About Us
it was their idea
Savannah Tonight is a late night comedy talk show with three goals: be relentlessly funny…be unyieldingly entertaining…and spotlight fascinating local talent and superstar visitors alike. We tape live at Front Porch Improv Theater on the first Saturday of every month and want your fabulous self in the audience! Matt Nickley is our host, he is tall. Jon Antoine is our co-host. He should be the host host. And Annie Childress is our producer, she's the smart one.
Our Team
Brenden Davis - Technical Director
Brenden graduated summa cum laude from MIT and was named one of People’s Sexiest Scientists Under 30. After an honorable career as an Air Force officer, Brenden was recruited by NASA to be an astronaut. He was America’s choice to lead the first manned mission to Mars….and beyond. He was unfortunately let go after his crippling fear of heights was uncovered. This was his lowest point, friends abandoned him and birds actively shat upon his uncovered head. But all heroes deserve a second chance, so Savannah Tonight swooped in and became the wind beneath his constantly shaking wings. Today, he directs and oversees the whole operation planted on his own two feet on the ground.
Fun Fact: Is a Boeing test pilot. Please bring puppets to the show.
Vikram Perry - Band Leader
What can we say about a Florida Man that your local news hasn’t already? Yes, he’s introduced over sixty invasive species to the Southeast. Yes, he keeps an alligator in his car so he can drive in the HOV lane. Yes, he’s the Santa Rosa County coroner. He stops at greens; floors it at reds. He puts the keys in the Florida Keys. Vikram is a sovereign citizen after our own hearts. When he’s not flouting society’s conventions, he conducts a heck of a band.
Fun Fact: Is an experienced puppeteer. He loves puppets. Please bring puppets to the show.
Abby Bentley - Bass
Abby is the heiress to the Bentley Motors fortune. She was conceived in the front seat of a limousine and born in Windsor Castle. Her ties to the Royal Family have been the stuff of fame and infamy. In some circles, she is the heir to the British crown. In other, arguably larger circles, she is the greatest threat to the British crown. She’s all about that bass…’bout that bass…no treble.
Fun Fact: She oversaw the PR for Harry and Megan’s exit from the Royal Family. Please, don’t bring puppets to the show.
Jamal Tanks - Drums
Every group has that one star, the one everyone wants to be…and be with. NYSYNC had Justin… Destiny's Child had Beyonce… The Beatles had Ringo… Savannah Tonight has Jamal. You either want to be with him, or better yet, be him. Jamal holds the record for filed stalker cases in the state of Georgia. For the safety of the cast, crew, guests, and audience, we have relegated Jamal to the drums, a position where his supreme sex appeal cannot affect the flow of the show.
Fun Fact: He is the only man on Bumble who can message first.
Bob Aneshansel - Guitar
Bob works a stable 9-5. Bob pays his taxes…in December. Bob played golf once and was invited on the PGA tour. Bob potty trained himself. Bob donated his mother’s breast milk to malnourished children. Bob was walking in the womb. When he’s not playing guitar on the show, you can see Bob ladling away at area soup kitchens. He’s a soup kitchen enthusiast. A role model. A friend.
Fun Fact: He is violently triggered by puppets. Please, don’t bring puppets to the show. If we haven’t made this clear, he murders puppets.
Chris and Andy of Chris & Andy - Associate Producers
In ancient Sumeria, just after the Epic of Gilgamesh was penned and then flopped in cinemas, another epic tale was put to tablet…not a story of heroes…but a prophecy of doom. In that cuneiform text, the warning of fraternal twins born inexplicably to three different mothers was foretold. No one knew what generation of humanity would be struck by them, and thousands of years of sand covered the bad omen in the desert. When Chris and Andy were inexplicably born as fraternal twins to three different mothers, only Ancient Aliens took notice. Luckily, no one listens to them. And so Savannah Tonight, in defiance of ancient tomes and our nerdiest bandmembers, brought these two gentlemen together to do one thing: produce associately. No one quite knows what it means, but by god, they are associates who produce…and Matt said it in a meeting, so here we are.
Fun Fact: Facts are fun. Please bring puppets to the show.