The people who own downtown Nashville, and make the policies for downtown Nashville, don’t t…
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
In his second collaboration with the Scene, the Nashville comic hits the streets to talk about our city's famous dish
The truth is frustrating for people with short attention spans, because it never stops being true
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
In his first collaboration with the Nashville Scene, comedian (and love expert) Josh Black talks about the COVID-19 vaccination, its side effects, mask hygiene and more. Follow Josh on Twitter at @sirjoshuablack, and stay tuned for more collabs.
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
In Tank Talk, hell is other fish.
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
Comedian, musician, host of Chris Crofton's Advice King Podcast and former Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton will share his hard-won wisdom with whosoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Facebook and Tw…
Since my April cover story on Nashville’s vibrant pre-COVID comedy scene, I’ve frequently wondered how its participants have been maintaining.
In the 15 years since their uncanny cartoon Tom Goes to the Mayor debuted in the wee hours of a later-than-late-night Adult Swim programming block, comedians Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim have amassed a mammoth body of work, from the beloved Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! to the the…
Long one of the more interesting voices in comedy, Doug Stanhope has been acclaimed, derided, respected (his specials No Refunds and Beer Hall Putsch are two of the greatest hours of the past two decades) and abhorred (the last season of The Man Show). He has weathered the uncertainties of t…
For years Jen Kirkman was branded a party girl. Regular appearances on Chelsea Lately and Drunk History led fans to believe she was all about boozing, schmoozing and goofing off. But as a stand-up comedian, Kirkman has been doing her part to smash the patriarchy and shun traditional gender r…
Ron Funches is a delight.
It was on Netflix’s The Comedy Lineup last summer that the unsuspecting world at large got their first look at Tim Dillon, who will perform at Zanies Tuesday, Aug. 6. Comedy heads, nationwide audiences and edgelord podcasters had been talking him up for years, and then his Comedy Central hal…
The near-meteoric rise of Scottish comedian and storyteller Daniel Sloss is a glorious blast of cosmic reassurance from the universe that distinctive voices are out there in the world and ready for discovery. With two of his recent shows (Dark and Jigsaw) dropping on Netflix in September, th…
There are few voices like Patton Oswalt’s operating in the world today. A gifted and nimble actor who can handle the traditional sitcom idiom, voice-overs for family entertainment, the embodiment of hapless authority figures and — since his epic 2003 double album 222 — being the impishly inq…
In March, after five seasons and 50 episodes, comedian-actress-writer-director Ilana Glazer and her partner Abbi Jacobson called it quits on their breakout Comedy Central program Broad City. During its tenure, the show relied upon many of the central tenets of stoner comedy — sight gags, far…
As your pals at the Scene noted back in April, Ilana Glazer — one-half of the famed komedic-kween duo behind recently departed hit series Broad City — will play TPAC's Polk Theater on June 4. Since our announcement, Glazer added a late show, and since then, the early show sold out. Remaining…
ICYMI: Five women accused Louis C.K. of some pretty disgusting behavior a couple years ago — almost all of it involving attempts by the comic to masturbate in front of them.
Last month, after five seasons and 50 episodes, Comedy Central's hit show Broad City called it quits. And indeed, many a fan of the sitcom created by and starring comedians Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer is likely still in mourning. While the show relied upon many of the central tenets of st…
Marc Maron’s great illusion is that he seems to succeed in spite of himself. He’s a rebellious bridge-burner. A grudge-holder. A hot mess.
Nashville's comedy scene lost a good one last year — funnyman Ralphie May died Oct. 6, 2017, after suffering a cardiac arrest in Las Vegas. He was 45 years old. At the time, Scene editor D. Patrick Rodgers wrote:
Michael Ian Black used to be known for dick jokes. In Stella, his late-’90s comedy trio also featuring former The State co-stars Michael Showalter and David Wain, Black & Co. loved whipping out a poorly timed dildo to make a sketch as awkward as possible.
The average American television viewer probably knows Ben Schwartz for his portrayal of Parks and Recreation’s debilitatingly douchey self-described “baller” Jean-Ralphio Saperstein. That same average American television viewer might know Thomas Middleditch as debilitatingly nebbish and bril…
The Nashville Comedy Festival is such an embarrassment of riches that it can get a little intimidating. No matter who or what makes you laugh, there’s going to be something, somewhere, in the city that finds your funny bone and transports you away from whatever is eating away at your sense o…
As the host of two podcasts (Queery and Put Your Hands Together) and the executive producer and star of a TV show (Take My Wife, now available on iTunes), stand-up comic Cameron Esposito tends to keep very busy. She released her latest album, Back to Back (a co-performance with her comedian …
Get a load of this: Next month will mark the 20th anniversary of smash-hit sitcom Seinfeld's divisive finale. What better way for the show's star to mark the occasion than with a stand-up tour, right?
When famed comic and actor Hannibal Buress played Nashville a couple years back, he hit TPAC's 1,000-seat Polk Theater. He told me he dug performing in theater spaces because of the opportunities rooms like those presented, production- and video-wise. But he must have a soft spot for the sma…
Maybe you know the affably gruff sound of Kyle Kinane’s voice from the time he has spent as one of the finest storytellers in modern comedy, or from his magnificent and deconstructive podcast The Boogie Monster with comedian Dave Stone. Or maybe you know him as the voice of all the in-house …
Dave Stone is an inspiration. He’s an acclaimed comedian, a true independent who lives in a van and makes his own rules, an incredible chef whose recipes can turn a sad social collision into a raging feast for the senses, and a podcaster who explores the strange and the supernatural with the…
The school has overcome challenges in its past — here’s how it’s taking on the pandemic
See all the winners, ‘weirdies’ and honorable mentions of our annual YASNI contest