FRIENDLYTOWN’S XMAS VHS BONANZA TONIGHT! Come on down to Friendlytown tonight (Pilot Light, 7:30pm) to witness what can only be described as ‘regrettable culture’ at its finest. Chicago comedian Tom Wisdom has been running ‘VHS Comedy’ in his hometown for a while now, and he’s bringing it to Knoxville for the first time tonight with … Continue reading
In “Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment” (perhaps the best of Season Eight and unquestionably one of the last great episodes of The Simpsons), Homer walks into Moe’s bustling speakeasy and says he’s glad Moe is back in business. “Yeah,” Moe replies, “That was a scary coupla hours.” Well, First Friday Comedy is not officially back in business, … Continue reading
Join us on Monday night at the Pilot Light for an evening of amazing jokes with Yedoye Travis, fresh off of Just for Laughs – Montreal and raring to record his debut album in Atlanta on Thursday. Doors at 7:30, showtime at 8pm. I will be hosting/featuring/some combination of the two. FB event page here. Continue reading
I know this is somewhat late, but STOP TELLING ME HOW TO LIVE. Gonna do this all bare-bones-like because I need to go get ready for…. MONDAY (TONIGHT) Friendlytown Needs to Win Diane Back The Pilot Light / 7:30pm / Cheap as Free Friendlytown’s Open mic begins at 7:30 sharp, and then our city council … Continue reading
I’m back in Knoxville and slowly recovering, so here is a mostly retrospective comedy post. Thanks to everyone for the great shows and great times in LA last week. Thanks to Ian Abramson and Christy Coffey for having me on Modern Vaudeville to tell some stories about my Great-Grandfather and the resurgent afterlife of Vaudeville. It … Continue reading
Of this much I am certain: it’s going to be Fulftastic. Fulftacular, even. Come on out for our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of Sugar Mamas’ torrid love affair with RainShine Comedy. Come on out to see both Larry Fulford (Chicago via Orlando-town) and Kelly Morgan (Asheville/hilarious) make their respective RainShine Comedy debuts. Come on out to see … Continue reading
Yes, you should be as excited as you are. Also, June 2nd will be our 2-year anniversary show. I KNOW, RIGHT? Continue reading
By air, I mean iTunes. Subscribe right here. Episode 1 (Teaser Episode) and Episode 3 (Friendlytown is Hiring!) are up and more on the way. Barring, y’know, life stuff, the show will be updated weekly on Tuesdays. Tell your friend. Continue reading
I jumped the gun a little bit on that U2 thing with my personal dates. Honestly, I’m just a tiny piece of this puzzle here in Knoxville. I mean, the POP CULTURE MIXTAPE show at the Pilot Light next Wednesday 10/5 is going to be great (flyer by BOSTON MCCOWN coming soon) and you should seriously plan … Continue reading
Look, Knoxville, I’m only going to tell you this once. And probably a few more times leading up to the second show, and maybe once or twice more this afternoon because social media’s algorithms have disintegrated into pure garbage that buries actual events in your town that multiple parties have worked hard on and holds … Continue reading
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