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Comedy Smackdown 17 The Roast Battle, takes place July 16th at the Virginia Beach Funny Bone

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Back by popular demand is Virginia’s first and biggest ROAST BATTLE Yes, the ComedySmackdown17,returnshometothe VirginiaBeachFunnyBoneJuly16thforone showonly 16comicsfromacrossthecountry will battle verbally by going head-to-head with uncensored, highly offensive, down right ruthless verbal jabs at each other for agreatcause Aportionoftheproceedswill gotobenefitthenon-profitSLOTHorganization which raises awareness and assists veteranssufferingfromtheeffectsofPTSD.

For tickets and more info, go to https:// vb.funnybone.com/ShowDetails/2b03ac178593-4494-92f4-7fc40b75aab7/ eaf5e248-1faf-437c-8832-2fb72fdee936/ Comedy_Smackdown__The_Roast_Battle/ Virginia_Beach_Funny_Bone

Yiorgo:Withustodayistheproducerand hostoftheComedySmackdown comedian Tim Loulies and the founder of SLOTH, CareyMalec.Tim,let’sstartwithyou.What istheComedySmackdown17RoastBattle?

TimLoulies:OurRoastBattleisnotyour typicalstandupshow.Thisisverydifferent, very entertaining and fast based. There is a bracket of 12 comedians that are paired up one-on-one against each other on stage and hurl insults at each other Four judges and the audience, so really five judges, will decidewhomovesontothenextround.We areproudtoannouncethatVirginiaChampionshipWrestling’sownBrandonMetheny Esq willbedoingtheannouncing,aswellas conductingthevotingprocessthatincludes thefourjudgesandtheaudience

There are three rounds and the eventual winner will receive a $500 cash prize from ourchiefsponsor theStevenL.Washington Law Firm and the prestigious Sean Malec ComedySmackdownChampionshipbelt.

We also have a one round tag-team of comedians as well They go at each other, similar to the singles competition and the teamthatwinsgets$200cashsponsoredby realtorErikJ.Hovik

Also a portion of the proceeds will go to thenon-profitSLOTH whichraisesawareness and assists the veterans suffering from theeffectsofPTSD

Y:What will the people see and hear and whyshouldtheycome?

TL: This is a much different type of comedy show. They take the gloves off and hurl insults at each other They do not take it personally past the stage and it’s all for a goodcause andit’scomedy

Y: Speaking of a good cause Carey let’s learn about your organization. What is SLOTHandwhydidyoucomeupwithit?

Carey Malec: A few years ago, Sean, my middlebrothertookhisownlifeandwelost himtoPTSD Seanthoroughlyenjoyedhelping people and we wanted that to live on, evenafterhispassing Abunchofhisfriends, my little brother Bobby and I would meet regularly and reminisce about Sean so we decidedtocreatealegacyforhimandthisis whatwecameupwith.

SLOTH is two fold as the name It’s an acronym for Sean’s Last Opportunity To Help We are an awareness program that brings to light the serious and permanent consequences of suicide, for the person in need and those loved ones left behind. Our