I don’t know if I can provide enough information, but I’m hoping someone can ID a British comedian I saw doing stand up at the Melbourne Comedy Festival a few years ago.
His persona was that of an idiot, out to fight “fascism”. I remember quotes like “If you’d been the places I’ve been… If you’d seen the things I’ve seen… then you’d be me. Or someone following me around. Like a policeman. Or my mum”, and “I said ‘Don’t call me son, I am not your son’ and he said ‘Yes you are’”. He spraypainted the garage wall and was busted, and the man pointed out he’d misspelt “fascist” as “faceist”.
Is this ringing any bells? He used the word “bourgeoisie” a lot too.
None of the gags sound familiar. It wasn’t Alexei Sayle, by any chance, was it? I think he has probably uttered the word “bourgeoisie” more than any other comic, ever.
Nope, nothing like Alexei. I would say he was a fairly young man, where Alexei is a few years older.
I’ve been racking my brains, and another quote that I think came from him was “I lay there on my bed, and a little voice said to me ‘Your life is worthless. Kill youself’. And I said ‘Mum, get away from my door.’”
He had a beard, and shaggy hair. I’m fairly sure that when he came back the following year, he had a completely different persona. More clean-cut.
Already checked him out. It’s not him. Phil Kay is sort of a frantic comic, without a storyline. This guy was playing a character. Oh! He had flashcards too!
Dagnabbit, I wish I could remember more about him.
Accent?? Ummm… I’m not familiar enough with English accents to know what it was, but with my limited knowledge of other comedians I can say it’s not Scottish(like Billy Connelly), or Irish (Sean Hughes). That leaves English. He spoke with a sort of dopey voice, but I don’t think I can define it more than that.
He called himself the Urban something. Urban Ecologist? Urban Defender? Not sure.
No Cazzle I don’t think it was Alan Parker. He’s a short fat gay movie producer from the eighties.
No. This act that you describe I also saw, but not at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. It was on the Wonderful World of Disney, and it was a cartoon featuring Chip 'n Dale. You remember them don’t you? They later recruited a talented gopher named Alvin (yes - he was actually a gopher!) and became the Chipmunks [sic].
I actually had this routine on an old Disney Christmas LP which I took to the tip last week.
Hey, can’t one person ask for help finding two unrelated things on the boards on the same day?
I found out that Alan Parker is the alter-ego of Simon Munnery, who is also known as the League Againt Tedium.
I’ve been arguing about carrying weapons in public in General Questions, Redboss, and I submitted a verse to a “Name the Song” game in Cafe Society. Will I see you in either of those threads, talking about Simon Munnery the Chipmunk?
If it was Simon Munnery, you might be interested to know that he mainly occupies his time with The League Against Tedium - a bizarre but funny comedy show. He recently did a UK tour, but I’m not sure if he has any international plans.
