ArmComedy
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| ArmComedy | |
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| Presented by | Sergey Sargsyan Narek Margaryan |
| Country of origin | Armenia |
| No. of episodes | 1172 |
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| Running time | ~25 minutes[1] |
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| Network | Armnews ATV |
| Release | March 10, 2012 |
ArmComedy is an Armenian comedy show first aired in March 2012. It is aired thrice a week on ATV channel. Originally started as a satirical news website, it later evolved into a web series on the CivilNet Internet TV channel. After two years, the creators of the show were invited to expand to network television.[2] ArmComedy became the "first satiric news show in Armenia dripped in political humor and wit, reporting the real news with a different perspective".[1] Every episode of ArmComedy is written and hosted by Armenian comedians Narek Margaryan and Sergey Sargsyan. It has been dubbed in press as "Armenia's version of The Daily Show".[3]
In October 2015, Conan O'Brien was guest on ArmComedy during his trip to Armenia. He planned to invite the hosts on his show if they ever visited America. In May 2017, Narek Margaryan and Sergey Sargsyan were on US standup tour [4] and were invited as guests on Conan.[5] During their tour Sergey and Narek were awarded the keys to the city of Glendale, California.[6]
In 2021 the show announced [7] that they are leaving television and will return to YouTube where it originally started.
- Notable guests
- Conan O'Brien, American comedian
- Serzh Sargsyan, former President of Armenia (2008-2018)
- Garik Martirosyan, Comedian, TV host, actor
- Ken Davitian, American actor
- Armen Ashotyan, former Minister of Education and Science of Armenia
- Batman, fictional
- Nikol Pashinyan, politician, current Prime Minister of Armenia
- Paruyr Hayrikyan, politician
- Raffi Hovannisian, politician
- Levon Oganezov, Russian filmmaker of Armenian origin
- Gor Sujyan, singer
- Arto Tunçboyacıyan, singer
- Mkrtich Arzumanyan, actor
- Aram MP3, singer
- Nazeni Hovhannisyan, actress
- Iveta Mukuchyan, singer-songwriter
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Laughing All the Way to the Polls: Satirical TV show seen as first-of-its-kind approach to Armenian presidential campaign". ArmeniaNow. 15 February 2013. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ "ArmComedy Satirical News Site Makes the Move to Television". Media.am. 25 February 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ "Watch Conan O'Brien's Delightful Appearance on Armenia's Version of 'The Daily Show'". SplitSider. 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ "The two comedians from Armenia write and perform their own satirical news show, called "ArmComedy," three times a week on the ArmNews TV channel". The Armenian Mirror Spectator. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ "ArmComedy's Sergey & Narek Teach Conan Some Colorful Armenian Phrases". TeamCoco. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
- ^ "Հյուրախաղերով Գլենդելում գտնվող "Արմքոմեդի"-ին են հանձնել քաղաքի բանալիները". Armenia TV. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "ArmComedy նոյեմբերի 5-ից միայն Youtube-ում". ArmComedy Official. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.