{"id":9902,"date":"2020-05-09T00:07:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T05:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=9902"},"modified":"2020-05-09T00:07:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T05:07:47","slug":"kenan-thompson-billy-crystal-tiffany-haddish-and-byron-allen-to-co-host-two-hour-feeding-america-comedy-festival-on-nbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/09\/kenan-thompson-billy-crystal-tiffany-haddish-and-byron-allen-to-co-host-two-hour-feeding-america-comedy-festival-on-nbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenan Thompson, Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish and Byron Allen to Co-Host Two-Hour &#8220;Feeding America Comedy Festival&#8221; on NBC"},"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\" \/>Kenan Thompson, Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish and Byron Allen will serve as co-hosts for the two-hour comedy special &#8220;<em><strong>Feeding America Comedy Festival<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; on Sunday, May 10 from 7-9PM ET\/PT on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the telecast &#8211; from Byron Allen&#8217;s Entertainment Studios and Funny Or Die &#8211; has added Michael Che, Will Smith, Will Ferrell, Wanda Sykes, Stephen Colbert and Colin Quinn to the all-star event that 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><div id=\"morty-595930278\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Including the co-hosts, among the comedians contributing pre-recorded comedy segments are Louie Anderson, Judd Apatow, Jack Black, Wayne Brady, Adam Carolla, Cedric the Entertainer, Andrew Dice Clay, Deon Cole, Dane Cook, Whitney Cummings, Tommy Davidson, Bill Engvall, Mike Epps, Tina Fey, Billy Gardell, Brad Garrett, Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. 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