| THE SEARCH FOR THE FUNNIEST PERSON IN AMERICA |
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| Episode 5 - 06/19/2008 |
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| The talent scouts turn globetrotters as they sample some international comic flavors from across the pond and beyond. The first stop is Miami. Lonny Ross and Keith Powell of NBC's 30 Rock will see if the international comics can work the American audience. Correspondent Fearne Cotton tags along for the ride. Who will be lost in translation and who will advance to the Vegas semifinals?
While some have a culture clash with American comedy style, Shazia Mirza fits right in. She is a self-professed, unarmed British Muslim who can't land a husband, but she at least got some looks while rollerblading in Miami Beach with Fearne. Shazia's adventures in Islam are well received by the hot Miami audience. Don't let the modest burqa fool you! Shazia talks about taking ecstasy &" because after all, the Koran doesn't say anything about designer drugs! Fearne asks Arnaud Collery from France and Stephen K. Amos from England how they feel about competing against other nations. Stephen says the Brit sense of humor is far better than any on the planet. He goes on to woo the audience with his ties to nobility. Yes, he was the one in the queen's paintings, serving the guests. Later, Arnaud boasts that everyone knows French humor is world class. He hopes to restore U.S./French relations with his rendition of Forrest Gump. Lioz Shem Tov, from Israel, gives impressions of a Klansman at a birthday party, a baby bird learning to fly, a man having sex with a bat, a mosquito, and Grover from Sesame Street. Next up is Jim Tavare, accompanied by his bass. The London gent offers to show his clip-on genital piercing to a lucky audience member after the show. Paul Foot, Jim Tavare, Shazia Mirza, Lioz Shem Tov, and Papa CJ are the five international comics to make it to the semifinals in Vegas. There, they will have to face 27 other foreign and domestic competitors. What happens in Vegas will have to be funny! A limo full of comics cruises the Strip and mingles along the way. Comics from Minneapolis, Houston, Los Angeles, and everywhere in between will compete in the semifinals. They only have 24 hours before the big show. The comics find out they have to room with another comic. Iliza and Jackie decide to use rock, paper, scissors to decide who gets the coveted bed near the window. Other playful smackdowns ensue between the comics on their first night in Vegas. Sleep is the last thing on many of the comics' minds tonight in Vegas. Paul Foot and others hang out in the comics' VIP room and get taste of the good life. Hot women treat the contestants to a heavenly experience with chocolate-covered strawberries and champagne. One comic remarks that the VIP room is where you go when you die. The comics are anxious to take the stage. Some are confident they will do their best, while others are worried they will freeze and forget their jokes. They will only have three minutes to perform. The comics stand in the hallway, trying to ease their nerves. The stage is set for the semifinals! From outsourcing to India, to dirty German translations, Last Comic Standing has heard the funniest jokes from around the world and back! Join host Bill Bellamy for the next elimination. Will your favorite comic make it to the finals? |
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