Toccoa Welcomes Johnny Peers and the Muttville Comix on October 18th

 

Press Release

Release: Immediate
Contact: Tami Mayhugh
Date: October 12, 2020

RE: Historic Ritz Theatre Welcomes Johnny Peers and the Muttville Comix

Toccoa, GA- October 12, 2020   Sit! Stay! Get ready to howl!  Johnny Peers and the Muttville Comix are headed to the Historic Ritz Theatre for two fun-filled shows on Sunday, October 18, at 2:00pm and 7:00pm.

Johnny Peers and his personality-plus canines are coming to tickle your funny bone! This show is a slapstick comedy act like no other. Johnny leads over a dozen dogs through challenging and hilarious tricks as Johnny plays the straight man role to their crazy antics.

A Ringling Brothers Clown College graduate, Johnny Peers has been working with dogs since he got his first puppy, Freckles, a Beagle mix, from the Humane Society. Since their 1980 debut, the Muttville Comix have appeared on David Letterman, Primetime Live and Circus of the Stars, and at Disneyland, Busch Gardens, the Big Apple Circus, the Royal Hanneford Circus, and even The White House!

 A show for the whole family and the dog lover in all of us, the show stars mostly dogs rescued from shelters or pounds, like Daphne, the world’s only skateboarding Basset Hound; Squeaky, the ladder climbing Fox Terrier; Mr. Pepe, who only responds to commands in Spanish; and Sir Winston, the Pointer mix who only answers to “Sir.” The 2003 Animal Planet Pet Star Winners, the Providence Journal-Bulletin calls the show, “…a truly funny, slapstick dog act.”

 This Night at the Ritz event is sponsored in part from generous grants from the Georgia Council for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Tickets can be purchased at the box office night of show or online.  Adults tickets are $10, children under 12 and students with an I.D. are $5. For more information on Johnny Peers and the Muttville Comix or Night at the Ritz, please contact Ritz Theatre General Manager Tami Mayhugh at tmayhugh@cityoftoccoa.com or 706.244.0039.