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The NZ Comedy Guild Awards were handed out on Sunday night.
Brendhan Lovegrove was crowned the best male comedian, while Justine
Smith scored the best female honour.
Te Radar picked up the Kevin Smith Memorial Cup for Artistic Achievement
for his two TV One shows Off the Radar and Homegrown, but it was rival network C4 who claimed the gong for best media support.
Scott Blanks was christened the best industry friend and his iconic club
The Classic was named best comedy venue.
Jeremy Elwood took out Gag Of The Year for this scathing crack: "Companies like Telecom are actually the closest New Zealand has to terrorism. Because they keep screwing stuff up and saying 'oh give us another
chance, we're locals'. Which is a bit like me walking up to you in a bar and pressing myself against you and going 'shh, it's OK, I just live round the corner'."
