Etta May Comedy Show • March 10, 2012
Valor Hall
105 Walter Garrett Lane, Oak Grove, KY 42262
270-640-7144
Two Shows: 6:00 pm & 8:30 pm
Etta's Credits
Awards & Specials: Female Comic Of The Year (The American Comedy Awards) Showtime: Aspen Comedy Festival (Hosted by: Jerry Seinfeld) 15th Anniversary Of The Comedy Store (Hosted by: David Letterman) Greats Of Country Comedy (Hosted by: Jeff Foxworthy) Southern Fried Chicks (Special on CMT) TV & Sitcoms: Oprah Winfrey Show (Hosted by: Oprah Winfrey) CBS Sunday Morning (Hosted by: Charles OsGood) 20 Greatest Redneck Moments I & II (CMT) 40 Sexiest Music Videos (CMT) 20 Greatest Motorsports (CMT) Insiders (CMT) Comedy Stage (CMT) Comedy Club (CMT) Hanging With Mr. Cooper (ABC) Stand-Up Spotlight (VH-1) My Two Dad’s (CBS) Jeff Foxworthy (CBS) Davis Rules (CBS) Radio: XM Radio (Comedy Channels) Bob & Tom (Nationally Syndicated Radio) Rick & Bubba (Nationally Syndicated Radio) Ask Etta (USA & Canada Syndicated Radio) | What’s the best way to describe Etta May? “Minnie
Pearl with a migraine.” To put it simply, when Etta May takes the stage,
she is the reigning Queen of Southern Sass. She reflects “You know
you’re getting fat when you sit in the bathtub and the water in the
toilet rises!”
Born and raised in Bald Knob,
Arkansas, Etta May grew up alongside nine older brothers, who referred
to their baby sister as “the human sacrifice.” In fact, Etta May’s
parents - her father, a potpourri farmer, and her mother, bedridden by
constant childbearing, - did not realize Etta May was a girl until she
required a training bra.
Etta May met her husband, Delbert, an aspiring truck driver, at a friend’s kegger. From across the yard their eyes locked in a love look. Nine months later, she was blessed with a boy, followed by a girl and two more boys. “That’s where my comedy comes from. I just wait for my husband or kids to do something stupid, and then I write it down.” Through the years, Etta May had a string of dead end jobs. She faithfully drove a school bus for over 10 years. She says she learned how to handle unruly kids by Armor All-ing the seats, and touching the brakes, all the way home. One night, while volunteering as a BINGO caller, she recalls, “the ball sucker got stuck, and I was forced to entertain a room full of angry Catholics. It was then I realized I could make people laugh.” Etta May, will take you on a redneck ride through the Deep South. Etta May won the prestigious American Comedy Awards: “Stand-Up Comic of the Year,” and has appeared on Oprah, Comic Strip Live, MTV, and as a guest commentator on “CBS Sunday Morning.” Etta May headlines the most successful all female “Southern Fried Chicks Tour”. Selling out theatres all over the country. Think Blue Collar Comedy Tour with better hair! Etta May is also a headline comic on CMT’s “CMT Comedy Stage” which is the second highest rated show in CMT history. The success of the Comedy Stage franchise led to the production of the Southern Fried Chicks Comedy Tour special as the first comedy concert series for the national cable network. She was also the subject and first female comic ever on the biography show, “Comedy Club.” She joins the elite comedy company of Ron White, Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy, who are also featured in this series. In addition to television, Etta May is a regular on the syndicated Bob & Tom radio show and a regular on XM and Sirius Radio’s comedy channels. |
