The “funniest man in America,” comedian James Gregory, plans to provide the treats in Commerce on Halloween.
Gregory will entertain at the Commerce Civic Center at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.
Tickets are $27 for adults, $24 for senior citizens and $22 for groups and are available at WJJC Radio, Harmony Grove Grille, from Brad Johnson at 706-254-7258 or online at funniestman.com.
This will be Gregory’s third visit. He came with Bill Anderson in 2006 as part of the City Lights Festival, and returned solo in 2007.
Gregory tours 48 weeks a year, entertaining in comedy clubs from Atlanta to Chicago, Seattle to New York. He entertains over 10 million people annually, including the Coca-Cola Company, Kimberly Clark Corporation, Hewlett Packard Corporation and the American Red Cross. His grass-roots following of tens of millions of loyal fans hear him weekly on radio shows like Rick & Bubba (24 markets, 800,000 listeners), John Boy & Billy (111 markets, 3 million listeners), Steve & DC (27 markets in 16 states) and Bob & Tom (125 stations, 4.5 million listeners).
Gregory was born in Lithonia. At age 11, he worked 37 hours a week at the local grocery to help support his family.
“It was an accident that I ended up in comedy at all,” he said. “I never had the desire, or else I would have started earlier.”
In 1982, his friends convinced him to do an open mic night at the Punchline, an Atlanta comedy club, and he was an instant hit.
“I was 35 years old when I got my feet wet,” he said.
His is a “front porch humor.” According to his biography, he “tells the stories we all know, wherever we’re from. He makes fun of crazy family members and covered-dishes at funerals. Ignoring the eggshells of the politically correct, Gregory pokes fun at everyone from health fanatics to animal rights activists.
