- Pappy's Fun Club
Pappy's Fun Club is an English sketch-comedy team consisting of comedians Ben Clark, Matthew Crosby, Brendan Dodds and Tom Parry. Established in 2004, the sketch team perform regularly on the London comedy circuit and at comedy clubs nationwide.
History
Pappy's Fun Club was established in July 2004 as a comedy collective, performing sketches, stand-up, character acts and music at regular shows in The Old Coffee House, in the Soho area of London. In 2005 the team began performing sketches at comedy nights on the London comedy circuit and Pappy's Fun Club the four-man sketch troupe, as it is now, took shape.
Pappy's Fun Club made their self-titled début appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2006, as part of the Free Fringe.
In February 2007, Pappy's Fun Club was nominated for Best Newcomer at the
Chortle Awards , by the website Chortle.co.uk.In August 2007 the team returned to the Edinburgh Fringe with their second show, again self-titled. This second outing attracted the attention of the national press [ [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/comedy/article2293940.ece Review in The Times newspaper, 2007] ] [ [http://arts.independent.co.uk/theatre/reviews/article2881607.ece Review in The Independent newspaper, 2007] ] [ [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/comedy/show-23373187-details/Pappy%27s%2BFun%2BClub/showReview.do?reviewId=23409516 Review in the Evening Standard newspaper, 2007] ] , and a nominated for the 2007
if.comedy award (formerly thePerrier Comedy Award ).On 15 November 2007 the team appeared on the BBC Three comedy programme [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedyshuffle/ Comedy Shuffle] . Also on this date, a special edition of the comedy podcast
Answer Me This! was released featuring Pappy's Fun Club as special guests, taking turns to answer questions submitted by listeners alongside regular hosts Helen Zaltzman and Oliver Mann. [ [http://answermethis.wordpress.com/ Answer Me This podcast] ]Pappy's Fun Club are regular contributors to
BBC Switch with Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1, performing sketches and appearing live.In March 2008 the team recorded a self-titled pilot for
BBC Radio 4 , broadcast 12th May 2008.Also in March 2008 Pappy's Fun Club recorded a self-titled ComedyLab for
Channel 4 television, broadcast on 28th August 2008. [ [http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/C/comedylab/shows/pappysfunclub/ Pappy's Fun Club Comedy Lab - Channel 4 television] ]Awards
External links
* [http://www.pappysfunclub.co.uk Official Pappy's Fun Club website]
* [http://www.edfringe.com Official site of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe]
* [http://thevoidcomedy.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/interview-pappys-fun-club/ Interview with Pappy's Fun Club at www.the-void.co.uk]References
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