BasketMouth
COMEDY CENTRAL
BASKETMOUTH TO PERFORM AT WORLD FAMOUS “JUST FOR LAUGHS” COMEDY FESTIVAL IN CANADA.
Thursday, July 17, 2014Omoba
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King of Comedy, BasketMouth will
be flying the flag for African comedy as he becomes the first ever Nigerian
comedian to perform at the annual “Just for Laughs” comedy festival in
Montreal, Canada.
Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122)
and DStv will be flying BasketMouth and South African
comics John Vlismas and Mpho Popps off to Montreal, Canada
this month to participate in the legendary Montreal Just for Laughs (@just_for_laughs)
comedy festival (20-27 July).
BasketMouth will make his Festival
debut at various clubs during the week, while veteran South African
comedian John Vlismas returns to Just For Laughs to perform
in Talk of The Fest, one of the Festival’s premiere club
shows. Vlismas’s performance is being taped as part of the Just
For Laughs: All Access television series, and will air onComedy
Central later in 2014.
Commenting Evert van der Veer,
Channel Director, Comedy Central, Africa, “African comedy has the
potential to be one of the African continent’s most powerful cultural exports
and we are very proud to have John, Mpho and Basketmouth representing Comedy
Central in Canada. We are delighted to facilitate their
presence at Just For Laughs – one of the world’s most important
international comedy events.”
Expressing his delight, BasketMouth says,
“I am extremely humbled by the opportunity and I intend to give it more than my
best shot and the best of me; it is certainly a dream come true.”
John Vlismas added, “I am so
excited to be going back [to Montreal] after about nineyears… I’m going back a
lot more experienced, more divorced, more tattooed and more focussed than
ever. I’m going determined to make an impression this time: I’ll take
hostages if I have to!”
“Just For Laughs is thrilled to
welcome Comedy Central Africa back to the Festival for a third
consecutive year.” said Bruce Hills, C.O.O., Just For Laughs.
Follow BasketMouth’s progress
at the Just for Laughs festival by following their regular tweets
from Montreal using the hashtag #CCLive.
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