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Holiday Roast

 

A Roast of our favorite Holiday characters

Wreck the Halls with Boughs of Naughty!

Ever thought about what Rudolph really thinks of Santa? Want to see Frosty the Snowman comically kick the Nutcracker where it hurts?

Come experience the Holiday Roast at the world famous Comedy Works. This is no ordinary comedy roast. Denver’s favorite top headlining comics will become your favorite holiday characters, only to verbally destroy each other on stage to increase your holiday cheer!

So have a holly jolly roast-mas with your Comedy Works family and laugh your chestnuts off while watching the Three Wiseman turn into the Three Wise-Asses! Hosted by the one and only Santa Claus!

Mitch Fatel

Mitch Fatel’s Comedy Works Naughty and Nice Holiday Show

Mitch Fatel hosts this Holiday Showcase featuring Comedy Works best national headliners. Six comics compete for six charities to win it all! Each comedian will perform two separate routines. The first routine will be their NICE set which is Rated G to PG, Family friendly with no cursing or vulgarity. The second routine will be their NAUGHTY set, rated R to X which is no holds barred, as raunchy and dirty as they choose. At the conclusion of the performances three judges will vote on who pulled off both sets best, that comedian’s charity will win $500.

Neither the audience nor the comedian will know what charity they have actually played for until the conclusion of the show. This is to ensure that each charity present won’t be biased towards their comedian. Before the performances, Mitch will welcome all six charities.

Rules and Judging: Three judges will judge the sets based on FOUR merits: Material, Delivery, Originality, Laughs.

At the conclusion all six comedians will come on stage and Mitch will announce the winner. After the name is announced the comedian will open their envelope and reveal what charity they just won for!

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John Tole

John Tole is a Denver based comedian, writer, voice actor, philosopher and metal head.

Tole has been featured on Howard TV, Vann TV, Sirius XM, Howard 100, Howard 101, Hits 1, and was a contributor to The Howard Stern Show. John was profiled by Vice for the triumphant return of his band, Pitboss 2000 as they celebrated song releases.

Tole has comedically rocked the stages at Oddball, SXSW Interactive, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Limestone, and multiple Moontower Festival appearances. He is a regular on The Tin Foil Hat Podcast on All Things Comedy and hosts his own podcast called Moving Weight Live. Most recently, his fifth comedy album, Pre-Existing Condition, was released by 4256 Productions. Tole is finishing up his first book, Now You Know, Now What.

See him at Comedy Works South at the Landmark.

Brandt Tobler

Brandt Tobler is a stand-up comedian, author, and actor originally from Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Brandt has toured overseas performing for our troops, and has been featured on Comedy Central, FOX, and ESPN. He has recorded two CD’s Token White Boy and Ramblin’ and Gamblin. Brandt is currently the host of the award winning podcast The 31. Brandt most recently released a best-selling memoir titled Free Roll.

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Sam Adams

Smooth. Clever. Hilarious. These words are often used to describe Sam Adams as a comedian, public speaker and Master of Ceremonies. In 2001, he stepped on stage to perform stand-up comedy for the first time, at age 41. Eight years later Sam turned to a career in comedy full-time after winning at the Great American Comedy Festival.

Sam changed careers after making a name for himself as one of Denver’s premier sports journalists. In 2003 was voted by his peers as Colorado’s “Print Journalist of the Year.” As a reporter and columnist his work has been featured in The Denver Post, The Charlotte Observer, Rocky Mountain News and Colorado Avid Golfer magazine.

Sam has also made numerous TV appearances on ESPN, Fox Sports, CBS, NBC and NFL Network. In 2013, he wrote a book, ‘If You Don’t Believe Me: Lessons Learned From Listening To The Greats,” giving readers an inside look at his 23-year career as a sports journalist.

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Thick Skin

Comedy at its Rawest

Enjoy comedy the way it’s intended. No holds barred, no punches pulled, and no f**ks given. Watch seasoned pros and future stars battle each other for supremacy. Good sets will be awarded, bad sets will be punished. Feelings will be hurt, fun will be had.

Hosted by Greg Baumhauer and Mike Stanley. Baumhauer named the “Dark Prince of Colfax” by the Westword is who is known for running the raucous and raunchy Squire Lounge Comedy Night, dubbed the “meanest mic in America”, helped cultivate the careers of some of Denver’s most accomplished comedians, and ended others before they started. A fifteen year veteran in the Denver comedy scene, and winner of the 2007 New Talent Contest, Greg returns to doing what he does best-making fun of new comedians.

Greg’s co-host Mike Stanley the host of Food Network’s Food: Fact Or Fiction, was named “Best Chicago Stand-up Comedian” in a Peoples Choice poll done by the Chicago Reader and “Best Detroit Comedian” by HOUR Magazine. Another fifteen year comedy veteran, Mike tours internationally and has performed at several festivals including the Oddball Comedy Festival, and TBS Just For Laughs Festival. Insightful, crass and just plain hilarious, Mike has recently moved to the Mile High City and we couldn’t be happier to have him.

Comedy is at its best when it isn’t scared to tell the truth. So let’s stop pretending that the world is nice and fair, and help us celebrate each other by pointing out our differences and similarities that make us all amazing and utterly stupid.

Thick Skin may not be for everybody, but everyone should see it!

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Louis Johnson

Seen on Showtime, Comedy Central, A&E, B.E.T. and his own Showtime Comic of the Month Special. Plus, over 20 U.S.O. World Comedy Break Tours for troops. Currently headlining comedy clubs, major cruise lines, colleges, corporate events. He’s also a founding member of the critically acclaimed The S.E.L.L.O.U.T. Comedy Tour. He recently headlined at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

The Indianapolis News says, “His jokes make fun of life’s everyday occurrences that break all racial and economic barriers.”

CBSDenver.com said Johnson is the “Owner of the gift that every comic craves-the ability to draw the long hearty laughs from start to finish.”

The Boulder Daily simply states that, “There was only one difference between us. He was funny-very funny.”

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Phil Palisoul

Phil Palisoul has made his living as a comedian for over 20 years. In that time, he’s been all over the world, performing in such far flung places as Hong Kong, China, Juneau, Alaska and Billings, Montana. He recently toured Afghanistan to perform for the troops with Comics on Duty. He’s worked with and won the respect of some of the biggest names in comedy, like Jerry Seinfeld, Drew Carey and George Lopez.

Phil has made dozens of TV appearances, including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, two seasons of Last Comic Standing and Comedy Central’s Premium Blend. In the summer of 2013, Phil took first place at The Great American Comedy Festival, in Johnny Carson’s hometown of Norfolk, Nebraska.

Having performed for countless clubs, corporations and cruise ships, Phil is comfortable in any venue. From funky bar-rooms to luxury theaters, small rooms, big rooms or no room at all – he’s been there/done that – and done it well! Alongside his successful standup career, Phil worked as a TV writer for a number of years in LA on every major network, as well as Comedy Central.

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AJ Finney

Stylistically manic, artistically brilliant, AJ Finney is an eclectic Midwesterner with a passion for the psychedelic scene of the Sixties. Comedy, jam bands and Volkswagens — that’s him.

He’s an eco-friendly, improvisational, sometimes philosophical, patchouli-soaked quipster. AJ’s organic approach is refreshing and his poetic stream of consciousness style makes for a colorful and unforgettable comedic experience. His audience (much like the Deadheads) are finding him through alternative venues such as music festivals, head shops, and record stores.

AJ joined TJ Miller on his Meticulously Ridiculous tour in 2015. In 2014 AJ was crowned “Best of the Midwest” winner at Gilda’s LaughFest in Grand Rapids. He was also featured on the FOX television show Laughs, and was one of the 100 performers chosen for Season 8 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. In 2013 he was a semifinalist in Comedy Central’s Up Next. He was a finalist in the 2011 San Francisco International Comedy Competition. He was voted “Best in Fest” at the 2011 Detroit LaughFest and was a finalist in HBO’s Lucky 21 comedy competition.

AJ is an effective and engaging storyteller with a rhythm that quickly pulls you into his world. You’ll laugh until you leave and then later you’ll laugh again.

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