The Atlanta Funny Bus Comedy City Tour on a recent sunny Saturday afternoon was cruising down Memorial Drive toward downtown just past Oakland Cemetery. Emcee and stand-up comic Nicole Blue had just informed her riders that country crooner Kenny Rogers was buried there. She then played “The Gambler.”
On the Das BBQ outdoor patio , two men far beyond college age turned their backs to the bus and mooned the 35 tourists from places like Canada, California, Tennessee, Florida and Missouri. The audience whooped with faux shock and genuine laughter.
Now 10 months old, the Funny Bus tour is no standard recitation of Atlanta landmarks and factoids. Rather, it’s designed to be a daytime party with dance music, beer and wine (bring your own!) and jokes galore. Bits of historical info are pureed into the script like carrots in a fruit smoothy. Tours are available Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at $38 per person for a 90-minute tour. Private tours are available for local corporate team-building exercises, birthday or bachelorette parties or any special events.