COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Secures All-Star Line-Up to Skewer Larry The Cable Guy
Roasters Include Drew Carey, Nick DiPaolo, Jeff Foxworthy, Greg Giraldo, Toby Keith, Lisa Lampanelli, Dan Marino, Jeffrey Ross
'COMEDY CENTRAL Roast Of Larry The Cable Guy' To Tape On Sunday, March 1
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 -- COMEDY CENTRAL is turning up the heat on
this year's Roastee, Larry the Cable Guy. The network announced today an
all-star roster of Roasters that includes top comedic talent, a hall-of-fame
football quarterback and a country music superstar. The "COMEDY CENTRAL Roast
Of Larry The Cable Guy" tapes in Los Angeles at the Warner Brothers Studio lot
on Sunday, March 1. The "COMEDY CENTRAL Roast Of Larry The Cable Guy" will
premiere on Sunday, March 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
This year's Roasters include Drew Carey, Nick DiPaolo, Jeff Foxworthy,
Greg Giraldo, Toby Keith, Lisa Lampanelli, Dan Marino, Jeffrey Ross, among
many others to be announced.
The "COMEDY CENTRAL Roast Of Larry The Cable Guy" will be executive
produced by Joel Gallen from Tenth Planet Productions, who also executive
produced and directed the "COMEDY CENTRAL Roast Of Bob Saget," "COMEDY CENTRAL
Roast Of Flavor-Flav," the Emmy-Nominated "COMEDY CENTRAL Roast Of William
Shatner" and the "COMEDY CENTRAL Roast Of Pamela Anderson." Parallel
Entertainment'sJ.P. Williams and Larry the Cable Guy are also executive
producers. Elizabeth Porter is the executive in charge for the network.
About COMEDY CENTRAL
COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more
than 95 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by Comedy Partners,
a wholly-owned division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) MTV Networks.
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press information and photographs, visit "Press Central," COMEDY CENTRAL's
press-only web site, at www.comedycentral.com/press.
About Parallel Entertainment
Beverly Hills-based Parallel Entertainment, which was profiled by New
Yorker Magazine in 2006, and featured in a 2006 CBS TV "60 Minutes" profile,
produces all Blue Collar Comedy projects, as well as develops, finances and
produces a wide range of entertainment projects, including feature films,
specials for network and cable, DVD premiere films, as well as television
specials and series, such as the hit TBS sitcom "The Bill Engvall Show," HBO
special "Lisa Lampanelli, Long Live The Queen," "Larry the Cable Guy's
Christmas Extravaganza" for CMT and "Blue Collar Comedy: The Next Generation,"
for TBS. Parallel has also financed and produced the motion pictures "Witless
Protection," starring Larry the Cable Guy, Jenny McCarthy, Ivana Milicevic,
Yaphet Kotto, Peter Stormare, Joe Mantegna and Eric Roberts, released by
Lionsgate in 2008; "Delta Farce," starring Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall,
and D J Qualls; and "Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector," starring Larry,
also both distributed by Lionsgate.
SOURCE COMEDY CENTRAL Corporate Communications
02/11/2009
CONTACT: Aileen Budow, +1-212-767-3952, aileen.budow@comedycentral.com,
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