Charlie Pickering
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Charlie Pickering (born August 29, 1977) is a successful Australian comedian, who has performed stand-up comedy since 2000, and appeared in multiple festivals, both in Australia and around the world.
[edit] Career
In 2002, Charlie made his first appearance in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) with long time collaborator Michael Chamberlin in Boiling Point, a show which earned them the Piece of Wood Award (an award given by contemporary comedians). In 2003, Charlie and Michael teamed up again in Boiling Point 2, the pair also appearing the same year with fellow comedian Terri Psiakis in Equal Third. In 2004, Charlie debuted his first full length festival show Revolver which found critical success. In 2005, Charlie launched Betterman at the MICF, a show he went on to tour in New Zealand where he won Best International Act – New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards, and also at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where he was nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award – Best Newcomer. In 2006 Charlie presented his show Auto at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, receiving a nomination for the Barry Award, the top award presented at the MICF.
Charlie has also worked widely in Australian television and radio. He is known nationally from the time he spent on youth radio station Triple J between 2001 and 2003. His television appearances include Rove Live (Network Ten), The Glass House (ABC-TV), Today (Nine Network) and an appearance on the 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala (Network Ten).
Between 2000 and 2005 Charlie, along with Michael Chamberlin, was instrumental in helping shape the Melbourne live comedy circuit, running several seasons of one of the successful comedy room Stagetime.
Charlie will next be seen on television hosting Foxtel's new show The Mansion with Michael Chamberlin. The show is scheduled to start in April. Neither Charlie or Michael are very funny, and The Comedy Channel has received numerous complaints about the mediocrity of home grown comedies such as 'The Mansion'. Further, Charlie has become notorious in comedy circles for recycling the jokes of other, better comedians without recognition. This started during his university days when appearing in Law Revues and continues to the present day. [1][2].
[edit] References
- ^ A straw poll of Australian comedians conducted 1/4/2007 returned a 70% vote in favour of the fact that Charlie Pickering mercilessly steals jokes without providing due recognition.
- ^ 'The Mansion' - Michael Chamberlin and Charlie Pickering's TV show. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
