How can I describe it without sounding like a lunatic*? Here we go.
“Before you go for it, you got to know the joke.”
— Jeffrey Ross
Take the Comedy Central Roasts, add a splash of 8 Mile, 2 parts Fight Club, a dash of nonsense from The Muppet Show thrown in for good fun and blend. No punches are pulled, no jabs are held back Roast Battle is verbal violence of epic proportions! Friendships and rivalries are forged, faustian bargains are made and of course there are zingers galore.
Two comics walk on stage. One walks out victorious.
And the other just leaves.
Did I mention celebrity guest commentary? Out of random Jeff Ross, Dane Cook, Jason Reitman, Iliza Schlesinger, Tony Hinchcliffe, Mike Lawrence, The Harlem Globetrotters**, Rich Voss, Stephen Merchant and even Joe Rogan may pop in and provide color commentary. And it ends in a hug.
Matthew Broussard Vs. Sean Patrick Leary
It’s happening tonight and I’m going up and I’m going up against Austin Texas’s own and Austin’s Funniest Chance Royce!
My opponent.
(Coach Tea please cue in Kill Bill Theme here!)
If you can get there early. Comics and audience will literally stew in their own juices in the Comedy Store Belly Room just to get at least a good reflection off of a reflection of a view from someone’s periscope view.
Show begins at 2am Central Time, Midnight LA Time at the Comedy Store.
For more info, here’s a link to LA Weekly Article, the podcast and the Tumblr.
Still Swinging! Photo by Anthony Rathbun
*Or a hyper active 7 year old talking about dinosaurs.
** They could!