Month: May 2010

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Benefit shows this week

There are several fantastic benefit shows coming up over the next few days.. please come on out to support these causes!

Zanies’ All-Star Gary Dull Benefit Show

Wednesday, May 5th – 7:30pm
Zanies; 2025 8th Ave. South; Nashville
(facebook event)

Wednesday Zanies Comedy Showplace presents a special show featuring Mike Speenberg with Mark Anundson, TC Cope, Gary Dull, Brad Edwards, Donnie Pollard and Chad Riden. That’s a pretty good lineup and it’s all for a good cause.

Gary Dull is a comedian based out of Nashville who is as country as he could be and funny as hell. Gary had been a roofer by trade.. and when the housing crisis hit and construction projects dried up so did a lot of his business. He recently had some surgery and can’t get on a roof now.. so he’s been doing as many comedy shows as he can. Meanwhile, the details of his personal life sounds like a country music song.

Gary is a great guy and a funny comic, so we’ve tried to band together to help him out a little. Wednesday, the proceeds from the door at Zanies will go to Gary. Please come out and laugh and support one of our own in his time of need. Tickets are just $10 and are available now online or by calling Zanies box office at 615-269-0221.

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Memphis vs Nashville comedy smack down FLOOD BENEFIT!

Friday, May 7th – 9pm
Bongo Java Theater; 2007 Belmont Blvd; Nashville
(facebook event)

It sure got wet here in Nashville AND it also got a lil wet in Memphis too.. So Ultimate Comedy has decided to make this already awesome show even more awesome by donating ALL of the moneys to flood relief. So please come out and share some love, it would really help a lot, it will make you feel good about yourself and it will be a fun time.

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The Comedy Roast Of Gary Dull

Monday, May 10th – 7pm
Spanky’s Sports Bar & Grill; 330 Welch Road; Nashville
(facebook event)

Laughing makes things a little bit easier to deal with even if you lost everything or know some one who has … We may not have lost everything ourselves but we could have friends that did … including a life … but to be alive and laughing we are to be thankful & helpful to others.

Gary Dull is the guest of honor Monday, May 10th at Spanky’s. There will be drink specials and the dais will be done just like the Tuesday open mic night – show up and go up with a sign-up sheet circulating before the show. Roasts are always fun / painful / fun again and this one is sure to be extra special as we raise money for Gary.

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The Jawbone Stimulus Funny Video Contest

N’Sup got an email the other day from Michael Williams of Jawbone:

I’m a big comedy fan and used to go to shows all the time when I was at Vanderbilt. Since graduating, I’ve moved out west working for a start up called Jawbone.

Last week we launched a $10,000 grand prize ‘Funny Video’ contest and I’m reaching out to a few of the comedy blogs I follow. If you know of anyone in the Nashville comedy network who likes creating videos and would want to participate in a user generated video, then please please spread the word. We’re only expecting a little over 100 entries so chances of winning 10K or other cash prizes is pretty high (let alone a good portfolio building exercise).

Submission window closes June 1st

www.jawbonecontest.com

I’m a huge fan of giving comics a vehicle to express themselves + win some cash… my bro used to be a comic as well (and also went to Vandy).

The contest should be fun–please feel free to use Twitter/FB/ etc. and hopefully someone from NashVegas wins the prize. J

So, start being funny and catch it on tape. When you win the big prize, don’t forget to tip your web staff.

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Nashville is flooded!

There’s absolutely nothing funny about the terrible weather and the flooding that has left so many people stranded and homeless.. except for these hilarious things.

First, Nashville CBS affiliate WTVF (NewsChannel5) weather guy Charlie Neese drew something interesting the other day to describe our flooding situation. video clips are all over the interweb:

There’s already a Facebook page dedicated to the Nashville Weather Penis.

Another Facebook page was created called I-survived-the-Great-Nashville-Monsoon-of-May-1st that has been a great source of information and photos and whatnot.. but I think it’s greatest achievement was this image uploaded by David E.:

Good work, everybody. I think we’re going to be O-K.

Seriously, if you have free time and want to help, visit Hands On Nashville at http://www.hon.org and volunteer – that’s the Mayor’s organization that will allow Metro Nashville to get reimbursed with Federal funds for every person who helps out.

Also, If you see Chad Riden driving around in a pickup with a chainsaw and a shovel, that may not have anything to do with the flooding situation.. that’s just what he does all day.

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Q&A with comedian Paul Strickland

LEO Weekly has posted an interview with our good friend Paul Strickland. Here’s an excerpt of him talking about getting too personal on-stage:

“When I first started talking about my divorce, I didn’t really know where the line was, and it would get a little too much for the audience to handle. The key to it, for me, is to take something that’s personal, that’s honest and is true and find a way to talk about it in a way that entertains strangers. That’s the challenge of comedy, I think — to find a way to craft honesty and truth into something that’s funny.”

Read the rest of the interview on LEOweekly.com and catch up with all things Strickland at his site TalkingPaul.com.

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