This holiday season, Fans of Canadian stand-up comedian Ivan Decker can download his new comedy special for free. From http://ivan-decker.thestandupcomedians.com - click the “Buy the show right now” button – check the I have a coupon box and enter the word spider (lower-case) and hit apply.

“It’s been a great year and I just want to thank everyone for their support. People are really enjoying the special and coming out to see my live shows – this is my small way of saying thanks.” said Decker.

The digital download site thestandupcomedians.com, was designed to give comedians a way to connect with fans in a new way. So far, it sounds like everyone’s enjoying it,” said co-founder Paul Breau.

About Ivan Decker

Ivan Decker has appeared at the Montreal Just for Laughs festival and has various TV and Radio appearances including his own half-hour comedy special on CTV and as a guest on both the radio and the television versions of the popular CBC program titled “the Debaters.”

Founded by Paul Breau and Darrell Uhearn in 2012, They Killed It Productions, creates original independently financed and produced stand-up comedy specials for broadcast. The company’s newest venture, TheStandUpComedians.com, delivers original stand-up comedy titles to download-to-own DRM-free for $5. For more information, please visit http://thestandupcomedians.com

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New York, U.S.A – Matt Braunger brings the funny to Comedy Central, and the awkward comes along for a ride in the world premiere of his original one-hour stand-up special, ‘Matt Braunger: Shovel Fighter,’ debuting Saturday, July 14 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT.

In his first one-hour special, Braunger enthusiastically brings awkward to a whole new level of funny with his descriptive and inventive wit. In front of a live audience at the Gramercy Theatre in New York, he covers his genius business ideas, from a strip club that women will really want to visit, to a frighteningly realistic frozen dinner, to the world’s most needed new airline. With his expressive style and perhaps a little song, Braunger also imparts key life advice, explaining the one sound everyone should learn to recognize, the importance of trusting one’s instincts to be afraid, and why working in a greeting card store may not quite be the worst job on the planet.

The ‘Matt Braunger: Shovel Fighter’ extended and uncensored DVD, featuring 15 minutes of content not seen in the broadcast, will be released on July 17 by Comedy Central Home Entertainment. The bonus features include commercials for ‘Lonelyman Dinners,’ a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the open, and Braunger’s pitch for the stand-up special.

Also on July 17, Comedy Central Records will release the ‘Matt Braunger: Shovel Fighter’ digital album, recorded live at The Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland, OR. The special also will be available on July 17 in HD exclusively on Xbox LIVE and Sony PlayStation Network, and in SD on iTunes and Samsung Media Hub. Pre-order will be available on iTunes on July 9.

Leading up to the on-air premiere, the Comedy Central Stand-Up Web site will feature preview clips from the special, as well as exclusive clips featured on the DVD.

Braunger’s television credits include a recurring role on NBC’s ‘Up All Night,’ a series regular role on ‘MADtv,’ and various roles on ‘The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien,’ ‘The Late Show with David Letterman,’ ‘United States of Tara,’ ‘Pushing Daisies,’ ‘Carpoolers,’ ‘The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,’ ‘Acceptable TV,’ and Comedy Central’s ‘Live At Gotham.’ He is also a regular guest on the ‘Chelsea Lately’ roundtable. In 2009, Braunger was named to Variety’s ‘Top 10 Comics to Watch’ and Comedy Central’s ‘Hot 9 in ’09’ lists, and his debut album ‘Soak Up The Night’ was released by Comedy Central Records and named to the iTunes Rewind ‘Top 20 Albums of 2009’ list. His episode of ‘Comedy Central Presents‘ aired in 2010.

Along with touring comedy clubs across the country, Braunger is a regular at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles. He also has performed at a variety of prestigious comedy festivals, including the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and Chicago, The TBS Comedy Festival Las Vegas, and SXSW. In addition, Braunger won the 2008 ‘Best Of The Fest’ at the inaugural Rooftop Comedy Festival in Aspen and co-founded the popular Bridgetown Comedy Festival, which takes place annually in Portland.

Image Courtesy of  Matt Brunger

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Paul F. Tompkins returns to COMEDY CENTRAL in the world premiere of his original one-hour stand-up special, “Paul F. Tompkins: Laboring Under Delusions,” debuting Saturday, April 21 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Before achieving success as a comedian, actor, and writer, Tompkins toiled in the ranks of the common working man, and he shares some of his incredible experiences in this all-new special.

Using his trademark storytelling style, Tompkins recounts his stint as a disgruntled hat salesman, his evolution into a sticky-fingered video store clerk, and how hosting VH1′s “Best Week Ever” led to inadvertently donning women’s undergarments.  With his fist raised high, Tompkins delivers a rousing hour of comedy to a raucous audience at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA.

The “Paul F. Tompkins: Laboring Under Delusions” extended and uncensored DVD with 30 minutes of material not seen in broadcast will be released on April 24 by COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment.

The bonus features include: “Director’s Commentary by a Director,” a series of musings on the full special from Tompkins, impersonating a famous director; an additional 16 minutes of show in the form of “Danny Boy Encore;” and “The Pod F. Tompkast: Episode 16 – Behind the Scenes,” featuring insights into the voicing of The Great Undiscovered Project: Part 16 and podcast guest Gillian Jacobs.

The extended and uncensored version of “Paul F. Tompkins: Laboring Under Delusions” will be available for download on April 24 on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Vudu, Samsung Media Hub and in HD exclusively on Xbox LIVE and Sony PlayStation Network.

Leading up to the on-air premiere, COMEDY CENTRAL Stand-Up will feature preview clips from the special, as well as exclusive content from the DVD release.

Tompkins’ first hour-long COMEDY CENTRAL special, “You Should Have Told Me,” debuted in 2010 and is currently available on DVD.  He has been featured on the network’s series “Key and Peele,” “John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show,” “The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Live At Gotham,” “COMEDY CENTRAL Presents,” “Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil,” “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn” and “Reel Comedy.”

In addition, he has been seen on “Up All Night,” “Community,” and “Weeds,” and was the host of VH1′s “Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins.”  Tompkins received an Emmy nomination for his work on HBO’s “Mr. Show with Bob and David,” and his latest CD “Freak Wharf” went immediately to the top of the iTunes comedy charts.

Tompkins is also an internationally touring comedian featured regularly at prestigious comedy festivals.  His groundbreaking “Tompkins 300″ tour originated in 2009 from a grass-roots campaign on Facebook and brought him to various cities throughout the United States and Canada.

In 2010, Paul launched “The Pod F. Tompkast,” which Rolling Stone named the best podcast on its “10 Best Comedy Podcasts” list.  Tompkins presents his monthly live variety event, “The Paul F. Tompkins Show,” to sold-out audiences at Largo in Hollywood and also performs monthly at the “Dead Authors” show at UCB Theater in Los Angeles in support of the nonprofit organization 826LA.

“Paul F. Tompkins: Laboring Under Delusions” is executive produced by Tompkins, David Martin and Neal Marshall and directed by Marcus Raboy. Jonas Larsen and Toni Magon are the Executives in Charge of Production for COMEDY CENTRAL.

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