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It’s the return of our adopted native son as Greg
Warren comes back to town for a set of shows at The Funny Bone on the
Levee. The St. Louis native started his comedy career here while working
for P&G and left the company shortly after being transferred to
Houston. He’s been doing a stand-up ever since. Fans of Internet comedy
may know his Wes Wesley character, which is based on Warren’s real-life
experience as a wrestler in college.
Those can be seen on YouTube as
well as Flowrestling.com. The latter he describes as “ESPN for wrestling
fans.” Those videos have been a lot of fun. Every city I go to I get
some wrestling fans that come out to the shows; it’s really cool.” In
addition to wrestling and sports, Warren continues to make jokes about
his family, friends and the foibles of growing older. His travels around
the country inspired a popular bit called “One-Star People.” He and
fellow comic Henry Phillips produced a song and video based on the bit.
“I noticed when I was staying in these three and four-star hotels,” he
explains, “they were filled with one-star people.” $15-$17. Through
Sunday, Dec. 2. Funny Bone on the Levee, Newport. 859-957-2000,
funnyboneonthelevee.com.
