"Funniest Comedian MICHAEL LEGGE vs NATASHA LEGGERO"

MICHAEL LEGGE

Michael Legge (born 12 August 1968) is a London-based Northern-Irish stand-up comedian and television host. He has written for the BBC, ITV, Channe...

Michael Legge (born 12 August 1968) is a London-based Northern-Irish stand-up comedian and television host. He has written for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, MTV, VH1 and other media, and has appeared in numerous venues throughout the UK as well as in Australia, United States, Canada, Singapore, the Netherlands, Germany and Dubai. Legge began performing in 1991 along with writer Stella Duffy and fellow comedian John Gordillo in the London version of the improvised comedy stage show Theatresports. He became Artistic Director of London Theatresports in 1995 and performed in their popular weekly show, Scriptease, at the Tristan Bates Theatre. He has performed in several Edinburgh Festival shows including The Conversation (2004) with John Voce, The Vagina Monologues (2005), The Clock Hour (2008) and King of Everything (2009) with Johnny Candon. Legge co-founded and performed in the cult comedy sketch show The Real Daniel O'Donnell Show (2007–2008) at The Albany, London. The monthly show featured Legge along with Paul Litchfield and Jeremy Limb of sketch group The Trap and Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Zoe Gardner of The Congress of Oddities, with contributions from Dan Mersh. It also regularly featured stand-up comedian guests and live bands. The Real Daniel O'Donnell Show spawned the 2008 Edinburgh Festival show The Clock Hour. Legge was nominated for a BAFTA award for his writing on the MTV website of the show The Osbournes. Legge also co-hosted a podcast called Precious Little Podcast with James Hingley. The podcast regularly featured Legge shouting at everything. Although not officially declared dead, the podcast has been on hiatus since April 2011 and the content removed from the website. Through the podcast, Legge occasionally filled in for Richard Herring on his BBC 6 Music radio show with Andrew Collins.

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NATASHA LEGGERO

Natasha Leggero (/ˈlɛʒɛəroʊ/; born March 26, 1974) is an American comedian, actress, and writer. Born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, she rose to fa...

Natasha Leggero (/ˈlɛʒɛəroʊ/; born March 26, 1974) is an American comedian, actress, and writer. Born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, she rose to fame after appearing as the host of the MTV reality television series The 70s House in 2005 and as a regular roundtable panelist on Chelsea Handler's late-night talk show Chelsea Lately from 2008 to 2014. She starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom Free Agents as Emma Parker in 2011, as well as in the Showtime comedy series Dice (2016–2017) as Carmen and in the CBS sitcom Broke (2020) as Elizabeth. In 2015, she created and starred in the Comedy Central period sitcom Another Period, which follows the lives of the fictional Bellacourt family, with Riki Lindhome. The show ran for three seasons until its eventual cancellation in 2018. As a voice actress, Leggero has starred in several adult animated sitcoms, voicing the roles of Callie Maggotbone in Ugly Americans (2010–2012), Ethel in Brickleberry (2013–2015), and Shannon in Hoops (2020). Her comedy, characterized as observational, has been noted by critics for its use of satire as commentary on such themes as celebrity culture and social class. Leggero shot an unaired pilot called The Strip for NBC with Tom Lennon and Ben Garant from Reno 911!. Alongside Andy Kindler and Greg Giraldo, she was a judge on the 2010 season of NBC's Last Comic Standing, hosted by Craig Robinson. Leggero played Emma in NBC's 2011 sitcom Free Agents. From 2010 to January 2012, Leggero co-hosted The Lavender Hour podcast with comedian Duncan Trussell. She also played the sex-obsessed Haley in the web series Burning Love, a spoof of the TV series The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. In 2013, Leggero appeared in an episode of the Drunk History television series on Comedy Central. On September 2, 2013, Leggero participated in the Comedy Central Roast of James Franco as one of the Roasters. The following day, Brickleberry premiered its second season. Leggero voiced the busty ranger Ethel in place of Kaitlin Olson, who only featured in the first season. Tubbin' with Tash debuted on October 2, 2013 on Leggero's YouTube channel. The premise of the show is Leggero interviewing guests while in a hot tub. In August 2015, she debuted her Comedy Central standup special, Live at Bimbo's (originally entitled Diamond Pussy), which was filmed in San Francisco.

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