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headsup! that there's a Chris Rock special : Kill The Messsenger - on M-Net this
Monday (2 February 2009) at 22h20.The special is made by HBO and includes footage from the "No Apologies" show Chris performed when he was in South Africa last year. It combines clips from his performances in New York, London and Johannesburg and runs an hour.
It forms part of M-Net's Monday Comedy Festival that premiered last week. These are the acts that follow for the rest of the series:
Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys tell No LiesOn: Monday, 9 February 2009 at 23h30
From a penguin-ized Dick Cheney to a scientologically challenged Tom Cruise, Dana Carvey finds new ways to lampoon America's public figures. In this special he returns to his roots in northern California for an all-new stand-up show.
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George Lopez: American’s Mexican
On: Monday 16 February 2009 at 22h30
Best-known for his comedy series The George Lopez Show, George Lopez delivers his stand-up take on the world.
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Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
On: Monday, 23 February at 23h00
Stand-up comic Robert Wuhl regales audiences with more of the stories that made up America - and the stories that America simply made up.
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Roseanna Barr: Blonde and Bitchin'On: Monday 2 March at 22h15
Twenty years after she burst onto America's collective consciousness, Roseanne Barr is still slinging comedic arrows at society's sacred cows. She delivers her first stand-up special in ten years.