Comedy Slapdown | |
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Presented by | H.G. Nelson |
Starring |
Rebecca De Unamuno Steven Gates Corinne Grant Tom Gleeson Julia Zemiro Matt Tilley Russell Fletcher Damian Callinan Dave Callan Natalie Garonzi Julia Morris Cameron Knight |
Narrated by | "Rowdy Ronnie" McNitro |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Jason Stephens Darren Chau (the Comedy Channel) |
Producer(s) |
Michael Pope Ross Phillips (Supervising) |
Running time | 60 mins (Inc. Commercials) |
Release | |
Original network | The Comedy Channel |
Original release | 8 November 2008 |
Comedy Slapdown is an Australian television improvised comedy program produced by FremantleMedia, that first aired on The Comedy Channel from 8 November 2008 at 7:30pm. The show is hosted by H.G. Nelson and features a variety of comedians participating in theatresports Matt Parkinson heads up the judging panel which includes one other celebrity judge and one judge selected from the audience. Notable guest comedians include Corinne Grant, Tom Gleeson, Natalie Garonzi, Matt Tilley and Julia Zemiro.
The premise of the show can be compared to the popular improvisational comedy program 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' with various improvisational comedy games played as the teams compete against each other.
In each episode, the contestants are split into 2 teams, the red team and the blue team (Referring to the terms "In the red corner" and "In the blue corner") Here some of the games that are played