James Gregory cooks up 'Beef Stew for the Brain' at Renaissance Center on Feb. 6

Release Date: 1/8/2009. Expired: 2/6/2009

Returning to the scene of his brand new DVD, comedian James Gregory brings his Beef Stew for the Brain tour back to The Renaissance Center in Dickson for two shows Friday, Feb. 6.

Known as “the Funniest Man in America,” Gregory has been making audiences laugh 46 weeks a year for more than two decades and has just released his brand new Beef Stew for the Brain DVD, which was taped during two sold-out shows at The Renaissance Center in 2007.

Tickets for the 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. shows Feb. 6 at The Renaissance Center are $27.50 and are on sale now.

Gregory’s down-home, hilarious comedy is storytelling at its best, selling out theatres and clubs and making him a hot demand for corporate events for some of the largest companies in the world. He’s also heard regularly on several syndicated radio shows such as Rick and Bubba, John Boy and Billy, and Bob and Tom, with a combined audience of millions in more than 220 cities nationwide.

If you found Chicken Soup for the Soul just a tad too syrupy, then get ready for some fun you can really sink your teeth into with Gregory’s Beef Stew for the Brain tour and DVD, Gregory’s first video project in 13 years.

Gregory shares his hilarious observations on everything from our obsession with the weather to his own common sense way he views health addicts, modern parents, technology and dimwitted relatives, including his most requested routine – The Fat Woman After Dinner.

Gregory was born in a rural area about 25 miles east of Atlanta, Ga. He got his first job at the age of 12 at a small country grocery store. By the time he was 15, he was working 37 hours a week, as well as going to school. As an adult, he has worked for the U.S. Postal Service, the Department of Defense, and spent almost 10 years as a salesman before discovering the wonderful world of stand-up comedy.

He does not “tip-toe” through life as if he’s walking on broken glass or eggshells. That style is evident on stage as well. He is not politically correct. Much of his humor is centered on brilliant observations of crazy relatives and people obsessed with the slightest change in weather conditions - now referred to as global warming. He delights in poking fun at modern sensitive parents and out-of-control environmentalists. Gregory has been quoted as saying, “If you want me to be concerned about endangered species, you need to convince me that we’re about out of chickens.”

The James Gregory show turns the clock back to a time when life was simpler; to a better time, before the death of common sense; a time when people sat on the front porch and actually talked to each other without a cell phone in their ear.

Gregory’s success, like his comedy, is the direct result of the values he grew up with. And now, twenty something years later, it is this unique brand of humor that packs the crowds into his sold-out shows. The absence of vulgarity sets James apart and his stories are carefully crafted art. “I have lived long enough to know people, know life,” Gregory reflects. “My comedy is based on my life experiences. It’s real, it’s funny and the audience loves it. That’s why I’m still in business.”

Gregory also knows the importance of contact with his fans and makes the effort to personally work at his merchandise table after each show, where he’ll be selling copies of his brand new Beef Stew for the Brain DVD taped at The Renaissance Center as well as his CDs, books and other items.

For more information on comedian James Gregory or his Feb. 6 shows at The Renaissance Center in Dickson, visit www.funniestman.com or www.rcenter.org. To purchase tickets, call (615) 740-5601 or (888) 700-2300.

The Renaissance Center is a fine arts education and performing arts center at 855 Highway 46 South in Dickson, just 35 miles west of Nashville on Interstate 40 at exit 172.

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