 "The funniest sketch troupe on the
Fringe" The Scotsman, Aug 2008
Pappy's Fun Club are Britain's best new sketch troupe. After being
nominated for the if.comedy award at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival they appeared on BBC3's Comedy
Shuffle, Radio 1's Switch and ITV's Comedy Cuts. This year they starred in their own self-titled
show on Radio 4, and a half hour special on Channel 4. They capped all this off with the Chortle
award for Best Sketch Act, a national tour, an appearance at the Melbourne International Comedy
Festival and a sell out run at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
If.Comedy Award Nominees for Best Show 2007
Stars of "Pappy's Fun Club: Comedy Lab" (Channel 4)
Stars of "Pappy's Fun Club: Happy Mondays" (Radio 4)
Chortle Best Sketch Act Winner 2008
"Extraordinarily fresh and funny ... glorious stuff" The
Times
"If you like your comedy light, frothy and supremely daft, these
bright-eyed boys are experts...a show that pairs clever, witty sketches with brilliant
clowning." The Metro
Expect historical characters, mythical creatures and the eternal
battle between good and evil. Will Pappy's Fun Club save the day? If you consider identifying the
problem and then singing about it to be saving the day, then yes.
More about Pappy's Fun Club
Pappy's Fun Club is a comedy team made up of Ben, Brendan, Matthew
and Tom. Through a string of live appearances across London, they began to build a small cult
following and so, in 2006, the team took an hour of Fun to Edinburgh.
The following year they performed in comedy venues across the UK,
were heard on Radio 4's 28 Acts in 28 Minutes, were nominated as Chortle's Best Newcomer, and
received a string of fantastic reviews and a nomination for the If.Comedy Award (formerly the
Perrier) at the Edinburgh Festival for their second full-length show.
Since then Pappy's have recorded their own TV show for Channel 4,
their own radio show for Radio 4, and appeared as part of Comedy Shuffle on BBC3 and Comedy Cuts
on ITV2. Their third Edinburgh show gardenered more critical praise.
Awards & Stuff
- Chortle Best Sketch, Variety or Character Act 2008
- If.Comedy Best Show Nominee 2007
- Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee 2007
- Comic's Choice – TimeOut
Press Quotes
"Sketch genius"
- Time Out London, June 08
"intelligent, deeply satirical and very funny"
- Alan Geary, Nottingham Evening Post
"brilliantly stupid ... a manic, majestic set"
- Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard (Oct 07)
"extraordinarily fresh and funny ... glorious stuff"
****
- Dominic Maxwell, The Times (Aug 07)
"sub-Vic Reeves senior-common-room nonsense ... low-level
idiocy"
- Brian Logan, The Guardian (Nov 07)
"A joyously upbeat hour of fast-paced shenanigans"
****
- Steve Bennett, Chortle (Aug 07)
"Clever, witty sketches with brilliant clowning …
there's real joy in their work"
- Metro (Aug 07)
“Pappy’s Fun Club are a wall of sketch mayhem. It’s
chaotic and it’s in the best tradition of British sketch shows; it’s completely out of
control.”
- Stephen Armstrong, Radio 4's Front Row (Aug 07)
"had me laughing so hard I had to reach for my inhaler"
*****
- Liz Henley, Three Weeks (Aug 07)
"A triumph" ****
- Julian Hall, The Independent (Aug 07)
See the reviews
page for lots more.
TV / Radio Credits
- Radio 1 - Switch with Annie Mac, Oct 2007 & Dec 2007
- Radio 2 - Weekender, Aug 2006
- Radio 4 - 28 Acts in 28 Minutes. Jan 2008
- Radio 4 - Pappy's Fun Club, May 2008
- BBC Three - Comedy Shuffle, Nov 2007
- Channel 4 - Pappy's Fun Club, broadcasts in August 2008
- ITV2 - Comedy Cuts (in post-production), summer 2008
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