Here’s The Point of The 4th Annual South African Savanna Comic’s Choice Awards®

<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbeUOnok3Ls00WRPV_srziSLAZU_Yxy7JiUTmo_5nMqeIg5OMI-4Y-ivgE8lNYRtJ92KIGxnC3vIJxLJzJSrbLVvCiy9PxpHiNmoeFcoPH_8PXoRvERgwapYHx1Ndsc_2oMXXb81Wchfk/s1600/image001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbeUOnok3Ls00WRPV_srziSLAZU_Yxy7JiUTmo_5nMqeIg5OMI-4Y-ivgE8lNYRtJ92KIGxnC3vIJxLJzJSrbLVvCiy9PxpHiNmoeFcoPH_8PXoRvERgwapYHx1Ndsc_2oMXXb81Wchfk/s1600/image001.jpg" title="caa " width="454" /></a></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"> <b><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">In partnership with The Times, Mzansi Magic and Kaya FM 95.9<u></u><u></u></span></span></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A seasoned comic once asked a group of young comedians what the definition of comedy was. After much debate, the group came up with several complex suggestions to which the older comic replied: "Nope. Comedy is when the audience laughs". In that spirit, this year sees The 4th Annual South African Savanna Comic’s Choice Awards® (CCA’s) celebrate laughter, which is the whole point, isn’t it?<u></u><u></u></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And more to the point, Savanna – ‘the official drink of funny’ – has, in a fantastic coup for the industry, signed a three-year title-sponsorship deal with the country’s official ceremony of funny, which will now be titled <i>Savanna CCA®</i>.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1413325556" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">2 August</span></span>, The Teatro at Montecasino will host this hilarious variety show, themed “The Point of Funny”, comprising sketches, stand-up, impressionists and witty one-liners delivered by SA’s top comedians.  There are only six awards given out over the two hours, so you’ll spend more time laughing than applauding, which is exactly what we all want.  This also means that it’s really hard to win an award, so the full comedy industry comes out to recognize those lucky enough to have scooped up a ‘Waldo’ statuette. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As the theme changes annually, so does the art direction with 2014’s taking inspiration from 1980’s video game culture. It’s about playing to win: You either get the most laughs, score the most points and win, or you don’t.  If the scale of this year’s stage production and technical design is anywhere close to last year’s, you’re in for a theatrical treat!. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US">The event’s open to the public but seats are limited, so get your ticket from Computicket now.  You could also win a VIP experience by voting for your favourite comedian within the only category open for public vote; The Savanna Audience Choice Award category.  Visit </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.comicschoice.co.za/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.comicschoice.co.za</a></span><span lang="EN-US"> and SMS the unique code of your favourite comedian to the voting line, giving your best SA comic the chance to win.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The comedy industry exclusively casts votes for the remaining categories, namely: The Breakthrough Act Award, The Savanna Newcomer Award, The Comic’s Choice Comic of the Year Award, The Lifetime Achievement Award and The Times Comic’s Pen Award.  The latter award is particularly special as it honors the craft of the written word.  It is awarded to the recipient who is judged by the comedy community to have made the biggest contribution by their creation of original written/drawn work. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course, all the best events need the best media partners to support them, and the comedy industry thanks Mzansi Magic, The Times and Kaya FM 95.9 for helping to build comedy history.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Event Information:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US">Event Info: <a href="http://www.comicschoice.co.za/" target="_blank">www.comicschoice.co.za</a><br />Email: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:info@comicschoice.co.za" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">info@comicschoice.co.za</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><br />Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sa.comics.choice.awards" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/sa.comics.<wbr></wbr>choice.awards</a><br />Twitter: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=ComicsChoice" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">@ComicsChoice</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US">: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23CCA2013" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">#</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US">SavannaCCA<br /><br /><b>Tickets:</b> Computicket (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.computicket.co.za/" target="_blank">www.computicket.co.za</a></span><span lang="EN-US">)</span></span></div>

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Here’s The Point of The 4th Annual South African Savanna Comic’s Choice Awards®

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In partnership with The Times, Mzansi Magic and Kaya FM 95.9 A seasoned comic once asked a group of young comedians what the definition of comedy was. After much debate, the group came up with severa...