Couyon Comedy is a Denver-based comedy brand that delivers mobile stand-up comedy shows to comedy clubs, breweries, and a variety of venues across the United States. Derived from the Cajun word “Couyon”, or “Foolishness”, Couyon Comedy emanates easy-going good times for every audience.
Founded by teachers-turned-comedians Lou Pharis and Joe McKenna, Couyon Comedy provides hilarious and professional stand-up comedy shows to any size venue. Utilizing their own comedy expertise, as well as their classroom management skills, Joe and Lou leave crowds holding their sides and always wanting more!
Couyon Comedy showcases feature both local comedians and nationally touring headliners. Providing everything from spotlights, to PA systems, to marketing, Couyon Comedy consistently sells out any sized room.
about the Founders
Lou Pharis is a Denver based stand-up comedian who uses his high energy and outrageous experiences in the classroom to keep crowds laughing. Lou is a rapidly rising comic that has been featured at comedy clubs, festivals, and private events across the US and the UK.
Originally from Louisiana, Lou has been teaching in the classroom for 8 years, and applies his classroom management style to command crowds’ attention in comedy clubs. Weaponizing his ADHD, Lou vividly details the ridiculous happenings of his teaching career, his Cajun upbringing, and the societal norms of his time in the south. His need to interact with the crowd makes his likeable comedy approach a crowd favorite.
Lou has been seen on NBC, the Jim and Sam show with Jim Norton, performed at festivals, and has been featured in New York, London, and Hawaii. His comedy has netted over 60 million views on social media. Lou founded Couyon Comedy by using his stand-up experiences from his time in Orlando, and capitalizing on Colorado’s high demand for live comedy.
Joe McKenna is a comedian from Boston, Massachusetts. One of the fastest rising comics in Denver, Joe utilizes his experience as a middle school teacher and traveller to recount his most bizarre undergoings with his students, his time spent abroad, and the everchanging social expectations of the youth.
Joe has been seen at comedy clubs across the US, and has worked with household comedians such as Mark Normand, Shane Gillis, and Jeff Ross. Joe produces stand-up comedy shows for Couyon Comedy as well as Apocalypse Tonight, a political satire news and sketch show.
