Month: June 2025

This week’s weekend shows three great comics all who have been featured on this show before. So, here’s all of those past appearances cut together with a new intro from Joel – ninety minutes, baby! Michael Longfellow headlines as he’s on SNL and pretty great on there, too. Still not sure he’s cast or featured! Then, you’ll hear feature act and former Detroit-to-LA contest winner Richard Mathis, and this week’s emcee Donte Lillard closes it out telling us how getting thrown out of a comedy competition was all in his plan! Should be a great weekend show at The Comedy Castle, so use this to get warmed up for it!

• Facebook
• Instagram

Chris Porter is a blast! His mix of energy and social commentary makes him the friendliest, angry comic around. He’s also among the most frequent headliners at The Comedy Castle, and here he talks his move out of L.A., playing guitar with Jelly Roll, why he doesn’t use sound cues or props, and his new comedy special, “Middle Rage”, coming this fall. Plus, hear how The Eagles at The Sphere in Vegas is just trippy enough so that Don Henley doesn’t fall over. Chris is as good as it gets – don’t miss him this weekend! Tix at the link below.

• Facebook
• Instagram

Wes Ward has been a staple of the Michigan comedy scene for fifteen years, and on July 3rd he gets a chance to headline The Comedy Castle. Wes tells Joel about his start in comedy, why road comics are really just truck drivers, and why comics need a special on video these days. Plus, the horrors of Spring Lake, Michigan and Joel preforms in front of the wildest MMA fight of all-time. Wes headlines on July 3rd and Jordan Jensen appears this week. Tix for all can be found at the link below.

• Facebook
• Instagram

Jeff Garlin is a TV legend and accomplished stand-up comic, who stops by The Comedy Castle for one show this Sunday. Jeff tells Joel how he developed his improvisational style of stand-up, the best way an emcee should introduce an act, and hear some inside stories from Curb Your Enthusiasm including Jeff feeding lines to Bruce Springsteen! Plus, the guys talk guitars, Bob Dylan and how his comedy advice on Joe Rogan’s show was misconstrued in a hilarious way. Tickets are limited for Jeff’s show and can be found at the link below.

• Facebook
• Instagram