Ashley Austin Morris (Performing 11/20 at The Jones Center)

Ashley Austin Morris is coming back to the Jones Center in Springdale for a clean comedy show Friday, November 20 — we’re pumped. I chatted with her about everything from Big Bang Theory and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel to voicing stuff in Red Dead Redemption and having a #1 comedy album on iTunes. She told cute Clint Eastwood-on-set stories, raved about Walmart (like a true tourist), and kept it real about doing clean material. We laughed about bombing at a Marie Callender’s salad bar and how clean sets make for great pre-holiday date nights. Tickets are cheap-ish and the Jones Center even does childcare, so bring a friend, skip the awkward family drama, and come laugh with us.

Takeaways:

• I loved that Ashley keeps her standup mostly clean to honor her personal values, no cuss.
• We cracked up when she said New Yorkers who do Southern accents end up in Red Dead Redemption, grand theft Horsey vibes.
• I was totally charmed by her Clint Eastwood story — dude did a Gilda impression for her.
• We found single-cam sets are looser and more fun, while live sitcom nights feel straight-up magical.
• I loved her bomb story at a Marie Callender salad bar — painfully embarrassing but hilarious later.