Matthew Crosby

Matthew Crosby
Medium	Stand-up, television, radio
Nationality	English
Years active	2004 - present

Matthew Crosby is a British comedian and writer. He is best known as one third of the sketch team Pappy's. He began his comedy career in 2004 and has since performed stand-up and sketch comedy all over the world. He was a semi-finalist for the BBC New Act 2005. He comperes at several comedy venues including the Horsebridge Comedy Club in Whitstable and is a founding member of sketch team Pappy's, formerly known as Pappy's Fun Club.

In August 2006 Crosby performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in two shows: the Comedy Bucket, a stand-up showcase, and Pappy's Fun Club. In August 2007 the Edinburgh run of Pappy's Fun Club was nominated for an if.comedy award, formerly known as the Perrier award.

Crosby performed stand-up as part of the Leicester Comedy Festival in 2007 and 2008. He also performed during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2008.

As part of Pappy's Fun Club, Crosby returned to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2008 with their show Funergy and in 2009 with their show World Record Attempt: 200 Sketches in an Hour. Pappy's are currently touring with their 2010 Edinburgh show; It's All Business.

Crosby is a regular contributor to comedy podcast Answer Me This!, playing various characters in jingles and sketches.^[1]

Crosby has developed what can only be described as an alarming passion for the sweet gift of Nando's, with a somewhat deluded aspiration of becoming their official fan and tweeter on the popular website twitter.

Matthew Crosby took his debut solo stand-up show, Adventure Party, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2011 where it received a number of 4* reviews.

Television Appearances

• Meet The Parents - Channel 4, 2010
• Trinny and Susannah - From Boom to Bust - Channel 4, 2010
• Girl Friday^{[disambiguation needed ]} - Channel 4
• TNT^{[disambiguation needed ]} - Channel 4
• Ed and Oucho Transmission Impossible - BB2
• Winging It - BBC2
• Comedy Cuts Series 3: Pappy’s Fun Club Tough Gig - ITV2
• Comedy Lab: Pappy’s Fun Club - Channel 4
• Culture Show - BBC2
• Ed and Oucho - CBBC Channel
• Comedy Cuts - ITV 2
• Comedy Shuffle - BBC 3

Radio

• Matt Forde Show - Talksport
• Jon Richardson - BBC 6
• MusicHappy Monday’s – Pappy’s Fun Club - BBC Radio 1
• Tranatlantic with Andy Zaltzman - BBC Radio 4
• Switch with Annie Mac - BBC Radio 1
• Weekender - BBC Radio 2
• 28 Acts in 28 Minutes - BBC Radio 4

Writing

• The King is Dead - BBC3
• World Wide Robert (Pilot) - Channel 4
• Dirty Sexy Fnny (Series 2) - Comedy Central
• Ask Rhod Gilbert - BBC2
• The Big Ship^{[disambiguation needed ]} - (co-written with Stefan Golaszewski)
• The Kevin Bishop (Series 1 and 2) - Channel 4
• TNT^{[disambiguation needed ]} - Channel 4
• The Now Show - BBC Radio 4

References

1. ^ Answer Me This! players

External links

• Matthew Crosby comedy CV
• Pappy's Fun Club
• Matthew Crosby's blog
• Matthew's Twitter Page

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