The Comedy Festival
The Comedy Festival | |
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Genre | Comedy festival |
Location(s) | Las Vegas, Nevada Aspen, Colorado[1] |
Years active | 1995–2008[2] |
Founded | 1995[3][4] |
The Comedy Festival, formerly known as the US Comedy Arts Festival,[5] was a comedy festival that ran from 1995[6][7] to 2008.[8] The festival included stand-up comedy performances, appearances by the casts of television shows, and has a film component[9] called the Film Discovery Program.[10][11]
History
The first 13 editions of the US Comedy Arts Festival were held annually at the
The Aspen event folded in 2007 once HBO exited the festival business, considering the expenditures too high.[8] American comedian Chris Fleming performed at the 2007 event.[14] He was taken into custody by Federal Authorities following his performance.[source?]
TBS picked up the Las Vegas event in 2008, and organized a follow-up edition that year, also arranging for other comedy festivals in collaboration with
References
- ^ Phil Rosenthal (1997-03-03). "Live From Aspen, It's a Tribute!". LA Times. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ "Celebrating a Decade of Laughs, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Wraps in Aspen". IndieWire. 2004-03-16. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ Steve Johnson (1997-03-07). "'Animal House' Without Belushi". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ "HBO Comedy Festival - USCAF History". hbocomedyfestival.com. Archived from the original on 2004-06-12. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Details, a Report by Trademark Bank | Calendar Your Mark | Monitor Similar Marks". Trademarkbank.com. 1994-09-16. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ Lei, Richard (1995-04-02). "What Are You Laughing At? Weird And Hostile Detours In The Search For New Comedy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), Sunday, March 26, 1995, Page 55. ... going for yucks at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo.
- ^ a b Hooper, Troy (2007-05-10). "Comedy fest drops Aspen". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ The Mandy Network (2006-03-12). "HBO's Comedy Fest announces winners | HBO Comedy Festival". Festivalfocus.org. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ "The HBO Comedy Festival to Be Held in Aspen February 28th – March 4th, 2007" (Press release). IndependentFilm.com. 2006-07-18.
- ^ "HBO: No U.S. Comedy Arts Festival next year". Denverpost.com. 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ Variety Staff (1997-02-24). "Live From Aspen". Variety. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ "The Comedy Festival - About". The Comedy Festival. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
HBO and AEG Live will team up once again to make Las Vegas 'the home of funny' when the second annual edition of The Comedy Festival is presented Nov. 14-18, 2006.
- ^ "Chris Fleming during HBO's 13th Annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival -..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ Szalai, Georg (2008-02-21). "TBS expands comedy festival work". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ "Aspen Laff Fest just for laughs? Nope – the Wheeler wants smarts, too". AspenTimes.com. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ "HBO pulls U.S. Comedy Arts Festival". AspenTimes.com. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ "Wheeler Opera House Announces Line-up of 2017 Aspen Laugh Festival | Aspen CO Chamber". www.aspenchamber.org. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ Husted, Bill (14 May 2007). "Comedy Arts Festival was a hoot in Aspen". Denverpost.com. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
External links
- Official website
- US Comedy Arts Festival, Aspen, Colorado
- The Festival You're Supposed to Laugh At
- U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Tribute to Monty Python
- Comedy Central Comedy Festival, Summer 2017, San Francisco