The Comedy Network Gets Busy at Montreal’s Just for Laughs Festival with 13 Hours of Star-Studded ALL ACCESS Galas
The Comedy Network Exclusive: SETH ROGEN’S HILARITY FOR CHARITY Has World Debut August 31
“I know a lot of you were expecting me to pander to the Canadian crowd a bit more than I did. What I want to say is, not only am I gonna do that right now, but I’m gonna do it in the craziest f*cking way you’ve ever seen! Youppi – bring out Timbits for everybody!” – Seth Rogen on stage pandering to a live Canadian audience
“Even by Just for Laughs standards of wonkiness, this one was way out there. Can’t ever remember a JFL spectacle quite like this one… And in the midst of that lunacy was a darned solid comedy show.” – Bill Brownstein, Montreal Gazette
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TORONTO (August 14, 2014) – This Labour Day weekend, The Comedy Network delivers an exclusive original special hosted by one of the biggest stars in the world, Seth Rogen. Premiering Sunday, Aug. 31 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, SETH ROGEN’S HILARITY FOR CHARITY brings together a hand-picked line-up of comedians and special guests including Hannibal Buress, Jim Norton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and P.K. Subban, in support of the “Hilarity For Charity.” Founded by Seth and his wife, actor and screenwriter Lauren Miller Rogen, this fund benefits Alzheimer’s research, support, and awareness. The full 90-minute special is available on demand following its broadcast at TheComedyNetwork.ca and Comedy GO.
Three guys, one Stanley Cup. L to R: P.K. Subban, Seth Rogen, fake Stanley Cup, and some guy
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Hosted by the homegrown superstar himself, Seth Rogen, and taped exclusively for Comedy at Montréal’s Place Des Arts theatre during this year’s Just For Laughs Festival , SETH ROGEN’S HILARITY FOR CHARITY features sidesplitting stand-up sets from some of today’s hottest comedians including Al Madrigal, Hannibal Buress, Jerrod Carmichael, Jim Norton, Joe Mande, and Michelle Wolf. The Comedy original special also features swoon-worthy surprise celebrity appearances from Montréal Canadiens hero P.K. Subban; actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who croons a jaw-dropping version of a Jacques Brel classic in perfect French; and a replica of Canada’s unofficial Holy Grail, The Stanley Cup, which inevitably brings the house down.
Below are some comedic nuggets from SETH ROGEN’S HILARITY FOR CHARITY:
Hannibal Burress on podiatrists: “Being a podiatrist has to be great because the stakes are so low. You never have to walk into a waiting room and go ‘I’m sorry…your son didn’t make it. His bunions went into his prostate.’”
Jerrod Carmichael on Tinder: “Tinder is missing a maybe option. It should have an option where you swipe up and that means, maybe. And then those faces don’t reappear until after three in the morning.”
Jim Norton on modern technology: “Could you imagine if in high school in the 80s, they had told us this technology was coming. Someday soon, you’re going to hold a glass telephone, and you can use that phone to take a picture of your d*ck, and send it to any woman in the world. I wouldn’t even ask if it worked as a phone.”
Al Madrigal on breastfeeding: “I saw a lady who was breastfeeding a kid who was way too old to be breastfed. You ever see that? Ladies – a child should not be old enough to comment on the quality.”
Joe Mande on L.A. becoming a hockey town: “We live in L.A –Hockeytown, U.S.A. Um I know. That sucks for you. We keep winning and no one cares. No one cares.”
Michelle Wolf on procrastination: “It’s weird. If you wait all day to do something, you’re a procrastinator. But if you do it first thing in the morning, you’re an alcoholic.”
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SETH ROGEN’S HILARITY FOR CHARITY is produced by Just For Laughs Television in association with The Comedy Network. Executive Producers are Bruce Hills, Andy Nulman, and Gilbert Rozon. Sarah Fowlie is Director, Independent Production, Comedy, Bell Media. Corrie Coe is Senior Vice-President, Independent Production, Bell Media. Tracey Pearce is Senior Vice-President, Specialty Channels, Bell Media. Phil King is President, CTV, Sports, and Entertainment Programming.
About the Just For Laughs Group
Founded in 1983, the Just For Laughs Group’s growth is concentrated on four major focal points: Festivals (in Montreal, Toronto, and Sydney); television production (most notably Gags seen in 135 countries and on 95 airlines); live shows (Canadian tour dates for Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Burr, Jim Gaffigan, and many others); and talent management. Its inaugural Montreal Festival over 30 years ago is now the world’s largest and most prestigious comedy event welcoming more than 2 million people each summer. The Group has offices in Montreal, Paris, Los Angeles, Toronto, London and a small apartment on the Internet.
About Bell Media Independent Production
Bell Media has commissioned some of Canada’s most-watched and most-acclaimed original programming, working with the best Canadian independent producers in the country. Hit CTV series include ratings success stories SAVING HOPE, THE LISTENER, MOTIVE, and THE AMAZING RACE CANADA, the record-breaking, Canadian-produced complementary version of the hit international series. New to CTV in 2014 are hit international format MASTERCHEF CANADA and multi-cam office comedy SPUN OUT, one of the most-watched new comedies of the season. Among the scripted series on Bell Media pay and specialty channels are the three-time Emmy®-nominated hit DEGRASSI, the internationally acclaimed ORPHAN BLACK, the most-watched original series in Space history BITTEN, Bravo’s most-watched new drama 19-2, TRANSPORTER – THE SERIES, dramedy SENSITIVE SKIN, and the upcoming KILLJOYS. Bell Media specialty channels are also home to hit factual series HIGHWAY THRU HELL and CANADA’S WORST DRIVER, among others.
About The Comedy Network
Canada’s first specialty comedy service, The Comedy Network airs comedy of all kinds, 24-hours-a-day, across multiple platforms, including a revolutionary broadband service at thecomedynetwork.ca. Launched in October 1997, Comedy broadcasts, uncut and uncensored, an eclectic mix of scripted, stand-up, sketch, improv, and animated comedy – as well as topical comedy talk shows, game shows and classic situation comedies. Offering an unrivalled slate of original Canadian programming, Comedy reinvests nearly 50 per cent of its revenues into home-grown productions. Comedy is a division of Bell Media, which is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company, and is available in nearly six million households across the country.
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For more information, please contact:
Andrea Allen, The Comedy Network, 416.384.5375 or andrea.allen@bellmedia.ca
Mary Costa, The Comedy Network, 416.384.7702 or mary.costa@bellmedia.ca
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