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The Edinburgh Comedy Awards or Eddies (formerly the Perrier Comedy Awards), are presented to the best shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. Established in 1981, they are the most prestigious comedy prize in the United Kingdom.〔 〕〔 〕 The awards have been directed and produced by Nica Burns since 1984.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】Nica Burns ">url=http://www.if.com/eddies/history.html ) 〕 The most recent awards were given to John Kearns, Alex Edelman and Funz and Gamez. This makes John Kearns the first comedian to win Best Newcomer and Best Comedy Show in consecutive years. ==History== The award was created by Perrier in 1981 as a way of supporting young talent. The inaugural award was presented to the Cambridge Footlights, a cast that included Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie and Tony Slattery.〔 〕 Many award winners and nominees have gone on to forge successful careers in comedy and the media industry including Lee Evans, ''Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'' creators Richard Ayoade and Matt Holness, double act Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller, ''QI'' panellist Alan Davies, ''Mock the Week'' panellist Chris Addison and many others. The "Best Newcomer Award" category was introduced in 1992. In 2006, the awards became known as "if.comeddie" Awards and the inaugural "Panel Prize" was given out. Four years later, the name was again changed to Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards, for sponsorship reasons. In order to avoid confusion due to the frequency of name changes, past winners are now often said to have won "the Eddie", a popular colloquial term for the award, rather than referring to a specific year's sponsor.〔http://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/what-s-on/theatre/comic-has-all-answers-1-1470539〕〔http://www.hideawaylive.co.uk/live-standup-comedy-2611〕〔http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/556c767a-962c-11de-84d1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2sLVD4Kg6〕 Australian Comedian Brendon Burns has said that he is "arguably the least successful winner" of the award. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edinburgh Comedy Awards」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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