NASCAR Tidbits / NASCAR News
Date: Apr 10, 2008 - 05:57 AM

Last Comic Standing Winner To Host Speed Comedy Special At Dale
Earnhardt Jr.'s New Nightclub

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, N.C. SPEED will air Bodden's NASCAR '08 All-Star
Comedy Special on May 15 at 7 p.m. 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.

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