Comedy Slapdown
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| Comedy Slapdown | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Darren Chau (the Comedy Channel) |
| Producers | Michael Pope Ross Phillips (Supervising) |
| Running time | 60 mins (Inc. Commercials) |
| Original release | |
| Network | The Comedy Channel |
| Release | 8 November 2008 |
Comedy Slapdown is an Australian television
.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
- What's My Name? – A standard Comedy Slapdown opening round. The game involves both teams. One member of each team is a bouncer and holds a clipboard. Names of celebrities will appear on the screen behind them and the other players must, one at a time, do an impression of that person and help their teammate guess who they are.
- Off The Cuff – This game involves one member of each team. One person is given something to make a speech about, and at random times, the other player will say a word and the player giving the speech must incorporate that word into their speech.
- Don't Diss Me! – This game also involves one member of each team. They are each given a microphone and they will take turns rapping insults based on the pictures that appear on the screen. EG: with an hourglass: "Hey, boy! You got no class, 'cos, You just tippin' through an hourglass!"
- What's This Do? – Works exactly the same way as 'Props' On 'Whose line is it anyway?'. Each team is given a weird-looking prop and they will go back and forth, thinking of as many funny ideas as possible using the props.
- They said What? – One at a time, a player from either team will deliver the words you would never want to hear in a given situation (E.g.; In a taxi, In bed with someone, at the oscars). There are two topics for the players to make statements on. The second topic usually relates to the occupation of the guest judge (E.g.; At a singing competition for Anthony Callea, at a Brownlow medal dinner for Jason Akermanis)
- Break Into Song – For one of the 2 teams. They will act out a given scenario, but when the musician, John Thorn, starts playing music they must start singing their dialogue and keep singing until the music stops.
- Celebrity Serenade – Comedy Slapdown's weekly final challenge. The guest judge of the week will sit in a chair on stage and HG will ask them a few personal questions. Each of the 6 players must then sing a song about the guest, incorporating the info from the questions.
List of teams
- The Squirminators (Winner, 2008)
- Paul McCarthy
- Natalie Garonzi
- Damian Callinan
- Nuclear Storm (Runner-up, 2008)
- Lliam Amor
- Emily Taheny
- Russell Fletcher
- The Trio of Doom
- Tom Gleeson
- Rebecca De Unamuno
- Cameron Knight (Stood in for by Russell Fletcher for one episode)
- Hardcore Nitro
- The Dirty Hombres
- Rik Brown
- Julia Zemiro (Stood in for by Julia Morris for two episodes)
- Steven Gates
References
- ^ a b "News – Audience call for Comedy Slapdown – The Comedy Channel". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2008.