Older Americans Month - WKTV Journal

The SNF’s Older Americans Month show lineup will feature seven comedians ages 55+ (Courtesy, Brian B.)

By WKTV Staff

The Sunday Night Funnies (SNF) will host its third annual Older Americans Month show on Sunday, May 4 at The Spectrum Entertainment Complex in Wyoming. This special lineup will feature seven comedians ages 55 and older.

“There are more than 117 million Americans 50 and older – 35% of the total population,” says Brian B., founder and MC of the SNF. “I wanted to do a special show to honor and represent that age group.”

This is the third year of special performances to recognize specific brackets of individuals. In February, SNF hosted a show with all-Black comedians in honor of Black History Month. March featured an all-women lineup for Women’s History Month.

“The Sunday Night Funnies is a melting pot of comedians and audience members of different ages and nationalities, so why not honor all the groups that make up the show?” says Brian B.

The SNF lineup for the third annual Older Americans Month show (Courtesy, Brian B.)

An all-star lineup!

Among the May 4 show lineup are three local media personalities. Making her first SNF appearance is Fox 17 meteorologist Terri DeBoer. Retired host of long-running radio show “Flowerland Garden Show,” Rick Vuyst, is also joining the lineup. Another former local radio morning personality, Jojo Girard, will close out the show.

Eva Pritchard, 2023 and 2024 Kingpin of Comedy quarterfinalist, comics Ed Hunter and Tom Hofbauer of Toledo, OH, and local comedian Stu McCallister will also perform.

Don’t forget!

The SNF eighth annual Kingpin of Comedy competition will begin its first round the following Sunday, May 11. The competition will run weekly through Oct. 26.

Kingpin of Comedy previous winners (Courtesy, Brian B.)

About SNF

The Sunday Night Funnies is the creation of Grand Rapids stand-up comedian Brian B. The weekly live stand-up comedy performance is free admission and features a variety of local and national comics. Now in its 16th year, over 1,275 different comedians have entertained SNF audiences. Each show begins at 7:30 p.m. (winter/spring) and 8:30 p.m. (summer/early fall) at Spectrum Entertainment Complex in Wyoming.

By WKTV Staff

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The Sunday Night Funnies (SNF) will perform their second annual Older Americans Month show featuring comedians ages 50+ on Sunday, May 5. The event will be held at Woody’s Press Box inside the Spectrum Entertainment Complex.

“There are more than 117 million Americans age 50 and older – 35% of the total population. I wanted to do a special show to honor and represent that age group,” says Brian B., founder and MC of the SNF. “This is the second year of special performances to recognize specific groups.

“In February, we did our special Black History Month show. In March, it was our Women’s History Month and Gilda’s Club of Grand Rapids LaughFest performances. The SNF is a melting pot of comedians and audience members – different ages, nationalities, so why not honor all the groups that make up the show?”

The Older Americans Month lineup consists of seven different comedians at least 50 years of age. The show will feature former local radio personality Jojo Girard closing out the show. Also featured will be Detroit area comic Kathy Ryan, comedians from Ohio, and various local talent.

“The Sunday Night Funnies has got a big 2024 going on,” said Brian B.

In addition to the the Older Americans Month show, the following Sunday (May 12) will kick off SNF’s seventh annual Kingpin of Comedy competition.

15 years of SNF

The Sunday Night Funnies is the creation of Grand Rapids stand-up comedian Brian B. Now in its 15th year, the SNF is a weekly live stand-up comedy performance featuring over 1,200 performances from comics across Michigan and around the country.

The SNF is a free admission show on Sunday nights at 7:30 p.m. during the winter/spring, and at 8:30 p.m. during summer and early fall. All performances take place at Woody’s Pressbox inside The Spectrum Entertainment Complex in Wyoming.