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Zach Williams, host of Bell Curve Comedy, tries out some new jokes to open the show at Urban Consequence Brewing Company in Cooper Young on Friday, December 7, 2024. By Joseph Thomas Dec. 9, 2024 Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Memphis comedy was on the rise. In 2019, Bluff City had several weekly and monthly showcases, … Continue reading Open mic nights helping Memphis comedy make a comeback
Joseph Thomas appears in joke glasses superimposed in front of an image of an explosion for no reason. By Joseph Thomas Nov. 6, 2024 “I don’t really know what to do with this, so I’m just going to put it out there: Martin Skort.” I recently said this at a comedy open mic at Tony’s … Continue reading Let’s talk about silliness
Brad Montague is an author and speaker living in Henderson, Tennessee (Photo credit: The Montague Workshop) By Joseph Thomas Nov. 5, 2024 Author and speaker Brad Montague, 43, was beaming as he entered the almost empty El Ranchito Mexican Restaurant in Henderson, Tennessee. “Thanks for coming to this one,” he said. The restaurant occupies the … Continue reading Brad Montague is Leading the Joyful Rebellion
By Joseph Thomas Oct. 1, 2024 Comedian Katrina Coleman hosts the comedy competition show, You Look Like… at the Hi Tone Café on N Cleveland (photo by JD Reager, September 2024) On a recent Sunday night, unexpecting patrons of Tony’s Trophy Room in Collierville jump at the booming voice of Richard Douglas Jones, who is … Continue reading DIY Memphis comedy is doing it again
By Joseph Thomas September 17, 2024 A family visits the Crystal Shine Grotto housed within Memorial Park Cemetery Memorial Park Cemetery will conduct a ceremony Thursday marking 100 years as a vast and scenic place in the heart of East Memphis where generations of people have come to mourn, contemplate and reflect. The ceremony at … Continue reading Memorial Park Cemetery Celebrates 100 years serving Memphis
By Joseph Thomas August 18, 2021 This piece originally appeared in The Memphis Flyer here: Take My Children, Bill Lee, and Used Them for Your Glory Covid cases are back at November 2020 levels, children under 12 years old are not yet eligible for vaccines, students are returning to schools, and you, Governor Bill Lee, … Continue reading Take My Children, Bill Lee, and use them for your glory
By Joseph Thomas September 25, 2019 This piece appeared in The Daily Memphian here: Lines That Should Land Me a Job on "Bluff City Law. The premier of NBC’s "Bluff City Law," a courtroom drama set and filmed in Memphis, has brought an energy with it to the city. There is a certain excitement and … Continue reading Lines That Should Land Me a Job on “Bluff City Law”
This piece originally appeared in the Memphis, TN Commerical Appeal and online here: Dispatches from a Memphis Snow Bunker Friday: We knew it was going to happen. We just didn’t know when. My family and I had been watching the weather for days, but we still couldn’t nail down exactly when the snow would come. 3 … Continue reading Dispatches from a Memphis Snow Bunker
This piece originally appeared in the Memphis, TN Commercial Appeal here: Don't Fret Holiday Chit-Chat; Just Find a Narcissist Now that we are in the middle of the holiday season, you are no doubt going to be around a lot of family. Inevitably, you will encounter at least one narcissist. There have been countless advice … Continue reading Don’t Fret Holiday Chit-Chat; Just Find a Narcissist