Elliot Goblet is a comedy character created by the
Australia
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comedian
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Jack Levi. The character is known for the
deadpan
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delivery of
one-line joke
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s. The style compares with the
American
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comedian
Steven Wright
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but developed independently. At first Goblet appeared with round glasses and a
goatee
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Description
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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
''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 28 years on the Nine Network from 9 October 1971 to 20 November 1999, with a recess in 1978. Its host throughout its entire ...
'', ''
The Midday Show
''Midday'' (commonly referred to as ''The Midday Show'') is an Australian award-winning daytime television program, based on the variety format that aired on the Nine Network on 11 February 1985 until 27 November 1998. The show aired, like its ...
'', ''
The Eleventh Hour'', ''
The Footy Show'', ''
Neighbours
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'' and other Australian TV variety and sketch shows.
As Goblet, Levi recorded the
ARIA award
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-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
''Fat Pizza'' is a 2003 Australian comedy film based on the ''Pizza'' television series, both of which were created, produced, written and starred in by Paul Fenech.
It was produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and SBS Independent (uncredited). ...
''. He has also hosted the
Qantas
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comedy audio program on all of their flights worldwide.
Levi has performed as Goblet around Australia as well as in seven other countries, including the
United States
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and
England
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.
Together with Mitchell Faircloth (aka "Slim Whittle"), Levi created the Crimson Goat Cabaret Club and they produced over 30 variety and cabaret shows.
In April 2015 a new comedy album, ''Goblet's Greatest Bits'', was released and a portion of the proceeds from the album are going to two causes, the Father Bob Maguire Foundation and the Les Twentyman Foundation.
These days he is an in-deman
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Discography
Albums
Singles
Awards and nominations
ARIA Music Awards
The
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...
are a set of annual ceremonies presented by
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing th ...
(ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the
music of Australia
The music of Australia has an extensive history made of music societies. Indigenous Australian music forms a significant part of the unique heritage of a 40,000- to 60,000-year history which produced the iconic didgeridoo. Contemporary fusions of ...
. They commenced in 1987.
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ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release
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References
External links
Official website*
Australian stand-up comedians
Australian male comedians
Australian male film actors
Australian people of Israeli descent
Jewish male comedians
Israeli stand-up comedians
Israeli male film actors
Australian Jews
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Television characters introduced in 1981
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