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. Chandler was born on 30 March 1976, and grew up in the small rural

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town of Maryborough. Chandler now spends a majority of his time in Thailand, where alongside Dassalo, he has hosted the Koh Samui International Podcast Festival since 2017. The festival attracts hundreds of fans internationally and showcases some of the finest comedians such as Logie winner

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, Nick Capper and Brett Blake. Chandler was part of the supporting cast of and wrote for the sketch program ''

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''. He has also written for TV shows such as ''Hard Quiz'', '' The Chase Australia'', ''Spicks and Specks'' and ''The Project''. Chandler was credited as one of the writers for the one off Reunion Special of ''Spicks and Specks'', aired on the ABC in late 2018. He is currently working on pre-production for ''Phunny Phellas'', a comedy program for commercial television audiences. On 2 September 2017, Chandler married his then fiancée Diane, who he had been in a relationship with for 10 years. He invited many of his comedian friends such as Nick Cody, Fiona O'Loughlin,

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David Tulk and Nick Capper. In 2011, Chandler collated and published a book called ''Funny Buggers: The Best Lines from Australian Stand-up Comedy''. It is a collection of jokes from great Aussie comedians such as

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and Dave O'Neil. Chandler once auditioned for ''Australia's Got Talent'', however did not make it past the audition stage. Chandler runs many of the best comedy rooms in Melbourne, such as Comedy at Spleen on Monday nights (previously co-run with him and best friend Steele Saunders), Thursday Comedy Club on Thursday nights and Basement Comedy Club on Saturday nights. In the past, Chandler has also contributed to running comedy on Wednesday nights at Softbelly. The Thursday and Saturday comedy nights are held at the European Bier Cafe on Exhibition Street, Melbourne.

Stand-up shows

*2014 - ''Karl Chandler's Got Talent'' *2015 - ''Karl Chandler - World's Greatest (and Best) Comedian'' *2016 - ''Karl Chandler Defends His Title As World's Greatest and Best Comedian'' *2017 - ''Karl Chandler: World's Best Comedian in the World'' *2018 - ''Karl Chandler's Shit List'' *2019 - ''One Man Comedy Factory'' *2020-21 - ''Please Call Me Karl, Mr. Comedy Was My Father''

References

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