Comedy Slapdown

Comedy Slapdown
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[1] from 8 November 2008 at 7:30pm. The show is hosted by H.G. Nelson and features a variety of comedians participating in theatresports[1] 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.

Game Examples

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

List of teams

The Squirminators (Winner, 2008)
Nuclear Storm (Runner-up, 2008)
The Trio of Doom
Hardcore Nitro
The Dirty Hombres

References

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