By April MacIntyre Oct 16, 2008, 18:17 GMT
TBS Presents a comic filled festival: The Comedy Festival "Laffapalooza" in Las Vegas that will see Sci Fi channel's "Scare Tactics" host Tracy Morgan serve as host.
10/02/2008 - Tracy Morgan - 5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors - Arrivals - Hammerstein Ballroom - New York City, NY, USA © Wild1 / PR Photos
The comedy fest will also have comics Mark Curry, Sheryl Underwood, Earthquake, Corey Holcomb and Lavell Crawford on Saturday, Nov. 22, with the show to be taped for a TBS Special Airing Sunday, Nov. 30, at 11 p.m. (ET/PT)
The event will be in the Palace Ballroom at Caesars Palace. The performance is part of the star-studded weekend line-up as TBS Presents a “Very Funny” Festival: The Comedy Festival.
In addition to the live performance in Las Vegas, "Laffapalooza" will be taped for television audiences. The special is executive-produced by Jamie Foxx and Marcus King of Foxx King Entertainment, Stu Schreiberg of Levity Productions and Ron Wilson of LAFFAPALOOZA! Productions.
Now in its fourth year, The Comedy Festival is a three-day event taking place Nov. 20-22 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
The extensive lineup for the event includes such previously announced performers as Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, Joan Rivers, Dane Cook, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Jeff Dunham, Dave Attell, Jamie Kennedy, Mike Epps, David Alan Grier, The Kids in the Hall, Russell Peters, Kate Clinton, Jim Breuer, Andrew Dice Clay, Jim Norton and John Oliver.
TBS will televise several programs including the variety special "Ellen’s Even Bigger Really Big Show", presented by DeGeneres; "Laffapalooza!" an evening of performances by top comedians hosted by Morgan; and a celebrity roast of Cheech and Chong.
"Laffapalooza" has launched Nick Cannon and Mike Epps' careers among the dozens of comedians who came into prominence from the events. Sheryl Underwood, Earthquake, Corey Holcomb and Lavell Crawford are all alumni of the "Laffapalooza" platform. This is the first "Laffapalooza" special being taped for TBS.
Tracy Morgan can also be seen as wild and unpredictable movie star Tracy Jordan in the Emmy-winning NBC sitcom "30 Rock."
Actor/comedian Mark Curry is best known as a star of the ABC sitcom Hangin' with Mr. Cooper. Sheryl Underwood is currently heard on The Sheryl Underwood Show on Sirius Radio’s Foxxhole and makes frequent appearances on The Tom Joyner Morning Show. Earthquake (aka Nathaniel Stroman) has headlined the Crown Royal Comedy Soul Fest, the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival and the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, and he toured with the Latham Entertainment Presents Comedy Tour.
Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased for individual shows and packages online at thecomedyfestival.com, by phone at (877) TCF-FEST or in person at the box office at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
Exclusive VIP packages are available online or by calling The Colosseum box office at (702) 866-1409. Hotel information can be found here, while additional festival information and schedule updates is available at thecomedyfestival.com.
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