Thursday, March 8 — St. Patrick’s Day festivities kick off a bit early when the bawdy Irish-American comics of “The Irish Comedy Tour” arrive at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre Tuesday.
You can’t say you weren’t warned.
According to “Tour” member Derek Richards, who appears alongside fellow comic Mike McCarthy and guitarist Derrick Keane, this is not your typical live comedy show.
“The whole idea was to try to take the best of an Irish pub and the best of a comedy show and mash it together," he said. "It really is a party — (with) the kind of conversation you’d expect to hear in a bar. Of course you can’t drink (at Wharton Center), so have a couple pints before you come, and then go have a couple of pints after.”
The tour has been running since 2006 and features a rotating cast of comedians. For this leg of the tour, Richards’ and McCarthy’s sets will be interspersed with Keane, a native of the Dublin suburb of Inchicore, who is performing traditional Irish drinking songs.
The trio recently released “Dublin’ Over,” its first DVD.
Tuesday’s show is a homecoming for Richards, a Detroit native who also lived in Lansing for a spell.
“I miss a lot of people back there," said Richards, who calls Florida home these days, “A lot of them will be coming to the show and it will be great to see them. It’s always a blast going back.”
Richards, who is known for regaling audiences with tales of his mother’s dog — as well as the perils of dating a stripper — has appeared on “The Bob & Tom Show” and Sirius/XM Radio in addition to releasing solo comedy cds.
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