Here Come The Mummies to Jergel’s; Pittsburgh Improv Hosts Ralphie May (Thurs., 3/10/16)

1) A band that dresses in a slightly different way—in bandages—is Here Come The Mummies. The group’s background is described on the web as follows: “It’s been a long and dusty road since 1922 when, at a dig in the desert south of Tunis, Professor Nigel Quentin Fontenelle Dumblucke IV (1895-1973) unearthed the ruins of an ancient discotheque to find a dozen undead Egyptian mummies inexplicably throwing down what he dubbed, ‘Terrifying Funk From Beyond the Grave.'” Individual Mummies have names like Mummy Rah, The Flu, Spaz, KW Tut, Mummy Cass, Will Pharaoh, and Eddie Mummy. The band is actually a group of very talented musicians from Nashville who are said to hide their identities to avoid problems with the record companies they are under contract to. No word on whether they are sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. Jeff and Paul from Good Brother Earl open. 8:30 p.m. Jergel’s Rhythm Grille, 285 Northgate Dr., Warrendale. (MV)

2) Ralphie May doesn’t pull punches. The larger-than-life stand-up comic has been leaving audiences rolling in the aisles for years because he calls it like he sees it, regardless of what anyone might think. Fans of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” will remember May as the runner up to Dat Phan in that show’s first season, in 2003, though it is pretty clear who’s emerged as the real winner since then. May was noted by Variety as one of their “10 Comics to Watch” in 2008, and he has lived up to that billing, recently releasing his record-setting fourth special on Comedy Central. Catch Ralphie May at the Pittsburgh Improv nightly through Sunday; tonight’s show begins at 8 p.m. 166 E. Bridge St., The Waterfront, Homestead.

3) Deadpool – I know you won’t believe this but there’s another spandex wearing character in the Marvel Universe who hasn’t been given his own franchise. You’d think, by now, they’d’ve run out … but no, here comes Deadpool. Actually he showed up played by Ryan Reynolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine but apparently they pulled a few punches with the characters. Reynolds returns in a version the creators swear will be more true to the way he’s presented in the comic books. When he was first introduced in 1991 he was a super villain, but he’s since morphed into a mentally unstable anti-hero mercenary with a black, profane sense of humor who, by the way, is also “omnisexual.” Let’s see how much of that gets into this movie which also stars, inexplicably, Leslie Uggams. Check Fandango for screens and times. (TH)

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