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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Balls of Steel
| type       = Live album
| artist     = [[Kathy Griffin]]
| cover      = Kathy Griffin Red White and Blue.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2012|10|30|mf=y}}
| recorded   = {{Start date|2009|11|03|mf=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/kathy-griffins-showing-her-balls-steel-8685|title=Kathy Griffin's Showing off Her 'Balls of Steel'|date=14 October 2009}}</ref>
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Comedy]]
| length     = 44:01
| label      = Shout! Factory
| producer   = Kathy Griffin
| prev_title = [[Suckin' It for the Holidays]]
| prev_year  = 2009
| next_title = [[Does the Bible Belt]]
| next_year  = 2010
}}
'''''Balls of Steel''''' is the eighth [[Bravo (U.S. TV channel)|Bravo]] [[stand-up comedy]] special by stand-up comedian [[Kathy Griffin]], and her tenth overall. It was televised live from the [[San Diego Civic Theatre]] in [[San Diego, California]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bravotv.com.edgesuite-staging.net/blogs/the-dish/coming-soon-kathy-griffins-balls-of-steel |title=Coming Soon: Kathy Griffin's "Balls of Steel" &#124; Bravo TV Dish &#124; Official News |access-date=2014-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005541/http://www.bravotv.com.edgesuite-staging.net/blogs/the-dish/coming-soon-kathy-griffins-balls-of-steel |archive-date=2014-05-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and released on {{Start date|2012|10|30|mf=y}} on Bravo as a part of the Kathy Griffin Collection: Red, White & Raw.
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| total_length    = 44:01
| title1          = Introduction
| length1         = 0:50
| title2          = [[Britney Spears]] and the Circus tour
| length2         = 2:35
| title3          = [[Taylor Swift]] at the VMAs
| length3         = 1:35
| title4          = Maggie Griffin's drinking
| length4         = 2:30
| title5          = Jon and Kate Gosselin
| length5         = 2:30
| title6          = [[Whitney Houston]]
| length6         = 8:40
| title7          = Dating Levi Johnston and the 2009 Teen Choice Awards
| length7         = 8:20
| title8          = Divas Live with Paula Abdul
| length8         = 4:50
| title9          = The View with Latoya Jackson
| length9         = 3:10
| title10         = The Jackson family
| length10        = 6:50
| title11         = Losing the Emmys
| length11        = 2:11
}}
==Personnel==
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;Technical and production<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/tv/55419050/kathy-griffin-balls-of-steel|title = TV Archives|date = 10 February 2022}}</ref>
*Cori Abraham - executive producer
*Andy Cohen - executive producer
*Kathy Griffin - executive producer
*Jenn Levy - executive producer
*Paul Miller - executive producer
*Kimber Rickabaugh - executive producer
*David W. Foster - film editor
*Bruce Ryan - production design
*Deborah Adamson - production manager
*Cisco Henson - executive in charge of production
*Lesley Maynard - production supervisor
*Gene Crowe - associate director, stage manager
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;Visuals and imagery
*Adam Christopher - makeup artist
*Giovanni Giuliano - hair
*Jason Dutcher - camera operator
*Darin Haggard - camera operator
*Simon Miles - lighting designer
*Lee Shull - camera operator
*David Neal Stewart - camera operator
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==Award and nominations==
The live Bravo performance special was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Picture Editing For A Special (Single Or Multi-Camera) in the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/kathy-griffin-balls-steel|title = Kathy Griffin: Balls of Steel}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://kathygriffin.com/ Kathy Griffin's Official Website]
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[[Category:Kathy Griffin albums]]
[[Category:Stand-up comedy albums]]
[[Category:2009 live albums]]
[[Category:Shout! Factory live albums]]
[[Category:Live comedy albums]]
[[Category:Spoken word albums by American artists]]
[[Category:Live spoken word albums]]
[[Category:2000s comedy albums]]