
$10