In other NashvilleStandUp alumni doing really well at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival news, Jesse Case was written up by Punchline Magazine as well:

“Jan Davidson, and Jesse Case increased their following with their short time in Portland as people continued to talk about their performances long after their shows were over.”

Jesse, are your ears burning? Then you should get that looked at..

Read the rest of the Punchline Magazine wrap-up at: LA comedy represents in Portland; a SoCal perspective on the Bridgetown Comedy Festival

PunchlineMagazine’s Meagan Kate is in Portland reviewing the Bridgetown Comedy Festival. Here’s what she had to say about our pal, Billy Wayne Davis:

“I also got to see Billy Wayne Davis (finally), whose Southern charm made the audience warm to him immediately, and his material was on point. Also: he is adorable.”

You can read the rest of the write-up here, but that’s the only part that talks about how great NashvilleStandUp alum’s are.

UPDATE:
OregonLive.com wrote a short wrap-up of the festival and closed it with a quote from our pal:

Billy Wayne Davis got a laugh about the “Keep Portland Weird” slogan and its obviousness. “It’s like San Francisco going, ‘let’s keep the Bay here!’”

The 2nd Annual Longest Running New Famous #1 International Open Mic Comedy Festival

April 1-7, 2011
Nashville, TN
(facebook event)

The Most Successful Open Mic Comedy Festival In The History of Man™©® is back!

Join us for a week of fantastic open mic comedy, in convenient & economically lucrative Festival form!

This amazing, super-duper mega-event kicks off THIS WEEKEND!

Friday, April 1, 2011 – 8:30pm
Corporate Juggernaut Presents “Friends & Friends” (NOT an open mic.. but it IS awesome. Check it out.)
Randolph’s
(inside Nashville Dinner Theatre)
209 Printers Alley
Nashville, TN 37219
(facebook event)

Monday, April 4, 2011 – 7pm
Corporate Juggernaut
featuring Tim Northern, John Thornton Jr., Doug Morinec & Gary Fletcher (NOT an open mic.. but it IS awesome. Check it out.)
The Basement
(behind Grimey’s on 8th Avenue South)
1604 8th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 254-8006
(facebook event)

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 – 6pm
Hope Lodge Night of Laughs
American Cancer Center
Hope House
2008 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 342-0840
http://www.cancer.org/

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 – 8pm
Spanky’s OPEN MIC
Spanky’s Sportsbar & Grill
330 Welch Road
Nashville, Tennessee 37211
(behind the WalMart @ Nolensville and Harding Place)
(615) 837-3450
(facebook event)

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 – 8pm
Jazz and Jokes Lounge OPEN MIC
174 3rd Ave. North
Nashville,TN 37201
(615) 242-5653
http://www.jazzandjokes.com/

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 – 9:30pm
Dive Laughing OPEN MIC
Springwater
115 27th Ave N.
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 320-0345
(facebook event)

Thursday, April 7, 2011 – 9:30pm
The Rusty Nail OPEN MIC
4054 Andrew Jackson Way
Hermitage, TN 37076-2220
(615) 889-2613
(facebook event)

“Be there! ..or SUCK IT!”

Now in it’s second year, the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival has announced the comedians  who have been selected as participants, including several names familiar to Nashville comedy fans.

The brainchild of Atlanta’s Marshall Chiles and ComedySoapBox.com‘s Steve Hofstetter, the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival features a 25-city, two-day first round, followed by a five-day event in Atlanta. Comedy industry from all over the US and Canada will participate to help find, expose, and give work to some of today’s top emerging comedians.

Traveling to the Stardome comedy club in Birmingham (November 16th – 7:30 PM) will be: Chris Killian, Donna Carter, Brian E. Kiley and Chad Riden.

Among those competing at Sidesplitters in Tampa (November 17th – 8:00 PM) will be former Nashvillian Kendra Corrie.

The comics making the trip to the Comedy Catch in Chattanooga (November 17th – 8:00 PM) include Nashville’s Paul Curtis.

Congratulations and good luck to everybody!

The animated comedy “Max the Hero” stars and was written by Mystery Science Theater 3000‘s and RiffTrax.com’s Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett. It was produced, directed and co-written by Nashville’s Mike Salva.

In the show, Max (voiced by Bill Corbett), is an accidental superhero who is kind of a lazy jerk. He never actually saves anybody. His jealous roommate, Stew (voiced by Michael J. Nelson), becomes his arch-rival. And they both injure their buddy Chip (voiced by Kevin Murphy) a lot.

We’ve seen it! It’s hilarious and well worth your time

Here’s a trailer, narrated by Nashville-based stand-up comedian / sketch performer / writer / heavy metal parody band The Dead Dead front man, Sean Parrott:

Max the Hero‘s 13 minute pilot episode will be screened at the upcoming New York Television Pilot Festival, where it is competing for $25,000 and a a development deal in the Independent Pilot Competition.

2009 Comic-Con International Film Festival (CCIFF) judge / KBPS Film Critic Beth Accomando called Max the Hero, “one of the handful of really outstanding films I saw that year.”

The firm has two screenings:

Wednesday, Sept. 22nd at 9:45 pm (tickets)
Thursday, Sept. 23rd at 7:30 pm (tickets)

Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick Street
NY, NY

The award-winning short has previously been recognized by the Dragon*Con Film Festival as “Best Animated Comedy – 2008,” and as “Best Animation – 2008″ by Rutgers Media Center’s Film and DV Festival. More about “Max The Hero” writer, director, producer Mike Salva can be found at ProjectMeatball.com, and on FaceBook.