{"id":9634,"date":"2020-05-01T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=9634"},"modified":"2020-05-04T13:47:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T18:47:03","slug":"nbc-special-feeding-america-comedy-festival-uses-laughter-as-secret-weapon-against-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/01\/nbc-special-feeding-america-comedy-festival-uses-laughter-as-secret-weapon-against-hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-Platform Special: &#8220;Feeding America Comedy Festival&#8221; Uses Laughter as Secret Weapon Against Hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9635\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feeding-america.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feeding-america.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feeding-america-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feeding-america-260x142.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feeding-america-160x87.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Byron Allen&#8217;s Entertainment Studios and Funny Or Die for the two-hour comedy special &#8220;<em><strong>Feeding America Comedy Festival<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; the special will be broadcasted on The Weather Channel, NBC, Comedy.TV, and streaming on the app Local Now on Sunday, May 10 from 7-9PM ET\/PT. The all-star event will feature a plethora of today&#8217;s biggest comedy superstars to support and raise money for America&#8217;s largest hunger-relief organization, Feeding America(R).<\/p>\n<p>Included among the comedians contributing pre-recorded comedy segments are Byron Allen, Louie Anderson, Judd Apatow, Jack Black, Wayne Brady, Adam Carolla, Cedric the Entertainer, Margaret Cho, Andrew Dice Clay, Deon Cole, Billy Crystal, Whitney Cummings, Tommy Davidson, Bill Engvall, Mike Epps, Billy Gardell, Brad Garrett, Whoopi Goldberg, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. 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