Ace Comedian Bright Okpocha (Basketmouth) continues to make waves on the international
comedy scene by becoming the first Nigerian comedian to have his own dedicated TV
special. Comedy Central Presents Basketmouth – 'Lord of the Ribs’, filmed and
broadcast on pan-African comedy channel Comedy Central (DStv channel 122).
The laugh-out-loud comedy channel will be pairing up with
Basketmouth to broadcast a one-hour highlights show based on the 2015 edition
of “Lord of the Ribs” comedy night.
This year’s comedy spectacular includes a
best-ever line-up of Nigerian and international comedians including Basketmouth
himself, and guest comedians like;
Robert Powell (USA)
Griff (USA)
Buchi (Nigeria)
Bovi (Nigeria)
Okey Bakassi (Nigeria)
Ndumiso Lindi (South Africa)
David Kau
(South Africa)
Salvador (Uganda).
In support of the initiative, Basketmouth
will also feature in a range of associated programming on Comedy Central’s
sister channel MTV Base.
Basketmouth commented,
“I am very excited to be working with Comedy Central and MTV Base to expand the reach of Lord of the Ribs to a pan-African television audience.”
Senior Vice President and Managing Director at
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa, Alex Okosi, mentioned that
“We are delighted to partner with Basketmouth to create this compelling high quality TV special for Comedy Central. We are committed to raising the profile of Nigerian comics and comedy - both at home and internationally - and we hope the partnership with Basketmouth will be the first of many such initiatives.”
‘Comedy Central Presents Basketmouth – Lord of the Ribs’ will be
taped at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on 4 October 2015
and broadcast to 50+ countries in sub-Saharan Africa on Comedy Central in
December.
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