TBS has given the green light to The Very Funny Show, a new half-hour, late-night stand-up series hosted by Tim Meadows (“The Bill Engvall Show”, “Saturday Night Live”) and slated to premiere in November. The series will feature performances by 30 fresh comedic talents, all filmed at the Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago during the TBS PRESENTS A “VERY FUNNY” FESTIVAL: JUST FOR LAUGHS.
Among the many comedians slated to perform for THE VERY FUNNY SHOW tapings, which will take place at Zanies Friday, June 19, and Saturday, June 20, are Bob Marley, Dwight Slade, Steve Byrne, Andrew Kennedy, Al Madrigal, Joe Matarese, Dwayne Perkins, Jeff Dye, John Caparulo, Nick Thune, Erin Jackson and Louis Ramey. The showcase is also scheduled to feature a number of comedians with Chi-town connections, including Chicago-based comics Patti Vasquez and Rocky Laporte; Chicago natives such as Hannibal Buress, Matt Braunger, John Roy, Sebastian Maniscalco, John Mulaney and T.J. Miller; and Southern Illinois-based Dale Jones.
