Airdate: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Great Debate 2016
In a coup, Barry Humphries will moderate Monday's Melbourne Comedy Festival Debate on TEN.
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In something of a rarity, The Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s 27th Annual Great Debate, screening on Monday night, will be hosted by Barry Humphries.
It’s a coup to nab the legendary comedian, who will moderate the event addressed by a much younger generation of comedians.
The debate is an annual sell-out date on the Melbourne International Comedy Festival calendar and Barry will be responsible for wrangling two teams of unruly debating comics as they dispute this year’s contentious topic: “That Everyone’s Entitled To An Opinion”.
In the affirmative corner is one of Australia’s most in-demand comedians, Joel Creasey, alongside Legally Brown star Nazeem Hussain and the UK’s Sara Pascoe. Captaining the negative team will be last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival Best Newcomer nominee Tom Ballard, who will be joined by Kiwi Urzila Carlson and 2014 Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Alex Edelman from the U.S.
Melbourne Town Hall plays host to this battle of the brains, as these local and international comedy heavyweights argue, rant, beg, cheat and steal to reign supreme in the debate that stops the nation.
Monday, 8.30pm on TEN.
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I think they got the captains absolutely spot on, but the rest of the cast (including Humphries) is kinda meh.