Summer Kick off with Comedy Central's "You Don't Mess with Memorial Day" Saturday, May 24 - Monday, May 26

NEW YORK, May 5, 2008 -- If the number of backyard BBQ invites is lacking this year or everybody is just feeling too lazy to leave the house, check out what COMEDY CENTRAL’s got in store for this weekend-long kick-off to summer! Get ready for a variety of some of COMEDY CENTRAL’s favorite flicks with “You Don't Mess With Memorial Day,” beginning Saturday, May 24 at 9:00 a.m.

Start each day with a cup of joe and a shot of “MADtv” and turn that frown upside-down with laughs from the likes of movies such as “Undercover Brother,” “How High” and “Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again” beginning Saturday at 9:00 a.m. “Wayne’s World,” “Super Troopers” and “Beer League” will leave viewers saying “We’re not worthy!” on Sunday beginning at 9:00 a.m. Keep “partying on” through Monday with both “Wayne’s World” and “Wayne’s World 2,” a double-shot of “RENO 911!” episodes and a double-play of the comedy cult classic, “Spaceballs,” from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. It’s the start of summer - what better way to bring in the sun than with COMEDY CENTRAL?

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Source: Comedy Central