Carl Barron

Carl Barron (born 11 June 1964) is an Australian theatre and television comedian. His style is based on observational humour.

Carl Barron
Carl Barron in 2012
Born (1964-06-11) 11 June 1964
Longreach, Queensland, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Years active1993–present
Genres
WebsiteOfficial website

Life and career

He was born in Longreach, Queensland, the son of a sheep shearer, and formerly worked as an apprentice roof tiler. Barron has released five DVDs, entitled Carl Barron LIVE!, Carl Barron: Whatever Comes Next, Carl Barron: Walking Down The Street, Carl Barron: A One Ended Stick and Carl Barron: Drinking With A Fork. In November 2010 a box set entitled "All The Stuff I've Done So Far" was released, which included the first three previous titles, plus a documentary and outtakes.[1] In 1993 he was voted 'Comic of the Year'[2] and 'Best Up and Coming Talent' and has since made many TV appearances in commercials and on TV shows such as Rove and Thank God You're Here.

Barron made his first television appearance on the NRL Footy Show on 17 April 1997.[3]

One of his perpetual jokes is that several people have mistaken him for people such as Australian musician Paul Kelly. He once stated "I reckon if Paul Kelly and Gandhi had a baby, I'd be it!".[4] He has regularly sold-out shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[3] Barron has been very successful in Australia with the DVD release of Carl Barron LIVE! going four times platinum, making it the most successful Australian comedy DVD in Australian history.[5] He has appeared in Good News Week, Out of the Question, Thank God You're Here and several episodes of Rove.

His DVDs as of 2013, have been certified platinum 28 times in Australia. Carl Barron - Live is his highest with reaching 14 times platinum level.[6]

Film

Barron co-wrote and starred in the 2015 Australian film Manny Lewis, playing the title character based on himself.[7]

List of DVDs
  • Carl Barron LIVE!
  • Carl Barron: Walking Down the Street
  • Carl Barron: Whatever Comes Next
  • Carl Barron: All The Stuff I've Done So Far
    • Contains Carl Barron LIVE!, Carl Barron: Walking Down the Street, Carl Barron: Whatever Comes Next, Carl Barron: Wompoo St.
  • Carl Barron: A One Ended Stick
  • Carl Barron: Wompoo Street[8]
  • Carl Barron: Drinking With A Fork
gollark: I see.
gollark: If *a lot* of people want change, *and* can somehow coordinate on this, in the face of people trying to stop them, and it doesn't go horribly wrong somehow.
gollark: That's not exactly better if it leads to worse outcomes.
gollark: I mean, if you go around trying revolutioning, this will:- probably turn out badly for you- also probably not do much
gollark: I don't agree. "People" in aggregate can, but you aren't that.

References
  1. Carl Barron Collection
  2. Rebecca Barry Hill (12 May 2007). "Laughing from the rooftops – Carl Barron". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  3. Carl Barron lets the humour come naturally
  4. Carl Barron Review
  5. DVD review Archived 3 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 DVDs". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  7. Manny Lewis Website
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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