If.comeddies
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The If.comeddies award is the replacement for the Perrier Comedy Award. The most renowned accolade at the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It is sponsored by the Scottish bank Intelligent Finance.
On 23 August 2006 the first list of nominees was announced.
The winner of the 2006 if.comeddies award was Phil Nicol and the winner of Best Newcomer was Josie Long. Mark Watson was awarded the panel prize for 'Spirit of the Fringe'.
[edit] 2006 Nominees:
Main Award:
- David O'Doherty - David O'Doherty Is My Name
- Russell Howard - Wandering
- Phil Nicol - The Naked Racist
- Paul Sinha - Saint or Sinha?
- We Are Klang - Klangbang
Best Newcomer:
- Fat Tongue
- God's Pottery - The Concert for LaVert
- Andrew Lawrence - How To Butcher Your Loved Ones
- Josie Long - Kindness and Exuberance
- Russell Kane - Russell Kane's Theory of Pretension
