Paramount Comedy Funniest Student 2008

Ric Wharton has won the Paramount Comedy Funniest Student 2008. The final took place at London's Comedy Store on 10 March and you can see a clip of his winning performance on this blog.



Friday 18 January 2008

Paramount Comedy Funniest Student - 3rd Testimonial

And finally ... from Adrian MacKinder

I am a regular on the stand up circuit and I agree this is a really good idea. I recommend anyone who thinks they're funny to enter. It's such a competitive business, these competitons are a really rewarding way of getting your talent noticed by the industry. This one is worth entering as Paramount is so high profile and the panel of judges are also of a high calibre, last year they had Jonathan Ross agent among the judges!

I went along to watch the last final and apart from the fucking brilliant opportunity to play at the Comedy Store in London, the winners got the chance to develop ideas for Paramount as well as high profile gigs set up. Last year's winner, Hannah George has become a very good friend of mine and she'll no doubt agree with me when I say that it really helped her get stuck in to the comedy circuit - and I'm not even getting paid by her to say this! Here's the link to enter this year's competition: http://www.paramountcomedy.com/live-gigs/comedy_on_tap/funny.aspx

Paramount Comedy Funniest Student - 2nd Testimonial

Second testimonial on the facebook group, this time from Richard Bond. BTW - Yes Rich, you can enter again!!

Greetings all! i hope this generic message finds y'all well!

just to say that the paramount competition is awesome, it's like a dream come true for any young comedian and i heartily reccommend it.

Here's a question though, i entered it 2007 and made it through to the final (Hannah won, she deserved it, i love her, hasn't she got lovely hair, and an honest smile...and a very trustable chin...) can someone who is in my position enter again?

good to have a comedy group like this though...we're all in it together...

Rich
Xxx

Paramount Comedy Funniest Student

The facebook group Student Comedians has been getting a few testimonials on the Paramount Comedy Funniest Student competition. So, here's what they're saying.

1) From Hannah George!

Hello one and all,

Just thought I'd start a little thread to suggest entering this years Paramount Comedy Student Comedian of the Year Comp. I won it last year and it was fooking wonderful. I would seriously advise anyone to enter (so long as you're a student and have about five minutes of material!), pop over to the paramount comedy website to find out more; www.paramountcomedy.com. I entered on a whim last year and it gave me such a fantastic boost! Getting to play at the comedy store on my 10th gig was bloody marvelous....People bought me drinks all night....I think I gave myself alcohol poisoning...I got home...laughed for a bit...then promptly passed out. It was a very romantic evening.

Enter it. xx

Tuesday 15 January 2008

Paramount Student Comedy Comp

To save you hunting through the Paramount website to find the details of the competition you can go straight to the competition site here.

Student Comedy Competition

Hannah George posted this comment on our Facebook group over the weekend. I'm checking out the details and will get back with some more info asap.

Hello one and all,

Just thought I'd start a little thread to suggest entering this years Paramount Comedy Student Comedian of the Year Comp. I won it last year and it was fooking wonderful. I would seriously advise anyone to enter (so long as you're a student and have about five minutes of material!), pop over to the paramount comedy website to find out more; www.paramountcomedy.com. I entered on a whim last year and it gave me such a fantastic boost! Getting to play at the comedy store on my 10th gig was bloody marvelous....People bought me drinks all night....I think I gave myself alcohol poisoning...I got home...laughed for a bit...then promptly passed out. It was a very romantic evening.

Enter it. xx