The NashvilleStandUp.com Showcase @ Zanies Comedy Showplace – a showcase of the funniest comedians based in the Nashville area, plus guest sets from traveling comics, and Chad Riden’s IRON COMIC comedy competition with jokes written on the spot based on audience suggestions.

Follow and reply to @IronComic to play along at home.

The June 14th show lineup includes: Nashville’s James Austin Johnson, Riley Fox, Monty Mitchell, Scott D. Hill and Gary Fletcher; plus Pittsburgh’s Ron Placone. New York City’s M. Dickson will headline the event.

Here’s a funny video clip of M. Dickson:

The NashvilleStandUp.com Showcase featuring Iron Comic
Tues., June 14, 2011
doors open: 6:30pm
showtime: 7:30 pm

Zanies Comedy Showplace
2025 8th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37204

tickets:
$5. available at the door, online, or at the Zanies box office at: 615-269-0221

Facebook event:
Tues., June 14, 2011 – 7:30 pm

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

The Crackers of Comedy will be landing in Nashville this Sunday at The Corner Bar on Elliston Place. The Crackers include Knoxville comedian Matt Ward and Atlanta comic Joe Pettis.  The show Sunday will include Nashville comedians Gary Fletcher, Monty Mitchell and Scott Neese.  Sunday’s show is an early one for those that have to work early the next day with doors opening at 7pm and show starting promptly at 8pm.

Here’s a video the Crackers recently posted from their stop in Asheville, NC:

The Crackers of Comedy Tour has already visited; Wilmington, NC, Chapel Hill, NC, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Charlottesville, VA, Lexington, KY, Asheville and Boone, NC and is hitting up Johnson City before coming to Nashville on Sunday.  After Nashville The Crackers head to Athens, Georgia on Monday then finish up the tour on Fat Tuesday in Greenville, South Carolina at The Gathering Spot.

The Crackers of Comedy Tour
Sunday March 6th
The Corner Bar
2200 Elliston Place
Nashville, TN 37203
8pm Showtime
Tix $5 in advance $7 at the door
Facebook Invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119339894805146
Ticketing Page: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1217113419
www.CrackersOfComedy.com

The NashvilleStandUp.com Showcase @ Zanies Comedy Showplace – a showcase of the funniest comedians based in the Nashville area, plus guest sets from traveling comics, and Chad Riden’s IRON COMIC comedy competition with jokes written on the spot based on audience suggestions. Follow and reply to @IronComic to play along at home.

The February 8th show lineup includes: Nashville’s Mark Anundson, Lee Quick, Rob Haynes, Gary Fletcher and Monty Mitchell. Nashville’s Brian Bates will be headlining the event.

Here’s a clip of Brian Bates:

The NashvilleStandUp.com Showcase featuring Iron Comic
Tues., Feb. 8, 2011
doors open: 6:30pm
showtime: 7:30 pm

Zanies Comedy Showplace
2025 8th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37204

tickets:
$5. available at the door, online, or at the Zanies box office at: 615-269-0221

Facebook event:
Tues., Feb. 8, 2011 – 7:30 pm

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

Monty Mitchell recently won the Funniest Person Contest at Harvey’s South Street Comedy Club in Jackson, TN. The Jackson Sun interviewed Monty about his comedy career and we’ve totally violated copyright laws by cutting and pasting the entire thing right here:

From left: Mark Anundson, Monty Mitchell and Kevin Green are seen at Harvey's South Street Comedy Club. Mitchell won the club's Funniest Person Contest.

Monty Mitchell knew from the first time he made other children chuckle at the lunch table, he was addicted to hearing laughter.

The now 36-year-old’s comedic stylings won him the Funniest Person Contest at Harvey’s South Street Comedy Club, 559 Wiley Parker Road in Jackson.

Mitchell won the honor over 100 amateur and semi-professional comedians during a six-week period. Besides the title, Mitchell also won cash, a promotional package and stage-time on the New Year’s Eve show, as well as two more appearances in 2010.

The lifelong Cookeville resident travels weekly to Nashville and hits other spots to continue to build his stage presence.

“I got a paddling in schools so many times for acting out,” Mitchell said last week about his childhood. “I’d do anything I could to make people laugh. I just now was able to find a way to get on stage and figure out how all that works.”

On Jan. 28 and 29, Mitchell will host shows headlined by Cledus T. Judd at Harvey’s South Street Comedy Club.

Mitchell spoke with The Jackson Sun about his side job.

Question: You’re an insurance salesman and do comedy on the side. Do you find the two contradict each other, or does it provide you with some of your humor?

Answer: I kind of take on a different personality on stage, or maybe I’m a different person at work. Maybe it’s truly me on stage; I don’t know. I don’t mingle the two at all. Most people don’t know that I do this.

Q: How would you describe your comedic style?

A: I’m not sure. I’ve been told that it’s kind of conversational-type comedy. Mostly it’s true stories that happened to me. I’m not a one-liner kind of guy, so they’re kind of long stories, but they’re about 50 percent true. You start out with the truth and make it absurd at the end.

Q: How do you push yourself and challenge yourself creatively?

A: I write five new minutes every week, and it seems most of the five minutes, nine out of 10 times ends up being junk; I take it to the open mic and test it out, and it ends up going in the back of the comedy folder. But it keeps the creative juices flowing. I find that works best for me.

You can’t substitute stage time. There’s nothing else. You’ve got to get on stage, and there you develop what you call your voice. It really does develop slowly, and you find yourself.

Q: What comedians have or do inspire you the most?

A: Growing up, Eddie Murphy was my favorite. I listened to “Delirious” until I broke the cassette tape.

Now I like Louis C.K., Jim McDonald. These guys are continually writing, always updating their stuff. They’re really involved in it 100 percent, they’re always looking for new ways … I find that amazing.

On the Net:

southstreetcomedy.com

- Stanley Dunlap, 425-9668

The Naughty & Not So Nice Christmas Comedy Showcase

TONIGHT! December 13, 2009, 8pm

Santa’s coming early and he’s bringing a big ole bag of funny. Join us Sunday December 13th at Spanky’s for The Naughty and Not So Nice Christmas Comedy Showcase. You’ll laugh so hard, you’ll pinch off a yule log in your long underwear. Check the comically festive material spouting forth from some of Nashville’s comics that probably won’t be on the Nice List this year.

Featuring – Dan Schlacter, X Man, Emily Fleming, Toby Stapleton, Monty Mitchell, Scott Hill. Hosted by Chris Loyd.

No cover!

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

behind the WalMart @ Nolensville and Harding Place – Nashville

RSVP on the Facebook event here.