Comedy Central Records Releases 'Comedy Death-Ray' Double CD Set on Wednesday, September 12

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NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- "Comedy Death-Ray," Los Angeles' premier comedy show, has been the place to see the best emerging comedy for the last five years and now COMEDY CENTRAL Records will release the comedy on a as a double CD. "Comedy Death-Ray" double CD set arrives in stores nationwide on Wednesday, September 12 and will also be available at shop.comedycentral.com.

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"Comedy Death-Ray" showcases stand-up comedians including David Cross, Patton Oswalt, Paul F. Tompkins, Neil Hamburger, Maria Bamford, Brian Posehn, cast members from the hit COMEDY CENTRAL series "Reno 911!," Doug Benson, Todd Glass, Hard 'N' Phirm and many more out of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. COMEDY CENTRAL Records recorded the album during "Comedy Death- Ray's" fourth anniversary all-night L.A. celebration and during their special San Francisco Sketchfest show. The two-CD set has almost 150 minutes of all meat, no fat, stand-up comedy from the best comedians performing today.

Some previously released recordings by COMEDY CENTRAL Records include: Grammy Award-winning, "Lewis Black: The Carnegie Hall Performance," Dane Cook's platinum-selling "Retaliation," "Jim Gaffigan: Beyond The Pale," "Mike Birbiglia: Two Drink Mike," D.L. Hughley's "Notes From The GED Section," Todd Barry's "Falling Off The Bone," Mitch Hedberg's "Mitch All Together" and "Strategic Grill Locations," Dave Attell's "Skanks For The Memories" and Jim Breuer's "Smoke 'n' Breu."

COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 91 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of VIACOM Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) MTV Networks.

COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is http://www.comedycentral.com

MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with 137 channels worldwide, owns and operates the following television programming services -- MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN/THE N, VH1 CLASSIC, LOGO, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than 200 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive television services and also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.

Source: Viacom