This Week In Nashville: The Marijuana Logues, Wild Funny Wednesdays

zanies_marijuana-loguesFire it up, errbody.. The Marijuana Logues are here this week featuring Tony Camin, Rob Cantrell and Dan Gabriel. If you’ve never seen the show, just imagine The Vagina Monologues MINUS all the vaginas PLUS a lot of talk about weed. There’s a video clip after the show listings. Plus, don’t forget, the first “Wild Funny Wednesdays show is this week at The Corner Bar on Elliston Place.. it should be pretty fun.

Tuesday, September 29
8am Get Up, Stand Up (91.1 WRVU-FM)
8:30pm OPEN MIC Contest (Spanky’s Sportsbar & Grill)

wild_funny_wednesdaysWednesday, September 30
7:30pm Hypnotist Rich Guzzi (Zanies)
8:00pm Wild Funny Wednesdays (The Corner Bar)

Thursday, October 1
7:30pm The Marijuana Logues – Tony Camin, Rob Cantrell, Dan Gabriel (Zanies)

Friday, October 2
7:30pm, 9:45pm The Marijuana Logues – Tony Camin, Rob Cantrell, Dan Gabriel (Zanies)

Saturday, October 3
7pm, 9pm, 11:15pm The Marijuana Logues – Tony Camin, Rob Cantrell, Dan Gabriel (Zanies)

Sunday, October 4
7:30pm The Marijuana Logues – Tony Camin, Rob Cantrell, Dan Gabriel (Zanies)
8pm Laugh At Joe’s OPEN MIC (Joe’s Place)

TONIGHT! D.L. Hughley, ‘Ultimate Comedy’, ‘The I Have No Friends Comedy Contest’

Tonight there are several fantastic choices for hilarious comedy in Nashville:

20090925_ultimatecomedyULTIMATE COMEDY!

Featuring Stand-up, Sketches, and a LIVE LIVE performance by Heavy Metal Comedy Duo: THE DEAD DEAD! TICKETS ARE ONLY 5 BUCKS!
(link to the facebook event)

20090925_NOfriendsThe I Have No Friends Comedy Contest

Open mic stand-up comedy contest. $50 to the winner (as decided by the audience). Be there at 8:30 to sign up, show starts at 9. Everybody gets 5 minutes. Hosted by America’s Favorite Comedian Of All Time, Chad Riden.
(link to the facebook event)

dl_hughleyZanies presents.. D. L. Hughley

One of the most popular and highly recognized standup comedians on the road today has also made quite an impression in the feature film and television arena, but it was ‘The Original Kings Of Comedy’ that launched D.L. into superstardom. D.L. recently premiered a one-hour comedy special for HBO entitled “Unapologetic.”
(link to the event on Zanies site)

Here is a clip of D.L. from “Def Comedy Jam” –

Wild Funny Wednesdays @ the Corner Bar

wild_funny_wednesdaysStand-up comedy show every Wednesday hosted by Renard Hirsch.

Come laugh and unwind with us every Wednesday at the Corner Bar at Elliston Place by Vanderbilt right across from the Krispy Kreme.

8pm. Free to the public.

Renard says, “This will be a mainstream room. We will have Black, White, Green, Purple, and Brown comics. This will be for everybody!”

The Corner Bar
2200 Elliston Place
Nashville, TN 37203
615-320-4979
http://www.thecornerbarnashville.com

This Week In Nashville: Mike Birbiglia, Tom Rhodes, Sugar Sammy

This week doesn’t look too bad for stand-up comedy in Nashville. We’re lucky enough to have several heavy hitters in town and one of these great shows is even a breast cancer benefit.. so there’s no guilt in going out and having a good time:

Tuesday, September 15
8am Get Up, Stand Up (91.1 WRVU-FM)
8:30pm OPEN MIC Contest (Spanky’s Sportsbar & Grill)

Wednesday, September 16
7:30pm Jeff Allen / “Best Of Nashville” (Zanies)

Thursday, September 17
7:30pm Mike Birbiglia: I’m In The Future Also (TPAC: James K Polk Theater)
7:30pm Sugar Sammy (Zanies)

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Exclusives – Mike Birbiglia Interview
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Joke of the Day Stand-Up Comedy Free Online Games

Friday, September 18
7:30pm Tickled Pink – Comedy For The Cure – Tom Rhodes, Beth Donahue, Brian Bates, Shawn Tidwell, Matt Holt (Belcourt Theater)
7:30pm, 9:45pm Sugar Sammy (Zanies)

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Saturday, September 19
7pm, 9pm, 11:15pm Sugar Sammy (Zanies)

Sunday, September 20
7:30pm Sugar Sammy (Zanies)
8pm Laugh At Joe’s OPEN MIC (Joe’s Place)

Spanky’s open mic every Tuesday night

2009spankys2The Nashville’s Funniest Person open mike stand-up contest – at Spanky’s every Tuesday night. The work-shop atmosphere features local regulars, nationally touring acts trying out new material, and the occasional lunatic wacko.

Comics should be there by 8 to guarantee a spot. The signup sheet is closed as soon as the show starts (usually about 8:30).

Weekly winners receive a cash prize AND a can of delicious Fresca plus move onto the monthly showcase.

Spanky’s Sportsbar & Grill
330 Welch Road
Nashville, Tennessee 37211
615-837-3450

(behind the Wal-Mart at the intersection of Harding Place and Nolensville)

NO persons under 21 admitted.