Doug Stanhope @ Exit/In Friday, Feb. 18

In my opinion, the top five working comics of our time are, in no particular order: Louis CK, Bill Burr, Dave Attell, Maria Bamford and Doug Stanhope. All geniuses. All incredible performers. All fantastic writers. All awesome. If I am ever within a 3-4 hour drive of any of these people, you can bet I will be at that show – laughing at and learning from the masters of the art. Luckily, comedy fans in Nashville don’t have to drive very far to see one of the best of the best next week.

Doug Stanhope kicks off his 2011 tour with a three night run from Chattanooga to Nashville and then Birmingham February 17-19. Some people may disagree with his opinions or lifestyle, but no student of the art of comedy can deny that Stanhope is one of the sharpest minds to ever dissect American culture with such brutal honesty, furious passion and surgical wit.

The language and content of the show will be adult in nature. The politics will be of a libertarian slant. Drugs and alcohol will be consumed. Sacred cows will be slaughtered. Selves will be sabotaged. Chaos just might reign supreme.. and it will be funny.

Doug Stanhope
Friday, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:00 PM
18+
$20.00
Tickets are on sale NOW at BrownPaperTickets.com

Exit/In
2208 Elliston Place
Nashville, TN 37203
615-321-3340
http://www.exitin.com

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For more info: www.DougStanhope.com

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=109491819115980

Comedy Central Presents.. Nate Bargatze

Old Hickory, Tennessee gave us the laid back, clean and clever comedy of noted Vandy fan Nate Bargatze. Since leaving Nashville, Nate has appeared on CMT Comedy Stage, Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival “New Faces” Showcase, Comedy Central’s Live At Gotham, and Conan (twice!).

On October 17th, Nate taped a coveted Comedy Central Presents.. special at The Gerald W. Lynch Theater in New York City and it premiers this Friday, February 4th @ 11:30 EST (that’s 10:30 Central). Here’s a video Nate shot to promote the show:

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Exclusive – Nate Bargatze – Good Clean Comedy
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Jokes Joke of the Day Funny Jokes

..and here’s a preview of what you’ll see Friday:

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Nate Bargatze – Melting Pot
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Jokes Joke of the Day Funny Jokes

Congratulations to Nate!

Be sure to tune in: Friday, February 4th @ 10:30pm (Central) on Comedy Central.

N’Sup Showcase @ Zanies 1/25/2011

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 January 25th show lineup includes: Nashville’s Brad Hinderliter, John Thornton Jr and Sean Parrott; Knoxville’s J. LaLonde; plus from Atlanta, Joe Pettis and Nick Trammell. Nashville’s Jonnie W will be headlining the event.

Here’s a clip of Johnnie W:

The NashvilleStandUp.com Showcase featuring Iron Comic
Tues., Jan. 25, 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., Jan. 25, 2011 – 7:30 pm

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

a couple videos from the archives now on Funny or Die

Over the weekend we’ve been digging through the archives and found a couple better quality copies of sketch videos from Nashville comedians that were previously posted on MangyDog.com and YouTube at lower resolution. We’ve uploaded the cleaner versions to Funny Or Die for your enjoyment:

Comedy And You: An Edu-taining Enter-cation film about stand-up comedy

Featuring Keith Alberstadt, Chad Riden, Dave Young and Jesse Perry, a voice-over from Steve Kane and cameos from several other Nashville comics. Produced by MangyDog Productions. Edited by international idiots, inc. on July 17, 2006.

 

movie trailer: GNATS! “Terror has never been so annoying”

Featuring Jesse Perry, Chad Riden, John Selby, Melissa Young, Robert Tucker, and Bubba. Produced sometime around September 2001.