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10 unusual facts about Comedy Central


Comedy Central's Indecision 2000

#"Indecision/Indécision 2006" for the 2006 Canadian general election.

Comedy Central's Indecision 2008

Two guests appeared: Steve Forbes, former GOP candidate in the U.S. Presidential primaries in 1996 and 2000, and Charles Ogletree, Jr., teacher of both Barack and Michelle Obama (Michelle Robinson at the time) when they were both students at Harvard Law School.

Frederick Festival of Film

After screening at the 2002 Festival, Robbie Chafitz, a Frederick native whose film Time Out also screened at the Sundance Film Festival and was later purchased by The Showtime Network, landed a recurring role in the Comedy Central show “Contest Searchlight”.

Haley Strode

In 2008, Strode's career in television began with shows on Comedy Central's Lewis Black's Root of All Evil, and was soon followed by recurring roles (Girlfriend, Wife, Hostage) on Important Things with Demetri Martin.

Haley Anne Strode is an American actress who emerged with roles on Comedy Central's Lewis Black's: Root of All Evil, Important Things with Demetri Martin and Mind of Mencia.

Me Doing Stand-Up

Norm Macdonald: Me Doing Stand-Up is a stand up DVD by comedian Norm Macdonald released by Comedy Central.

Ruth Adams and the World's Most Dangerous Polka Band

They received national attention when they appeared on the short-lived Comedy Central series Let's Bowl.

Tim Paterson

After leaving Microsoft a third time, Paterson founded another software development company, Paterson Technology, and also made several appearances on the Comedy Central television program Battlebots.

Valleycrest Productions

It went on to earn even greater success as the production company and copyright holder of several American game shows of the late 1990s and 2000s, which included Win Ben Stein's Money on Comedy Central, and more famously, the American versions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and the spin-off program Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire.

Why Shit So Crazy?

"Why Shit So Crazy?" is a stand up DVD by comedian Reggie Watts, released by Comedy Central.


15° Off Cool

15° Off Cool is a 2007 comedy special by Bill Engvall, which premiered on Comedy Central on Sunday, March 25, 2007.

ACE Broadcasting Network

Don Barris, Tony Barbieri, and Perry Caramello, known for their appearances in the cult classic Comedy Central film Windy City Heat, host this comedy podcast.

Adam de la Peña

In 2003, de La Peña created and co-starred in a reality show, Comedy Central's I'm with Busey, in which he documented days in the life of his childhood idol, actor Gary Busey.

Adam Hauck

Adam quickly found work as a writer and producer on the nightly FX talk show, "The X Show", then later worked on Comedy Central's "Beat the Geeks", and several reality TV shows, including MTV's "Road Rules" and NBC's "Who Wants to Marry My Dad?"

Augenblick Studios

The studio is responsible for much of the animated content on MTV2's Wonder Showzen, as well as Comedy Central's weekly web series Golden Age.

Charlie Finn

Finn also portrayed Captain 'Black Jack' Bonfield in the "Chicago" episode of Derek Waters' Drunk History on Comedy Central.

Chris Parson

Parson had voiced the title role (as well as many others) on Comedy Central's animated series Lil' Bush, and has lent his voice to episodes of Fox's popular shows Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, and Disney's Handy Manny.

Comet Cursor

At its height, over 350,000 websites, including those of Warner Bros., Comedy Central, the comic strip Dilbert, and the Star Trek franchise, were using the company's technology to alter the cursor image for their visitors.

Dave B. Mitchell

He also co-starred on Comedy Central’s Lil' Bush, and provides the voice of Richard for the animated version of Looking for Group.

David Sacks

His writing and producing credits include seasons five and six on The Simpsons, for which he won an Emmy award, 3rd Rock from the Sun, for which he received a Golden Globe award, Malcolm in the Middle, The Tick, Regular Show on Cartoon Network, Murphy Brown, and created and Executive Produced "Lewis Black's The Root of All Evil" for Comedy Central.

Dog Bites Man

When asked on Michael Showalter's webisode series The Michael Showalter Showalter if Comedy Central had cancelled the show, Zach Galifianakis replied "Yes, thank God."

Eric Drysdale

He performs stand-up, presents movies, and performs monologues at venues throughout New York City, and has performed on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and NBC's Late Friday, as well as at the Montreal Comedy Festival, the Chicago Improv Festival, and Seattle's Bumbershoot festival.

Frau Farbissina

In Comedy Central's Canned Ham: The Doctor Evil Story, a half-hour long preview special of The Spy Who Shagged Me, Dr. Evil states that he met Farbissina "at gymnasia in Baden-Baden at a street corner next to the McDonald's."

George Soros conspiracy theories

While the skit was praised by various major media outlets, Beck shot back on November 25 by insinuating that Stewart and fellow Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert are keeping or turning people into "sheep".

Hard 'n Phirm

They have written a number of television and podcast theme songs, including the theme to Comedy Central's 2010 series The Benson Interruption starring Doug Benson.

Harvey Gold

Included among the projects he's produced, specials for Nickelodeon, series and specials for Comedy Central and A&E is, for Comedy Central the television series, 2 Drink Minimum, the house band including a couple of his bandmates from Tin Huey, Chris Butler (musician) (as music director) and Ralph Carney.

Heidi Van Horne

Besides modeling, she has acted in independent films and on several TV series, including ER, The O.C., and Gilmore Girls and as the prize girl on the revival of The Gong Show with Dave Attell for Comedy Central and Happy Madison Productions.

Jesse O. Sanderson High School

Amy Sedaris, author, humorist and actress; creator and star of the "Strangers with Candy" television series on Comedy Central and the 2006 major motion picture release of the same title (1979)

Jim O'Heir

In 2000, he starred in a regular role in the Comedy Central series Strip Mall as Harvey Krudup, the unattractive husband of protagonist Tammi Tyler, who was played by Julie Brown.

Jon Schnepp

He co-directed the pilot for Upright Citizens Brigade for Comedy Central, and directed segments and the Title Sequence for the series run.

Jonathan Judge

His few credits outside the children's television field, include directing the pilot episode of the Comedy Central series Tosh.0 and the Current TV series Bar Karma.

Kent Haines

Kent Haines is a stand-up comedian who has appeared on Season 4 of Comedy Central's Live at Gotham and the public radio program The Sound of Young America.

Konichiwa Bitches

"Konichiwa Bitches" originates from when Robyn and Klas Åhlund watched Chappelle's Show with Dave Chappelle on Comedy Central.

Less than Perfect

The show has previously been aired on RTÉ TWO in Ireland and on Comedy Central in the UK and Ireland, although it is not currently being shown on either of these two networks.

Lisa Jane Persky

On January 19, 2008, she married music historian and former co-star of the Comedy Central game show Beat the Geeks, Andy Zax.

Lisa Landry

After nine years of open mics, Lisa Landry starred in her own half-hour special "Comedy Central Presents Lisa Landry" on the Comedy Central cable TV network.

Martha Kelly

She has been featured on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", Comedy Central's Premium Blend, Last Comic Standing, and The Late Late Show.

Merle Becker

She left MTV in early 2000 to start Freakfilms and worked on Comedy Central's Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.

Merry F %$in' Christmas

Since the holiday season of 2005, Comedy Central has periodically aired Denis Leary's Merry F#%$in' Christmas, an hour-long (with commercials) Christmas special featuring Leary and several celebrity guests, including Charlie Murphy, Carmen Electra, William Shatner, and the Barenaked Ladies.

Nick Bakay

He worked at Comedy Central, writing and appearing on numerous shows, including Night After Night with Allan Havey and Sports Monster.

Nick Bernardone

Nick's TV credits include working in production and webisodes on Emmy Award winning 30 Rock as well as working in the writers' office for MTV's I Just Want My Pants Back and Comedy Central's Big Lake (TV series).

Night After Night with Allan Havey

Night After Night with Allan Havey was an unorthodox late night talk show which aired on The Comedy Channel (which merged with Ha! to become Comedy Central) from 1989 to 1992.

Respecto Montalban

Owen Burke is a writer and producer for HBO's Funny or Die Presents and is also recognizable for his appearance as the "Dancing Office Guy" in a series of Nextel commercials, and has also appeared in many programs on Comedy Central and VH1.

Secret Stash

The Secret Stash is a name given by the United States cable television channel Comedy Central to its mostly-uncensored early Sunday morning (late Saturday night) programming which generally consists of R-rated films or stand-up comedy.

Shōnen Book

The series gained more exposure after its appearance on Mystery Science Theater 3000, which in the 1980s aired on Comedy Central.

Television broadcasting in Australia

In addition to this, a great deal of programming from the PBS, Arte, BBC and CBC, and even Comedy Central are shown.

The Higgins Boys and Gruber

The Higgins Boys and Gruber was an American cable television show that aired on weekday afternoons on The Comedy Channel, the precursor to the cable network Comedy Central, from 1989 to 1991.

Virginia Williams

With this experience she parlayed her talents into several primetime roles, including the leading role of Bianca on Lifetime's Monarch Cove, Claudia on five episodes of the hit series How I Met Your Mother, Shelley Long's daughter who was snubbed at the altar in the film Honeymoon with Mom, and two seasons on Comedy Central's Strangers with Candy.