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Stand Up Australia
''Stand Up Australia'' was an Australian comedy TV program locally produced by The Comedy Channel from 2006 to 2008. It was hosted by Cameron Knight, and featured four Australian or international comedians on each one-hour show. Season two was produced in Melbourne, previously the first season was shot at Foxtel's Sydney studios located in North Ryde, where the set and studio was named "The Troubled Bison". The first season went for a marathon 95 episodes and showcased Australia's top comedic talent. For the week of the 2006 Melbourne Cup carnival, there was a number of episodes that had a "racing" theme for each show. This included the set, audience and host being dressed up in horse racing themes. Comedians who appeared on the show include John Burgos, Tom Rhodes, Monty Franklin, Fiona O'Loughlin, Doug Chappel, Sam Simmons, Greg Fleet, Simon Kennedy Rod Quantock, Terri Psiakis, Michael Chamberlin, Subby Valentine, Justin Kennedy, Charlie Pickering, Jackie Loeb, Steady Edd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand-up Comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke, one-liners, stories, observations or a shtick that may incorporate Theatrical property, props, comedy music, music, Magic (illusion), magic tricks or ventriloquism. It can be performed almost anywhere, including comedy clubs, comedy festivals, bars, nightclubs, colleges or theatres. History Stand-up as a Western world, Western art form has its roots in the Stump speech (minstrelsy), stump speech of American minstrel shows, which featured an actor in blackface delivering nonsensical monologue to the audience. While the intention of stump speeches was to mock African-Americans, they also occasionally contained political and social satire. The minstrel show would later influence theatrical traditions of the late 19th and early 20th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Kennedy (comedian)
Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus authority ''Simon'' * Tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel Places * Şimon ( hu, links=no, Simon), a village in Bran Commune, Braşov County, Romania * Șimon, a right tributary of the river Turcu in Romania Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Simon'' (1980 film), starring Alan Arkin * ''Simon'' (2004 film), Dutch drama directed by Eddy Terstall Games * ''Simon'' (game), a popular computer game * Simon Says, children's game Literature * ''Simon'' (Sutcliff novel), a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff * Simon (Sand novel), an 1835 novel by George Sand * ''Simon Necronomicon'' (1977), a purported grimoire written by an unknown author, with an introduction by a man identified only as "Simon" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Ifft
Eddie Ifft (born 1974 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. Biography Ifft graduated with honors from Fox Chapel Area High School in 1990. After graduation from the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a brother of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and competed in track and field, he moved to New York City, New York, US, and commenced performing stand-up comedy on the club circuit. Stand-up comedy Ifft has performed on the comedy specials Comedy Central's ''Presents, ''NBC's ''Late Friday Night'', BET's ''Comic View'', ABC's ''Comics Unleashed'', NBC's ''Last Comic Standing'', and in July 2001 he performed at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival in ''New Faces''. In August 2008 he filmed his own 1/2 hour special for Comedy Central (''Comedy Central Presents''). Ifft has performed in over 20 countries in theatres, clubs and television shows. In Australia he has been featured on ''Rove Live'', '' The Glass House'', '' The Footy Show'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Brennan (comedian)
Scott Brennan is an Australian actor and comedian. He is best known for his work on the Australian television program ''skitHOUSE''. In 1990, he went to University of Melbourne to complete B. Ed (Sec) Arts. He has been a regular performer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival since 1999. Past shows include ''Spontaneous Broadway'', ''Life - Get it up ya'' (which was also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe), ''Code Beige'','' Glen Bush; Teenage Superstar'' (for which he received a Moosehead grant) and ''Very Very Scary''. In 2006, he joined the cast of the popular late night sketch comedy show '' Comedy Inc - The Late Shift'', airing in Australia on the Nine Network. He also appeared on Foxtel's comedy show ''Stand Up Australia'', where he performed a comedy routine on the fact that he is gay. In 2006 he also appeared as Dylan in the gay-science-fiction-fan-club short comedy film ''Outland''. His other television credits include ''The Edge of the Bush'', ''Upper Middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pommy Johnson
''Pommy Johnson'' is a comedian from Australia who is best known for performing his parody song "Psycho Chicken" while wearing a rubber glove on his head on the Australian television program Hey Hey It's Saturday. He won as the Maurie Awards Australian comedian of the Year 2002, held at the Comic Lounge. He appeared on the RMITV show Under Melbourne Tonight ''Under Melbourne Tonight'' was a weekly live variety hour television program produced by RMITV that broadcast on C31 Melbourne. Reaching a weekly viewership of 55,000 people each week, the show was reviewed in ''The Age''s Green Guide by Jim Sch ... on 10 April 1996. Standup Comedy * Pommy Johnson - Live At The Comedy Club, Melbourne (DVD, 2004) References Australian male comedians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-comedian-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Goblet
Elliot Goblet is a comedy character created by the Australian comedian Jack Levi. The character is known for the deadpan delivery of one-line jokes. The style compares with the American comedian Steven Wright but developed independently. At first Goblet appeared with round glasses and a goatee beard, but the beard was later removed. Created with assistance from Australian comedy teacher Pete Crofts, the Goblet character was launched onto the comedy scene with numerous TV performances on ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'', ''The Midday Show'', '' The Eleventh Hour'', '' The Footy Show'', ''Neighbours'' and other Australian TV variety and sketch shows. As Goblet, Levi recorded the ARIA award-nominated CD ''Internally Berserk'', wrote the book ''Business According To Goblet'' and has appeared in short films as well as the feature film ''Fat Pizza''. He has also hosted the Qantas comedy audio program on all of their flights worldwide. Levi has performed as Goblet around Australia as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Franklin
Christopher Franklin (born 16 September 1964) is an Australian stand-up comedian and former sailor for the Royal Australian Navy. He is most famous for performing the song "Bloke" (a bogan-style parody of Meredith Brooks' song "Bitch"), which was certified platinum, reached No. 1 on the ARIA Charts, and was the twelfth-biggest-selling single in Australia in 2000.ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2000 He lives in Launceston, Tasmania. Early life Franklin was born in Sydney, and he lived from age 3 to 5 on |
Steady Eddy
Christopher Widdows (born 7 December 1968) is an Australian stand-up comedian and actor primarily known by the stage name Steady Eddy. Born with Cerebral palsy, his disability became a key part of his comedy, hence his performing moniker. Steady Eddy's mainstream career began in 1992 with appearances on popular Australian TV programs like Nine Network's ''The Midday Show'' and Seven Network's ''Tonight Live with Steve Vizard,'' becoming a frequent personality throughout much of the nineties and early naughts. He was one of the first differently abled performers to be featured prominently in Australian mainstream media. Stand-up comedy He began performing stand-up in 1991, with his first Australian stand-up tour kicking off in 1993 with "Ready Steady Go!". The performance recording won the ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release. He followed up in 1994 with “Quantum Limp”, which won him the Young Australian Achievers Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Steady ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Loeb
Jackie or Jacky may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jackie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters named Jackie or Jacky ** Jackie, current ring name of female professional wrestler Jacqueline Moore ** Jackie Lee (Irish singer) (born 1936), also known as "Jacky" * Jarrhan Jacky (born 1989), Australian rules football player Arts and entertainment Films * ''Jackie'' (1921 film), directed by John Ford * ''Jacky'' (film), a 2000 Dutch film * ''Jackie'' (2010 film), an Indian multilingual film directed by Kannada director Soori * ''Jackie'' (2012 film), a Dutch film * ''Jackie'' (2016 film), a biographical drama about Jackie Kennedy Music Albums * ''Jackie'' (Jackie DeShannon album) (1972) * ''Jackie'' (Ciara album) (2015) Songs * "Jacky" (Jacques Brel song) (1965) * "Jackie" (Elisa Fiorillo song) (1987) * "Jackie", a song from the 1987 album ''The Lion and the Cobra'' by Sinéad O'Connor * “Jackie”, a song from the 1993 rap album ''KKKill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Pickering
Charlie Pickering (born 29 August 1977) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, author and producer. Pickering currently hosts ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'', a weekly news satire television show on the ABC, as well as its yearly spin-off special '' The Yearly with Charlie Pickering,'' co-host of ''Tomorrow Tonight'' with Annabel Crabb and Adam Liaw and ''Breakfast'' on ABC Radio Melbourne on Friday. He is known as a former co-host on the current affairs program '' The Project,'' and regularly appeared on the game show ''Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation'' as the "Generation X" team captain. Career Early career After leaving his job as a lawyer, Pickering appeared in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) in 2002 with Michael Chamberlin in ''Boiling Point'', a show which earned them the Piece of Wood Award. Prior to this, Pickering had appeared with the sketch comedy group ''Enter the Datsun'' in the MICF in 1998, 1999 and 2002. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Kennedy
Justin Kennedy (born 17 May 1972) is an actor, writer, voice-over artist and comedian from Melbourne, Australia. He started his performing career in 2002, after making his first stand-up appearance in the national Raw Comedy competition. Career In 2003, Kennedy teamed up with fellow comedians Gavin Baskerville and Dwight Bandy to write and perform the show ''Successful Losing: How to be a Spectacular Failure'' in both the WA Fringe Festival (winning 'Best Comedy') and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In 2004, Kennedy performed his first solo stand-up show in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, ''Simple Pleasures'', which he followed over the next four years with ''I'm With Stupid'', ''Beelzebuzz'' (nominated for a Golden Gibbo Award), ''Ladies...?'' and ''Passionista''. In 2009, Kennedy teamed up with Sarah Collins to write and perform, ''Donna and Damo: An Asexual Love Story'' for the Melbourne Fringe before performing it at the Arts Centre in the 2010 Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subby Valentine
Subby Valentine is an Australian comedian and radio presenter. Valentine came to prominence in 1997 after winning Raw Comedy, a national competition for new comic talent. He has since worked as a writer and performer for radio, free-to-air television, and pay TV. Valentine mastered his trade on the Sydney stand up comedy circuit for ten years. It was during this time that he sparked a relationship with fellow comic Tom Gleeson. The two would go on to form a duo and make the move to radio. Valentine was a co-host of the ''Tom and Subby Show'', which aired first on radio Triple J and later on Triple M. From there he worked as a writer for the Ten Network's ''SkitHouse'' as well as 2Day FM breakfast presenters Wendy Harmer and Greg Fleet. In 2006, Subby started work as one of the rotating male guests on the Mix 106.5 breakfast show ''Sammy and the Boys''. It was from this that, in June of that year, Subby joined Mix 106.5 on a permanent basis as part of ''Sammy, Subby and Alan fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
