Chip influence? - Comedian Ted Chippington

0  2014-10-13 by [deleted]

"Noted for his diffident on-stage persona, Chippington eschews observational comedy in favour of anti-humour... His act has left many audiences bemused or even hostile, with heckling a frequent occurrence during his performances.

For his part Chippington..says he is an 'anti-comedian' and that he only started doing his act "to annoy people". He has even claimed that his main reason for retiring from the stage in the 1990s was that he was becoming too popular."

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2  Moh7 2014-10-13

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Chippington

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z72pr0x1RKg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-U2FgxwtuE

1  autowikibot 2014-10-13

	
	

	

Ted Chippington:

Ted Chippington (real name Francis Smyth; born February 1962, Stoke-on-Trent, England) is a British stand-up comedian.

Noted for his diffident on-stage persona, Chippington eschews observational comedy in favour of anti-humour and jokes which are mostly variations on the same theme, delivered in a West Midlands monotone. He also frequently performs his own versions of well-known songs in a similarly listless style. His act has left many audiences bemused or even hostile, with heckling a frequent occurrence during his performances.

His deadpan style has won him a small but devoted number of followers. One notable fan, Stewart Lee, has often cited Chippington as the reason he started doing stand-up comedy himself, and has described Chippington's act as being "a mixture of surrealism and insolent provocation and uncompromising boredom". Another admirer, Richard Herring, talks of Chippington's "contempt for the very idea of jokes". For his part Chippington - who describes his own act as being influenced by Lenny Bruce and Owd Grandad Piggott - says he is an "anti-comedian" and that he only started doing his act "to annoy people". He has even claimed that his main reason for retiring from the stage in the 1990s was that he was becoming too popular.

Interesting: Stewart Lee | The Nightingales | Stonehenge Free Festival | Lee and Herring

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1  ZombieKetchup 2014-10-13

Tss.... Ted's Emporium of Peckahs or sumthing'

What next, Edgar Harghis?

0  [deleted] 2014-10-13

TSSS. You need to study hu-mor and wordplay.

-1  JustChippinYa 2014-10-13

What's that?