Las Vegas Weekly

September 15, 2008 · 3:15 PM

DeGeneres, Seinfeld top list of comics at The Comedy Festival

By Robin Leach

Photo: Michael Caulfield

Ellen DeGeneres on the set of her "Really Big Show."

Newly married talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres, and fellow top comic Jerry Seinfeld will return again for this year’s Caesars Palace Comedy Festival starting Nov. 20. Ellen will present another Really Big Show variety special from the Colosseum, where Jerry will also do his standup act. No word yet on Ellen’s acts or guest stars, but it will definitely air again on TBS cable. Television’s No. 1 comedy network joins forces with AEG Live, one of the largest concert promotion and touring companies in the world, to present the fourth annual edition of The Comedy Festival at Caesars Palace through Nov. 22. More than 70 performances and events will be presented over the three-day period.

Last year’s event featured performances by Seinfeld and Chris Rock. Past television highlights include a 2006 airing of the 20th anniversary of Comic Relief, starring Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams; a Salute to the Troops and USO, with special guests Kid Rock and Carmen Electra; and 2005’s Earth to America, with Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Larry David, Steve Martin and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

First artists signed for this November’s shows include Mike Epps, Tracy Morgan and Russell Peters with tickets going on sale Friday of next week (Sept. 26).

Photo: Ellendegeneres.com

Ellen DeGeneres.

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