So when a club opened in 1982, the shows were Tuesday and Sunday, but every Tuesday was what they called open mic night or amateur night. I’m assuming that’s what happens. By the time I got into the comedy business, I didn’t know anything about comedy at the time, but I was not afraid to talk to people. I could do a whole routine about funeral home gossip. Why would I want to alienate a percentage of the people.”"I don’t call it political. I enjoyed every moment that I had the privilege of sharing his company. ""You can’t just knock on a door at a comedy club or theater and tell someone who owns the place, ‘I’m a comedian. Jim visited many times to get the team "off the ground" and thereafter. A few weeks later, I’m working in St. Louis, Missouri. I do a little bit of social commentary if I can keep it funny and make a point. I took a few weeks off recently, like a four week vacation for he summertime.
Years ago in Orlando, Florida, I was in Orlando at the time. I have sold fire alarm systems. Jim did so much for everyone God Bless Jim. I just do a show, which I think it just based on down home humor. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper wrote the obituary, but put my picture on it… And I got so many calls that day because people around the country thought that maybe I had died… But overall, nobody gets me confused on that. A lot of people who started in this business can’t last very long because they cannot go that long without having income coming in.”"Most of my work are theaters these days. If I’m going to sell two tickets to Mr. and Mrs. Jones, I’ve sold two tickets. All the best to everyoneRosalie and Family.Beverly and I aretruly sorry to hear of your loss. Just absolutely love it. It’s where he earned his name. Remember ‘Barney Miller’? I’m always busy. You’re in the newspaper business, so you know how this works. We want to trade our pickup and get a new pickup. I’m in my 33rd year of visiting all those folks in Birmingham, in Huntsville, in Mobile, Montgomery. Prior to 1982, there was no such thing as live stand up comedians appearing anywhere below the Maxon-Dixon line. James Gregory will always be known as the “Funniest Man in America,” a comedian … Usually, most newspapers have a photo of a lot of people in case, when somebody dies, they can put that photo in their newspaper. I did not sit at a cash register at a retail store. But I learned rather quickly what happens. And in the audience, and I didn’t know he was in the audience, but in the audience was a newspaper journalist (Billy Jo Cooley). Jim was always very good at managing people & knew how to work to get the best out of them without creating animosity. When I see somebody win the lottery for example, and they win $12 million… And someone asks them now that you’ve got $12 million, what are you going to do with all that money.
"“They’re always good. I never mention an individual’s name on stage. And then a few weeks later I went to another place and they said the same thing. And he mentioned in that column, ‘I had never heard of this guy, but he’s got to be the funniest man in America.’… Anytime we had something good printed about us, we would take it and make copies of it, and we would include that in our publicity.
I bet a lot of people know him because he was on a sitcom. How much does that pay?’… We all go through the starving years, you know, where the first few years you work and work and work, and it seems like you’re barely making any money, or making no money. I don’t make fun of Yankees.
He was a guy who did a column twice a week for the Huntsville Times.
I did what was called the in-home presentation type sales. But if you check my website anytime and check my tour schedule for my appearances, you’ll see that I’m always busy. He was born in Lithonia, Georgia, on May 6, 1946, and he worked as a salesperson until he was 36 years old, when he began introducing performers at The Punch Line comedy club in Atlanta. "You can follow James Gregory online at funniestman.com.James Gregory performs at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre on ThursdayJames Gregory performs at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre on Thursday, July 21. I just love it. He was an entertainment columnist. GREGORY, JAMES (JIM) MICHAEL Peacefully, at home with his family on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, in his 84th year. This was back in the '70s… I sold encyclopedias at one time. I know you & the family are going to miss him as will many of his associates. And I’ll tell you why that is. He was a great actor, by the way. And I go yeah, when I get the right six numbers on Powerball. He saw my show. I don’t pick on the folks up in New York. It kind of mushroomed being the funniest man in America.""Right. I don’t work quite as busily as I used to, but that’s by choice. May Jim rest in peace.The Clancy family knows we have lost a wonderful man. My problem was trying to be funny.”"Yeah.