April 2013 – NashvilleStandUp.com

April 20, 2013May 17, 2013

N’Sup Showcase at Zanies – May 9, 2013

The NashvilleStandUp.com Showcase @ Zanies is a showcase of the funniest professional comedians based in the Nashville area, plus guest sets from traveling comics, and a few up-and-coming young comics from the local Nashville scene. The show is produced by NashvilleStandUp.com’s Chad Riden.

The 5/9/2013 lineup includes:
Chad Riden
Ron Ron Moseley
Brad Hinderliter
Rob Haynes
Ron Placone
Denver Little
Mary Jay Berger
Drew Shannon
Heather LeRoy
Mark Anundson
..and MORE!

Several “bucket” spots will be available to any comics in the audience who want to throw their names in the hat.. and those comedians will be in the running for a booked spot in the future.

(Facebook event)

The NashvilleStandUp.com Showcase
Thurs., May 9, 2013
doors open: 6:30pm
showtime: 7:30pm

Zanies Comedy Showplace
2025 8th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37204
615-269-0221

tickets:
$10, $5 with student ID (use coupon code “STUDENT”). available at the door, online, or at the Zanies box office at: 615-269-0221

More info about the N’Sup Showcase @ Zanies is available at: http://NashvilleStandUp.com/showcase/

April 19, 2013April 19, 2013

TN State Senator / National Laughing Stock Stacey Campfield To Debate Comedian J. LaLonde 4/20

Knoxville, TN – Tennessee State Senator Stacey Campfield has agreed to debate Comedian/Radio Host J. LaLonde. The debate takes place at The Square Room in downtown Knoxville, TN on April 20th, 2013. The doors open at 2:30, the debate begins at 3:00 pm. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett will moderate the debate. The event is free to the public.

You probably remember hearing about Stacey Campfield and his “Don’t Say Gay” legislation (or perhaps some of his more recent misguided nonsense) from the numerous times The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report have made him (and all of Tennessee by association) a laughing stock. Senator Campfield has previously been a guest on LaLonde’s radio show that aired on 94.3 The X (WNFZ-FM) in East TN. They plan to debate past and current bills proposed by the Senator. The two have been openly negotiating many of the terms via social networks and LaLonde’s blog WORD THUG.

Senator Campfield has held elected office since 2004 when he was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives. J. LaLonde
released his debut comedy DVD “J. LaLonde Live from The Historic Tennessee Theatre” in 2011.

Here’s a video LaLonde made for kickstarter (note: the event date is incorrect in the video – the correct date is April 20, 2013):

(Facebook Event)

More info:
http://jlalondecomedy.com/
https://twitter.com/jlalondecomedy
https://www.facebook.com/jlalondecomedy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacey_Campfield

April 15, 2013

Joe Derosa 4/15 at The High Watt

CORPORATE JUGGERNAUT PRESENTS: JOE DEROSA
-Mon Apr 15, 2013 at 8:30pm
-The High Watt (1 Cannery Row)
-$10

http://mercylounge.com/calendar/venue/highwatt/2013/04/15/joe-derosa/

We’re thrilled to bring Joe DeRosa to town from NYC. He’s an Opie and Anthony regular, and has appeared on both “Louie” and “Bored to Death.” He’s also had his own Comedy Central special, and just recorded his second live album.

DeRosa’s jokes are those of an everyman struggling under an ever-present raincloud. He just wants to be happy; he just wants “to sell for a higher price at the people store.”

The opening comics: Jane Borden, Gary Fletcher, Heather LeRoy, and host Sean Parrott.

April 11, 2013April 11, 2013

KEG-STAND(up) COMEDY SHOW @ That’s Cool

KEG-STAND(up) COMEDY SHOW at That's Cool

NOTE: TONIGHT’s show has been cancelled. We’re pulling the plug on this one. It was a fun run! Check NashvilleStandUp.com for other shows in the future.

KEG-STAND(up) COMEDY SHOW @ That’s Cool

open mic singer-songwriter stuff happens earlier,
stand-up comedy show at 9

$5 = cover

Co-hosts Mary Jay Berger & Paulina Combow bring you rotating lineups of various hilarious comedians on (most) Thursday nights..
AND several bucket spots available for any comics in the audience.

That’s Cool
2309 Franklin Pike
Nashville, TN 37204
(just down the road from Zanies)

(Facebook event)

April 10, 2013

Sean Maloney’s “Looking for Comedy in Nashville” piece on SplitSider

SplitSider article about Nashville comedy

Sean Maloney poked around Nashville comedy a little bit a while back and wrote a thing he calls his “epic, unflinching portrait of Nashville comedy” for SplitSider.

While I appreciate him for writing this and for including me, even one mention of random idiots like this Lynn person is probably too many in a piece that doesn’t mention Keith Alberstadt or Tim Northern. It’s like Last Comic Standing putting the guy in the chicken suit on screen and letting him speak while touring comics were only visible for a second as the camera panned across the room. Thanks to Mr. Maloney for plugging NashvilleStandUp.com though.

This line sums the piece up pretty well: “Nashville comics are great, but socially inept for the most part. They’re lovely people but – ” says [Kendra] Corrie. “They just can’t get it together to be supportive in the way that I think that they would if they just weren’t afraid of human touch.”

Read the entire thing here: Looking for Comedy in Nashville

Friend Sean Maloney on the Facebooks:
https://www.facebook.com/s.l.maloney