9. Comedians Unleashed – Animal Planet Turns To Comedy
Comedians Unleashed was an ill-fated attempt by “Animal Planet to mimic Comedy Central’s stand-up comedy shows, but with animal-themed jokes,” according to IMDB. The episode was presented by comedian Richard Jeni, known for playing the best friend of Jim Carrey’s character Stanley Ipkiss inThe Mask. The show was set up to be an hour long and featured a variety of comedians producing animal based jokes, however only one episode was ever aired. Filmed in front of a live audience at the Improv nightclub in Hollywood, the comedians delivered their jokes to an audience, much like Comedy Central’s stand up shows. Animal Planet gave the programme a fair shot and the episode was rerun a few times before being removed from the programming lineup altogether, never to be made again, according to IMDB.
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