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CUP: SPEED to Air Comedy Special at Dale, Jr.’s Nightclub
Written by: Megan Englehart   
04/09/2008 - 07:37 PM
Charlotte, N.C.
 
Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Whiskey River nightclub will host Alonzo Bodden's NASCAR '08 All-Star Comedy Special during All-Star Week on SPEED. (Layne Murdock/Getty Images Photo) ยป More Photos

SPEED TO AIR COMEDY SHOW MAY 15 AS PART OF NEARLY 90 HOURS OF ALL-STAR WEEK COVERAGE

Alonzo Bodden, winner of Last Comic Standing 3, will turn the tables on NASCAR with his comedy act at Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s new nightclub, Whisky River, in Charlotte, North Carolina. SPEED will air Bodden's NASCAR '08 All-Star Comedy Special on May 15 at 7:00pm ET as part of the network's nearly 90 hours of coverage of All-Star Week.

Bodden, a car enthusiast, also has been tabbed as host of SPEED's new program 101 Cars You Must Drive, premiering in July. It didn't take him long to find the punch line in the NASCAR world.

"I'm a big black guy from New York and I've got to talk about NASCAR," Bodden joked. "I find a lot of humor in the sport, although I'm no NASCAR expert. I know they drive fast and turn left and when they added the right turn at Sonoma last year, the Formula One guy (Juan Pablo Montoya) won, which I thought was funny."

Bodden, a New York native and former jet mechanic who helped build Stealth Bombers, emerged on the television
scene when he won the grand prize on Last Comic Standing 3 (Fall 2004) after finishing runner-up in Season 2. He returned as a judge for the show's fifth season last summer. Bodden's movie roles include Scary Movie 4, Bringing Down the House and The Girl Next Door, in addition to several television roles.

Who does Bodden think has the best sense of humor in the NASCAR garage? "I know Tony Stewart is the bad-ass hothead and I'm learning about the rest," Bodden said.

SPEED, now in nearly 78 million homes in North America, is the exclusive home of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Gatorade Duel at Daytona, NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The only network delivering live, at-track programming all season long, SPEED offers the definitive pre- and post-race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series programs - NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR Victory Lane, as well as other popular NASCAR programs including Trackside Live, Tradin' Paint, NASCAR Performance, NASCAR Live!, This Week in NASCAR, NCTS Setup, Go or Go Home and The Chase is On.
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