Roger Abbott

Roger Abbott

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name = Roger Abbott


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birth_date = birth date and age|1946|7|10
birth_place = Birkenhead, England
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occupation = Stand-up comedian
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Roger Abbott (born July 10, 1946 in Birkenhead, England) is one of the stars of "Royal Canadian Air Farce".

Career

His many roles on the show include his well-known parodies of Jean Chrétien, The Queen Mother, Yasser Arafat, George W. Bush and CBC news anchor Peter Mansbridge. He also plays Billy Two-Willies and Don "Blah-Blah-Blah" Newman.

In 1989, he directed a show that was acclaimed as "Canada's answer to Monty Python" by CHOM-FM, called "Huge Jumbo Comedy Thing" starring a troupe called the Maroons. [The Arts. The Globe & Mail, April 5, 1989.]

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