Michael Spicer (comedian)

Michael Spicer is a British comedy writer and performer. He is best known for his satirical videos, The Room Next Door.[1]

Career

In The Room Next Door videos, Spicer plays a frustrated adviser who is communicating live via an earpiece with a figure speaking in public. The videos cut between the exasperated Spicer and real footage of the public figure at a speaking engagement. Figures lampooned include HRH Prince Andrew[2] and Donald Trump. He is writing a book, The Secret Political Adviser: The Unredacted Files of the Man in the Room Next Door.[3][4]

In 2012 he released a spoof advert lampooning Barclays.[5][6][7]

Awards

Spicer won the internet category at the 2020 Chortle Awards.[8]

gollark: A giant cuboid of cloud blocks, like the PotatOS Institute.
gollark: Maybe I should buy it and site the PotatOS Institute² there.
gollark: What happened? What's going there now?
gollark: Wait, AlexDevs's's tower has been disassembled?!
gollark: I do have that. It isn't very precise. Probably could be with a block scanner and harder code.

References
  1. "Meet the comedian whose homemade videos have made him a Twitter star". Evening Standard. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  2. Guide, British Comedy. "The Room Next Door - Prince Andrew". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  3. "The Londoner: Michael Spicer writing "secret aide" book". Evening Standard. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  4. SPICER, MICHAEL. (2020). SECRET POLITICAL ADVISER : the unredacted files of the man in the room next door. [S.l.]: CANONGATE BOOKS LTD. ISBN 1-83885-314-6. OCLC 1148589851.
  5. Mahdawi, Arwa (6 July 2012). "I'm afraid this is not a Barclays ad – brand hacking is on the rise". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-18 – via www.theguardian.com.
  6. "Barclays Advert Gets Spoofed Magnificently (VIDEO)". Huffpost. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  7. "Protest: You bunch of bankers!". The Independent. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  8. Bennett, Steve. "2020 Chortle Award winners revealed : News 2020 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
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