|
The Comedian's Comedian With Stuart Goldsmith
''The Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith'' is an interview podcast, in which Stuart Goldsmith interviews comedians about the craft of writing and performing standup comedy. Guests on the show have included Russell Brand, Stewart Lee, and Patton Oswalt. Some episodes have been recorded in the comedians' homes, or—in the case of Paul Sinha—in his car. Other episodes have been recorded live in front of an audience at theatres or festivals. The podcast is published on Soundcloud and iTunes, and syndicated on the British Comedy Guide. It was nominated at the Chortle Awards The Chortle Awards were set up in 2002 by the comedy website Chortle to honour the best of established stand-up comics currently working in the UK. A panel of reviewers draw up a shortlist, which is presented for public vote at the Chortle websit ... for the Internet Award in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Episodes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith Come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Goldsmith
Stuart Goldsmith (born 1977) is an English actor, stand-up comedian and former street performer. He has presented the '' Comedian's Comedian'' podcast since 2012. Career Goldsmith grew up in Bristol and trained at Circomedia circus school. He was a member of the Playbox Theatre Company youth theatre group in Warwick, and worked as a court jester at Warwick Castle. He began in street theatre as half of the comedy double act "Kiosk of Champions", with fellow stand-up Richard Sandling, where he "walked the tightrope eating a packet of crisps". Under the name "Beautiful Stu", he came second in the Street Performance World Championship in 2008. On his street theatre work, he has said "If you can draw in the crowd at 9.45am in Covent Garden it teaches you to be funny." Goldsmith was a 2005 finalist in ''So You Think You're Funny'', a 2006 finalist in Laughing Horse New Act of the Year, and came third in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year. He was also a finalist in the BBC's ''Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Britten
Noel or Noël may refer to: Christmas * , French for Christmas * Noel is another name for a Christmas carol Places *Noel, Missouri, United States, a city *Noel, Nova Scotia, Canada, a community *1563 Noël, an asteroid *Mount Noel, British Columbia, Canada People *Noel (given name) *Noel (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Noel, another term for a pastorale of a Christmas nature * ''Noël'' (Joan Baez album), 1966 * ''Noël'' (Josh Groban album), 2007 * ''Noel'' (Noel Pagan album), 1988 * ''Noël'' (The Priests album), 2010 * ''Noel'' (Phil Vassar album), 2011 * ''Noel'' (Josh Wilson album), 2012 *''Noel'', 2015 Christmas album by Detail *"The First Noel", a traditional English Christmas carol *Noël (singer) (active late 1970s), American disco singer *Noel (band), a South Korean group Television * ''Noel'' (TV series), a Philippine drama * "Noël" (''The West Wing''), a 2000 television episode Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * ''Noel'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Alderton
Terry John Alderton (born 31 October 1970) is an English comedian who had acting and presenting roles in the early 2000s before returning to stand-up comedy a decade later. Personal life Alderton was born on 31 October 1970 in Rochford, Essex. He married a former model and Page Three Girl Dee Ivens in 2001 in Epping Forest. He has a sister named Corinna. Career Alderton began his career as a goalkeeper with Southend United. Later he moved on to comedy. In 2004 the club re-signed him after injuries weakened their squad, following his performance in goal for the Celebrities team in the Sky One reality television series '' The Match''. In 1999, Alderton was nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award. Later that year, television producer Johnny Finch himself attempted to launch his own BBC TV show dedicated to video games titled ''Bleeding Thumbs''. The series would have run between 1999 and 2000, and had hoped to emulate the success of the 1990s Channel 4 show '' GamesMaster' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pappy's
Pappy's is a British three-man comedy act, composed of comedians Ben Clark, Matthew Crosby and Tom Parry. The sketch troupe previously performed shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but now mostly talk on podcasts about balconies and spaghetti. They regularly produce podcasts under the ''Pappy's Flatshare'' heading, and created and starred in the BBC Three sitcom ''Badults''. History Pappy's started out as a four-man comedy collective called "Pappy's Fun Club", consisting of Ben Clark, Matthew Crosby, Brendan Dodds, and Tom Parry. The group met at the University of Kent and started out performing in Canterbury and Wolverhampton. They later moved to London and in 2004, began performing regular shows in The Old Coffee House, in Soho, London. Pappy's Fun Club made their self-titled debut appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2006, as part of the Free Fringe. In February 2007, the group was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Chortle Awards. In August 2007, the team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Burgers
Philip Burgers is an American writer, comedy performer, director and clown teacher. He is best known for his character Dr Brown. Career Burgers began his career in 2007 following training at the French clown school Ecole Philippe Gaulier. His most notable success to date is with the character Dr Brown. Dr Brown is a physical character based in an absurd world. Burgers took ''Dr Brown Because'' and ''Dr Brown Becaves'' around the world from 2009 - 2011 including Prague Fringe, Hong Kong Microfest, Australia. Since 2011, he has continued with Dr Brown in the family shows witStuart Bowden''The Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown and his Singing Tiger'' and ''Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown and his Singing Tiger Again'' the former won Best Children's Presentation at the Adelaide Fringe Festival and the Director's Choice at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2012 and ''Dr Brown Befrdfgth'' which won the BARRY award for the Best Show at Melbourne International Comedy Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Broderick
Rob Broderick is an Irish stand-up comedian who was born in Dublin but who now lives and works in London. History Broderick improvised his way into the final of the prestigious So You Think You're Funny competition at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Broderick performed his first solo show, entitled ''Absinthe Without Leave'' at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. At the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe, he appeared in three shows each day - a solo hip hop/comedy show called ''Abandoman'', a double act (with Padraig Hyland) titled ''Bitesized! Improvised! Televised!'' (in which they improvise over movie clips) and a nightly show at the Gilded Balloon called ''Carnival des Phenomenes''. As part of the Irish improvising hip-hop trio ''Abandoman'' he won the 2010 Hackney Empire New Act of the Year Competition. Broderick in particular was described by Chortle as "an engaging frontman and an incredibly quick and skilful improviser". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Gunn
Mike Gunn (born 10 May 1964) is a British stand-up comedian, presenter, actor, writer, and voiceover artiste. He is most notable for his performance on ''Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow'' and for appearing in nine episodes of Al Murray's ''Time Gentlemen Please''. Early life Born in Barnet, Gunn is married and has two boys. He attended Collingwood Secondary Modern school and went on to do an OND in Business at Brooklands. However, drink and drug problems forced him to drop out after the first year. Struggling with drug addiction, Gunn took on many varied jobs, including packing pickled gherkins in the Netherlands, manufacturing irrigation pipes in Israel, and repairing photocopiers in London. In the late 1980s he attended Clouds House, a 12-step drug treatment centre for his heroin addiction, and has been drug-free ever since. It was during his rehabilitation that he took up stand-up comedy, performing his first gig at Jacksons Lane Community Centre, North London, in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Pepitone
Edward David Pepitone (born November 5, 1958) is an American character actor and stand-up comedian. Early life Pepitone was born to a Sicilian father and a Jewish mother in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, and was raised from the age of nine on Staten Island. Career Described as a "cult favorite", Pepitone is a staple in the Los Angeles comedy scene. He is known for his regular appearances in the early days of the ''WTF with Marc Maron'' podcast and his sketch appearances on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' and '' Conan'', often playing his recurring role as the "New York City Heckler" in the audience. He has also had recurring roles on television programs such as ''The Life & Times of Tim'', ''The Sarah Silverman Program'' and ''Nick Swardson's Pretend Time''. His short mockumentary film ''Runyon: Just Above Sunset'', co-written by Karen Simmons and directed by Troy Conrad, won Best in Show (as well as Best Actor in a Mockumentary) at the L.A. Mockfest as well as Best Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannibal Buress
Hannibal Amir Buress ( , born February 4, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, producer, rapper and writer. He started performing comedy in 2002 while attending Southern Illinois University. He starred on Adult Swim's ''The Eric Andre Show'' from 2012 to 2020, and was featured on Comedy Central's ''Broad City'' from 2014 to 2019. He is also known for bringing Bill Cosby’s sexual abuse of women back into the public spotlight during a stand-up routine. Early life Hannibal Amir Buress was born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 4, 1983, the son of teacher Margaret and John Buress, a Union Pacific Railroad employee. He was raised in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. He was named after Carthaginian general Hannibal, and has told stories in his stand-up act about his name causing women to turn him down because of its association with fictional cannibal Hannibal Lecter. After attending Steinmetz College Prep, he attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale for four years bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boy With Tape On His Face
Sam Wills (born 28 August 1978) is a Timaru, New Zealand prop comic, busker, and clown residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. He performs under the name The Boy With Tape On His Face and, more recently, as Tape Face. He was also half of the two-person act Spitroast and sometimes performed under his own name, Sam Wills. He has been featured in the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, the World Buskers Festival, and was a finalist on Season 11 of ''America's Got Talent''. Biography Wills began his performing career in Timaru at the age of thirteen while he trained as a clown. He uses a diverse range of performance styles and skills. He holds a diploma in New Circus from Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology's Circus School where he has taught juggling for two years. His interest in the phenomenon of traditional circus freak shows and influences such as the Jim Rose Circus and the Tokyo Shock Boys led to experiments with shock comedy, earning him his first Pulp Come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Maier
Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Finnish markka ( sv, finsk mark, links=no), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002 * Mark (currency), a currency or unit of account in many nations * Polish mark ( pl, marka polska, links=no), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924 German * Deutsche Mark, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 * German gold mark, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 * German Papiermark, the German currency from 4 August 1914 * German rentenmark, a currency issued on 15 November 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany * Lodz Ghetto mark, a special currency for Lodz Ghetto. * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Davies
Alan Roger Davies (; born 6 March 1966) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, actor and TV presenter. He is best known for his portrayal of the title role in the BBC mystery drama series ''Jonathan Creek'' (1997–2016) and as the only permanent panellist on the BBC panel show '' QI'' since its premiere in 2003, outlasting its original host Stephen Fry. Early life Davies was born in Loughton, Essex, and spent his childhood years in Chingford. When Davies was six his mother died from leukaemia and he was raised by his father. He was sexually abused by his father from age 8 to 13, as described in his book ''Just Ignore Him''. Davies wrote that his brother and sister were turned against him. Davies identified this as making him strongly want to please others, which led him to shoplift for schoolmates, and play the joker at home. Davies attended Staples Road School in Loughton and was privately educated at the independent Bancroft's School in Woodford Green, where he gained eig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Eddie Pepitone")
.jpg "Click for more on -> Hannibal Buress")
