Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs is a 6-part radio show with support from a comedian who won an award at what festival?
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Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs is a 6-part radio show on BBC Radio 2 hosted by comedian Rhod Gilbert. The show is co-hosted by Greg Davies and Lloyd Langford with support from Sarah Millican. Each week the 1 hour show contains a mix of stand up comedy from the regular cast and a guest comedian. There is also a musical act that play numerous songs throughout the show.
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Sarah Millican Sarah Jane Millican (née King; born 29 May 1975) is an English comedian. Millican won the if.comedy award for Best Newcomer at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In February 2013 she was listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Radio 4's "Woman's Hour".
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Paul McDermott Paul Anthony Michael McDermott (born 13 May 1962) is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, director, singer, artist and television personality. As a comedian, he is best known both for "Good News Week" and for his role as a member of the musical comedy group the Doug Anthony All Stars, which disbanded in 1994 but reformed in 2014; he has also performed individually and as a part of GUD. He has frequently appeared at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and taken part in its two major televised productions, the Comedy Festival Gala and the Great Debate. He has also hosted two other ABC programs and briefly featured on Triple J as a morning radio presenter between 1996 and 1997. He hosted "Good News Week" until 2012, and has since pursued his painting career, and given a series of concerts featuring self-penned songs of a more serious nature.
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Heroes of Fringe Heroes of Fringe are award winning comedy promoters and venue managers at Edinburgh Festival Fringe (the largest Arts Festival in the world) as well as Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival and tours around the UK and Europe.
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Festival Supreme Festival Supreme in an annual comedy music festival held in Los Angeles every October hosted by Jack Black and Kyle Gass as Tenacious D. The first event was held in 2013 at the Santa Monica Pier and 2014 and 2015 saw the festival take place at the Shrine Auditorium. The festival has featured names such as Conan O'Brien as well as David Cross and Sarah Silverman.
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Piece of Wood Award Founded in 1998 by comedian Greg Fleet, the Piece of Wood Award is awarded during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival to the best show as voted by a committee of comedians which includes all past winners of the award. Literally a piece of wood, it is traditional for winners to bite the award.
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Siobhan Thompson Siobhan Thompson is a British-American sketch comedian and comedy writer. She first appeared in a CollegeHumor sketch in July 2015, and left the company at the end of 2016. She originally came from England to the United States to be an archaeologist, but soon found herself drawn to comedy. She began taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade in 2010, and is a member of their Maude team Alamo. She is also the former host of the BBC America web series "Anglophenia", the co-host of the sketch comedy podcast Left Handed Radio, and has appeared in multiple television shows.
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Jennifer Saunders Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English comedian, screenwriter, and actress. She has won three BAFTAs (including the BAFTA Fellowship), an International Emmy Award, a British Comedy Award, a Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival Award, two Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards, and a People's Choice Award.
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World Stupidity Awards The World Stupidity Awards is an award ceremony that recognizes achievement in ignorance and stupidity during the past year. The WSA was founded in 2003 by filmmaker Albert Nerenberg. The awards were sponsored by comedy festival Just for Laughs to 2007. Lewis Black, an American comedian, hosted the last three presentation ceremonies.
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Robert Kelly (comedian) Robert Kelly (born October 8, 1970) is an American comedian and actor. He frequently performs at the Comedy Cellar. He often appeared on "The Opie and Anthony Show" on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, and has also appeared on "Last Call with Carson Daly", "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn", and "Premium Blend". In 2003, he was voted the Breakthrough Performer of the Year on CringeHumor.net.
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FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival is an annual summer comedy festival held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was founded by Stu Hughes (stand-up comic and social entrepreneur) in 2001 and has since grown to become Western Canada's largest comedy festival. It showcases over 70 performers both local and international. FunnyFest was also the first comedy festival to be held in Calgary, Alberta. It is a non-profit organization run entirely by volunteers. FunnyFest produces approximately 125 comedy events, seminars, talent development opportunities and workshops per annum. FunnyFest has inspired others to copy its success.
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Tormod MacGill-Eain Norman Hector Mackinnon Maclean (Scottish Gaelic: Tormod MacGill-Eain; 26 December 1936 – 31 August 2017) was a Scottish Gaelic comedian, novelist, poet, musician and broadcaster. He is the only person to have won both Bardic Crown and Gold Medal at the same Royal National Mòd. His struggles with alcoholism are documented in his autobiography, "The Leper's Bell:Autobiography of a Changeling".
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Lucy Beaumont (comedian) Lucy Beaumont (born 1983) is a British stand-up comedian from Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire. Her act is based largely on stereotypes about Hull and the wider Northern England region. She won the BBC Radio New Comedy Award in 2012 and was a finalist on "So You Think You're Funny" in 2011.
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Dan Meyer (entertainer) Dan Meyer is a multiple time Guinness World record holder for Sword Swallowing, a TedX speaker, a comedy performer, and also the recipient of 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine. Meyer was one among the Top 50 finalists on America's Got Talent. He is the president of Sword Swallowers Association International (SSAI). Meyer has also made many television and film appearances.
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Comedy Slapdown 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.
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Rhys Darby Rhys Montague Darby (born 21 March 1974) is an actor and comedian from New Zealand, known for his energetic physical comedy routines, telling stories accompanied with mime and sound effects of things such as machinery and animals. He was nominated for the Billy T Award in 2001 and 2002. He also won the 2012 Fred (Dagg) award at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, for Best NZ show.
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John Vlismas Vlismas won the 2007 South African Comedy Award for best stand-up comedian of the year and was a finalist in the 2008 Yuk Yuk's Great Canadian Laugh Off.
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Piff the Magic Dragon John van der Put (born 9 June 1980) is a magician and comedian from the United Kingdom who performs under the stage name Piff the Magic Dragon. A winner of multiple awards from British magic societies, he toured as a supporting act for band Mumford and Sons, and appeared on television shows "Fool Us" and "America's Got Talent". He lives in Las Vegas and is resident at The Flamingo.
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Alex Horne Alexander James Jeffrey "Alex" Horne (born 10 September 1978) is a British comedian. He is the host of "The Horne Section", a live music variety show which has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
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Fern Brady Fern Brady is a Scottish stand-up comedian and writer. She reached the finals of "So You Think You're Funny" at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe, where she was placed joint third, the finals of the Piccadilly Comedy Club new act competition in 2012 and the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 2013. She has also appeared on "8 Out Of 10 Cats" "Seann Walsh's Late Night Comedy Spectacular" and "The Alternative Comedy Experience" and has written for "The Guardian".
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Writer's Inc Writer's Inc was a sketch comedy troupe who won the 1982 Edinburgh Comedy Award, then known as the Perrier Award for sponsorship reasons. The troupe consisted of Gary Adams, Steve Brown, Vicki Pile, Trevor McCallum, Helen Murry, Jamie Rix, and Nick Wilton, with additional material by Kim Fuller.
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Marty Sheargold Martin "Marty" Sheargold (born 19 June 1971) is an Australian stand-up comedian,radio broadcaster.