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⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tom Ballard has returned to Edinburgh from Down Under with ever more timely and intransigent opinions to shout at us, this time from the basement of Monkey Barrel 2. Even if it’s only midday. “I’ll be blasting my correct opinions at you in a loud volume,” Ballard warns, but …
**** (out of 5) Nominated already for best show earlier this year at the Melbourne festival for this hour, and a previous multiple nominee in Edinburgh, Tom Ballard has returned with this hour, only here and now it has simultaneously taken on both a darker turn and a loosey-goosey one. …
Congrats to Michelle Wolf on being named today as one of the best newcomers to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! With the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe coming to a close this weekend, the annual Edinburgh Comedy Awards announced their shortlisted nominees today for the major honors of Best Comedy Show 2016 and …
Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle opens its four-night run tonight on Comedy Central with perhaps two of its most epic showdowns of insult joke-offs ever, both tragically and comedically. The first round taped overnight from Montreal’s Just For Laughs with four battles, presided over by host Brian Moses, “The Negro …
Many thoughts about the forthcoming Comedy Central miniseries at the end of this month, but for now, just a few initial musings about plans for Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle, filming and airing over four straight nights at Just For Laughs in Montreal, culminating with a live finale. Billed last …
With only a few days left in the scrum of August which is the Edinburgh Fringe, the panel for the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards for 2015 have announced their nominees for this year’s Best Show and Best Newcomer at the Fringe. And they are… Best Show 2015 Nominees James Acaster: …
For the past year and more, comedians have squared off in head-to-head competitions to match wits and trade insults at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood, Calif., in what have become hugely popular Roast Battles. Jeffrey Ross, aka “The Roastmaster General,” has overseen the Roast Battles in Los Angeles, and …
