''Narek Margaryan'' ( hy, Նարեկ Մարգարյան, russian: link=no, Нарек Маргарян; born September 14, 1983) is an
Armenian
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comedian, screenwriter and TV host.
Since 2007 with his friend, comedian, and writer
Sergey Sargsyan he wrote, directed, and performed a series of stand-up comedy shows.
In 2009 Narek Margaryan and
Sergey Sargsyan started ArmComed
first satiric news site in Armenia giving a fresh, funny, and controversia
interpretation of on current Armenian social and political developments. In 2010 ArmComedy won ArmNet Awar
for Armenian website with best conten
Same year Narek Margaryan and Sergey Sargsyan start producing satiric news show series for the Internet under the title 3D Update. After 19 episodes, the show was rebooted as NewsՀաբ and ran on the CivilNet Internet television channel for 42 episodes.
In March 2012 the show moved to ArmNews TV channe
and in 2015 on ATV where it currently runs under a new title ArmComedybr>
It is the first show in Armenia to start as a web series and make a transition from web to network television.
Narek Margaryan holds a PhD in English and was a professor at Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Bruso
for 2 years. In 2011 after a satiric sketch about the University appeared on Youtub
he was fired, despite protests by student
Ex-rector Suren Zolyan organized mass viewing of the sketch at a staff meeting. Margaryan returned to university once a new rector was appointed.
In 2013 Narek Margaryan and Sergey Sargsyan wrote the screenplay for The Knight's Mov
their very first feature movie. In that road movie comedy, a fictional chess champion gets hold of Temur Lang's ruby and is chased by an ancient and mystical Kazakh order.
In 2016 Narek Margaryan and Sergey Sargsyan wrote a screenplay for Head of Stat
Armenia's first political feature comedy.
In May 2017 Narek Margaryan and Sergey Sargsyan were on US standup tour and were invited as guests on Conan (talk show), Conan.
References
External links
* http://armcomedy.com – Armenian Comedy
* http://pomegranateexpress.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/armenian-customer-service-and-the-obizhnik/
* http://www.7or.am/blog/?p=904
* http://brusov.am/
* http://armcomedy.com/comedy-night/ – Comedy Night
* https://web.archive.org/web/20140516235202/http://armnetawards.am/ – ArmNet Awards
* http://1in.am/arm/armenia_arts_3620.html – 1in
* http://panorama.am/am/economy/2010/12/04/armnet-awards/ – Panorama.Am
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTxvd16RDr0 – Youtube – Բրյուսովի դեկանատում
* http://www.epress.am/2011/04/12/%C2%AB%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B9%D5%AB-%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B7%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A8-%D5%B9%D5%A5%D5%B6-%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D5%9E%D6%82%D5%B4%C2%BB-%D5%A2%D6%80%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82.html – Epress.am
* http://media.am/Armcomedy-Armnews – Media.am
* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL83973AEA82A73347&feature=plcp
* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3204366/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1a – IMDB
* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5358844/?ref_=nv_sr_2
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1983 births
Living people
Armenian comedians
Television people from Yerevan