Show Me the Funny

Show Me the Funny
Directed byMichael Cumming
Presented byJason Manford
JudgesMain Judges
Alan Davies
Kate Copstick
Guest Judges
Jimmy Tarbuck
Bob Mortimer
Ross Noble
Jo Brand
Johnny Vegas
Cannon and Ball
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
ProducersKenton Allen
Matthew Justice
Running time60mins (inc. adverts)
Production companyBig Talk Productions
Original release
NetworkITV
Release18 July (2011-07-18) –
25 August 2011 (2011-08-25)
Related
Last Comic Standing
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Show Me the Funny is a British reality show on ITV,[1][2] in which a group of ten comedians of varying experience visit ten different cities around the UK, performing tasks that are somehow meant to equip them with local knowledge to work into five-minute-long new live routines, which they then showcase in front of a live audience.

At the end of each show, one contestant was voted off by the judging panel of Alan Davies, Kate Copstick and a different guest judge in each city, with a live final at the Hammersmith Apollo on 25 August 2011.[3] The eventual winner of the competition won a nationwide tour (with support from two of the runners-up) and their own DVD released in the run-up to Christmas.

An unrelated show with the same title aired in the United States on Fox Family.

  1. ^ Logan, Brian (18 July 2011). "Show Me the Funny – and the unfunny". London: Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  2. ^ Cole, Tom (18 July 2011). "Is it The Apprentice? Is it The X Factor? No, it's Show Me the Funny". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Show Me The Funny Competition". Itv.com. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.[permanent dead link]