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The Connxtions Comedy Club of Toledo, Ohio offers a chance to see big name comedians in the smaller city. These comedians appear all over the country, and come here to bring their acts to the Midwest. Connections, or Connxtions as they prefer, is the premier location in Northwest Ohio to see established and new comedians flex their comedy muscles.

Located at 5319 Heatherdowns Blvd., The Comedy Club offers a chance to book a show online off their website or by calling their front ticket counter. For information on upcoming shows or comedians that may be playing there, they have a 24 hour number that updates weekly. That phone number is 419-867-9041. The Club is open Wednesday and Thursday night at 8:00 PM, and Friday and Saturday have two shows, one at 8:00 PM and one at 10:30 PM. The midweek shows offer drink and snack specials, and often feature local, less-known comedians with discounts to admission for college students.

When you enter into Connxtions, you see the ticket counter immediately to your right. The young lady that was there helped us determine which show time we wanted on the Saturday night that we went, and we opted for the soon to start 8:00 PM show. She recommended in the future that we call ahead and make reservations, especially for the later weekend shows as to not come only to find that the club was sold out. Adoring the walls in their lobby, you will see a variety of pictures, 8 x 10 glossy photos of the numerous faces that have been featured on their stage.

Entering into the actual club area, you will find that the bar is actually a bit small for a club. There is no one manning it as we come in, and after a few minutes that changes, and a man comes up to ask what we want. We grab the menu and take it to the table we are guided to, a small table just right for two people. A few tables are scattered around the stage, and larger tables line up behind that and to the sides. The table we have is within "heckle" distance, and we get comfortable and ready for the show. The room is dimly lit, and the TV's suspended from the corners of the room offer a few highlights of comedians and various TV shows. The music is pumped into the club also to get everybody ready for a night of comedy.

Once the comedy starts, we see two opening comedians, two local guys who have different styles and techniques. The main act takes the stage after about an hour, and usually is on the stage for about 1 hour. We went twice in a month's time to see the differences, and without mentioning the specific names, the guys that took the stage were both very funny, with national experience opening for big name comedians and appearing on shows such as Premium Blend on Comedy Central and Jay Leno. Listing their specific names is not necessary, since the comedians change every week. See their website or call the aforementioned phone number for further details.

Overall, the experience made for a fun night.. I would recommend this comedy club to anyone living or visiting the Toledo area for an enjoyable night out!

NEW YORK — Having already caused a fuss this spring with the depiction of the prophet Muhammad on "South Park," Comedy Central said it has a cartoon series about Jesus Christ in the works.

"JC" is one of 23 potential series the network said it has in development. It depicts Christ as a "regular guy" who moves to New York to "escape his father's enormous shadow."

His father is presented as an apathetic man who would rather play video games than listen to his son talk about his new life, according to Comedy Central's thumbnail sketch of the idea. Reveille, the production company behind "The Office," "Ugly Betty" and "The Biggest Loser," is making "JC."

It wouldn't be the first time Jesus Christ has been on a Comedy Central cartoon; he's a recurring character on the long-running "South Park."

Comedy Central was the target last month of an Internet threat for a "South Park" episode that supposedly showed Islam's prophet in a bear costume.

Whenever "South Park" features Muhammad in an episode, Comedy Central obscures the character with a black box; Muslims consider any physical representation of their prophet to be blasphemous. Following the Internet threat, Comedy Central angered "South Park" producers by editing out a character's speech about intimidation in a subsequent episode.

"It's not certain what is more despicable: the nonstop Christian bashing featured on the network, or Comedy Central's decision to censor all depictions of Muhammad," said William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, on Thursday.

Comedy Central wouldn't comment on Donohue's statement, said network spokesman Tony Fox, who declined to give further details about "JC."

A development deal is a couple of steps ahead of a series making it to air and, in fact, most such deals don't result in series. The network would have to like the scripts enough to produce a test episode, then like that enough to put it on the air.

Funny Girl: Jennifer Aniston, who has the comedy The Switch out this summer, has joined two high-profile upcoming studio films. Aniston has signed on to star in Wanderlust opposite Paul Rudd in a comedy written by David Wain (Role Models) and produced by Judd Apatow, in which Aniston and Rudd will play a couple who head to a commune after losing all of their money. And she has also been added to the cast of Seth Gordon’s workplace comedy Horrible Bosses, in which she will play an “aggressive dentist,” one of the three titular awful bosses (Colin Farrell will play one of the other two top dogs). Aniston's Switch co-star Jason Bateman and Charlie Day (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) are in negotiations to play disgruntled employees in the long-gestating project. Get ready for the inevitable "Is Aniston basing evil boss character on Jolie?" Us Weekly headline. [Variety, Deadline]

Couching Tiger: Brad Pitt will star in The Tiger, a Darren Aronofsky–directed drama written by Guillermo Arriaga (Babel). The script is based on an upcoming book by John Vaillant that follows an animal activist who must protect a small Siberian town when it is attacked by a tiger. Couldn't let Jen have just one day of headlines all to herself, could ya, Brad?

Unmade in Manhattan: Colin Farrell and Marion Cotillard will star in David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis, an adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel. The thriller tracks a multimillionaire on a 24-hour "odyssey" across Manhattan. Farrell will play an asset manager who loses all of his money in a single day, while Cotillard will play his wife. Presumably Farrell's dramatic loss occurs for reasons more cinematic than a typo.

Bomer Out: Dave Annable (Brothers and Sisters) is in negotiations to replace Matt Bomer (White Collar) in the Anna Faris romantic comedy What’s Your Number? Bomer, who was to play Faris’s dream guy in the film, had to pull out for scheduling reasons. Chris Evans, Zachary Quinto, and Joel McHale will play Faris’s exes. To be considered more desirable than Captain America, Spock, and Jeff Winger is really quite a feat.

B. Plus: Audrey Tautou will star in Therese B., an adaptation of François Mauriac’s novel, which will be directed by Claude Miller. The film, set in the twenties, centers on Therese Desqueyroux, a “free-spirited but unhappily married woman” who tries to free herself “from social pressures and the boredom of suburban life.” Apparently her first idea was changing her annoying last name to a way more fun initial.

House Horror: Grindstone, a division of Lionsgate, has picked up the rights to distribute Open House, starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, and Rachel Blanchard. The film is directed by Paquin’s brother, Andrew Paquin, and centers on a woman (Blanchard) who is kidnapped and held captive in her own home by “two sociopaths during an open-house event.” Don't fret: Sookie and Bill aren't playing the two crazy sociopaths.

By the Law: John Grisham’s The Firm may become a TV series close to twenty years after the novel was released, as a spec pilot script by Lukas Reiter is circulating among networks including FX, TNT, and A&E, as well as NBC and Fox. Deadline says there is “already interest from at least one cable net.” If FX takes this and ditches Damages, that would be tragic.

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