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Barb started doing standup in the early 1980s while in college in Chattanooga, Tennessee. From there she moved to Chicago where she spent five years honing her improvisational comedy skills.
That raucous time led her to a writing stint that included scripting such epic dramas as “Country’s Most Shocking: Stories Behind Southern Rock and Outlaw Country” which aired on CMT. Even though Barb is pretty sure she was close to
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| Brian Bates has been laughed at all his life by friends, family, Sunday school teachers, guidance counselors, etc. He knows this because they were always quick to point out they were laughing at him instead of with him. After years of counseling, his therapist suggested Brian start recouping some of his therapist bills by charging the people who laugh at him. "Why be publicly humiliated for free?" Read More... |
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| Brian E. Kiley was born and raised on Long Island in New York. At an early age he discovered a love for stand-up comedy and his dream of performing was born. Although life took him in various directions (other than comedy) at first, he kept his passion for laughter in his heart and knew that someday his dream of performing would come true. When Brian signed up for a comedy writing class with Nashville comic Rik Roberts his comedy career Read More... |
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How did Brian become such a well rounded stand up comedian you ask? Here you go. During the end of his 8th grade year in his small Kentucky junior high, Brian was voted the most bashful boy in his entire 8th grade class. Although this brought a certain amount of notoriety, it did not bring friends, or girls. Or girlfriends. So between his 8th grade and freshman year, he decided that it was time to become popular.Read More... |
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| Chad Riden has been described as “a comedian, a family man, a nerd and a smart-ass.” He has also been called “The Hardest Working Man In No Business,” “America’s Favorite Comedian Of All Time,” a “Legendary Old School Rapper,” and a “Moronic, Lying Jackass.” As early as the age of 8, Chad would sneak out of bed to watch David Letterman, thinking “THAT’S what I want to do.” In college Riden majored in Broadcasting, Read More... |
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| Armed with a high-voltage razor sharp wit, C.J. Harlow is disarmingly funny. Very few people have lived through so many unique experiences. Moving from a quiet small town to the middle of the hood, serving in the Marines, bicycling across America, starting his own fraternity, and occasional brush with the law has resulted in some original comedy. Read More... |
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| Southern fried humor, with a pinch of sass and a hilarious dose of attitude all work together to describe the comic entity known as Christy Eidson. Christy creates colorfully visual stories from her distinct southern point-of-view. She is a strong female comedian, but doesn’t like to be labeled just a “female comic”, because she can hold her own with the boys. . Read More... |
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As a veteran member of the Armed Robbery unit with Nashville’s Metropolitan Police Department, comedy became a tool to ease volatile situations as well as stress relief for co-workers and crime victims. Initially starting stand-up “in secret, ” Dan began hitting open mics in and around Nashville in the fall of 1998. Unsure how the police department would react, he did the prudent thing and didn’t tell them. Read More... |
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| Nerds have been oppressed since the dawn of time by the more physically superior Neanderthals ever since the first cave nerd tweeted about how he invented fire. This is the world Donnie Pollard been born into. Ever since he built his first computer by junior high, he has been learning to deal with daily wedgies and the occasional head dunk into a toilet. Donnie Pollard is a Nashville based comic who Read More... |
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Dustin was born and raised in East Tennessee and moved to the Middle Tennessee area around 10 years ago. With urging from his friends and family, who already knew he was one hilarious guy, he started to get serious about being funny. He’s made people laugh from Jackson to Knoxville and everywhere in between. He has quickly become one of the hottest new comics in the greater middle Read More... |
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| Eric Hunter has been performing comedy since the age of 6, when he got his very first laugh at a family picnic. His grandmother scolded him for not eating all of his dinner. “You know there are starving children in third world countries who would love to eat that,” she said. “Well, here, send it to them,” came his reply and upon hearing his cousins’ laughter, he knew comedy was the life for him! Read More... |
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| The comedy of Gary Dull has been described as clever, provocative, silly, sometimes juvenile. But the most common phrase heard after one of Gary's shows is, "That guy was funny." By mixing his human insights with a variety of good old fashioned country humor, Gary has wowed audiences throughout the Southeast. Read More... |
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| For five years, Greg was host and contributing producer of the Emmy and Peabody award-winning PBS show, "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?" He also hosted Nickelodeon’s "Total Panic", the ESPN music video show "Max Out", several segments of NBC's "Inside Stuff" with Ahmad Rashad, and a number of specials for the premium movie channel SHOWTIME. Read More... |
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| Hank Bonecutter is owner/general manager of WJZM, and host of Clarksville's longest running morning show, "the Bone Show". This 35 year broadcast veteran has now added stand up comedy to his resume. "It's something I wanted to do for a living, but my wife didn't want to live in a box under a bridge so I got a regular job. Rik Roberts encouraged me to pursue stand up comedy saying 'It's never too late to get into the game'. Read More... |
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| Comedian Henry Cho figures his real life is so much like a sitcom he might as well turn it into one. That's what he's done in a series now in development with CBS-TV/Paramount Studios. Cho's executive producers on the project are Late, Late Show host Craig Ferguson and Jim Hope, who counts The George Lopez Show and Titus among his production Read More... |
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| Imagine Barack Obama , David Letterman, Jay Leno , Larry King, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Kerry, Tom Brokaw, Randy Travis, Johnny Carson, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Al Gore, Willie Nelson, Ted Koppell, Andy Rooney, Jesse Jackson, Keith Jackson, and a host of others performing for you. When Jim Gossett hits center stage, you never know who'll turn up! While other comedians recycle "stock" jokes, Gossett takes Read More... |
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| John Bowman pokes fun at the strange and sometimes mystifying creatures known as human beings. Whether he’s joking about hopeless romantics, golfers or mechanics, John has opinions on all of them and has shared his comic observations with audiences across the country. Read More... |
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When he walks in the room, 6 foot four from head to thigh, the cross around his neck actual size, there’s no mistaking BIG JOHN.With the slogan “Clean Comedy for Dirty Minds” Big John has appeared on the Fox Network and WB Television and will soon be seen on The Sprint Comedy Network. Read More... |
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| "Once in a generation, someone comes along with the power to inspire us all. Jonnie W. will make fun of that person on stage, and you'll feel better about yourself. One of Jonnie's favorite activities is composing bioggraphical information about his life and carreer, and writing about himself in third person. He lives in Nashville, TN. because that's where all his stuff is. Read More... |
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| Karen Mills is a breath of fresh air. Her humor is smart, funny, and original. No one can help you "get your laugh on" better than she can. She's been compared to such greats as Bill Cosby, Ellen Degeneres, and Jerry Seinfeld. Her comedy is clean, clever and relatable - she finds the funny in everyday life. A native of Tennessee, this southern girl makes one thing clear, "I am NOT a southern belle, unless I need to be." Read More... |
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| Keith Alberstadt grew up the son of a Vanderbilt professor and a craft artist. The result . . . a very clever comic with sharp perception, creative sarcasm, and a treasure trove of unique material. His likable personality and down-to-earth charm invite people into his brand of humor -- one that is smart but not brainy and relatable but not hacky. "He's funny, and it's a smart funny." --Kathleen Madigan, Last Comic Standing.
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| Nationally touring storyteller and comedian Paul Strickland (A Brighter Shade of Blue) has been accused of being “seriously funny,” but his work is best described as “funny seriously.” Though generally unimpressed with the world around him, Paul knows that if you look at anything long enough, you can find something to appreciate. Read More... |
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| Renard Hirsch is one of the most versatile performers in the entertainment industry. After graduating high school Renard continued his education at Tennessee State University where fell in love with the world of theater, His previous theatre performances include, A Raisin in the Sun (George/Moving Man), Seven Guitars (Red Carter), Blues for an Alabama Sky (Dr. Sam Thomas), The Piano Lesson (Doaker), and Waiting to End Hell (Alvin).
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| Rik moved to Nashville in 1998 and turned up the heat on his career. He quickly appeared in videos on Great American Country. He began regular appearances on syndicated morning shows. His dedication to “clean” comedy earned him an episode of the Emmy award winning “Bananas Family Comedy” show. Shortly after that he was tapped to expand his Barney Fife Impression on “Comedy at Large.” Read More... |
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| Xavier Reginald King a.k.a. "X-MAN" was born in Mobile, Alabama. At the tender age of five, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio. X-MAN found himself engulfed with the love for comedy, as a child growing up a very comical family. At the age of thirteen, he won his first comedy contest in the Euclid High School talent show in 1983. He then went on to win second place at the Cleveland Jazz Fest at Luke Easter Park making him the youngest comedian Read More... |
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