Frontline comedian Basketmouth continues to make waves
on the international comedy scene by becoming the first
Nigerian comic 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 Robert Powell (USA), Griff
(USA), Buchi (Nigeria), Bovi (Nigeria), Okey
Bakassi (Nigeria), Ndumiso Lindi (SA), David
Kau (SA) and 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.
“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,” the comedian said.
Alex Okosi, Senior Vice President & Managing
Director, Viacom International Media Networks
(VIMN) Africa said, “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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