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A mission to find a 90s/00s comedian
The Groob Started conversation Mar 12, 2015
There was a comedian around in the late 90s (possibly) and into the 00s. Between late 20s and 40 years old. He kind of looked like a sailor. He was a bit camp maybe. May have had a fake tan. Big shiny teeth, a bit cheesy. Blonde.
Anyone got a name?
He appeared on panel-type shows - not really the Have I Got News type of show - more the ITV "hey we're all shiny happy people" crap you get on a Saturday night.
Initially, on first impressions, I thought he might be a bit of a twit, but when I sat and observed he seemed to have quite a quick wit.
I haven't seen him for a while - I was wondering if he might've lost a fight with the reaper.
A mission to find a 90s/00s comedian
Icy North Posted Mar 12, 2015
Can you give a bit more detail on the sailor thing? I can't get the image of Dick Emery in his sailor suit out of my head.
"Hello honky-tonk, how are you?"
A mission to find a 90s/00s comedian
Icy North Posted Mar 12, 2015
Here are some pictures of stand-up comics you can search through:
http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/
A mission to find a 90s/00s comedian
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Mar 12, 2015
Jim Gaffigan?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300712/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Mar 12, 2015
Fake tan, big shiny teeth, a bit cheesy, blonde sounds like Bob Downe to me.
A mission to find a 90s/00s comedian
Pink Paisley Posted Mar 12, 2015
Oh Jeez. It took over 20 years for me to get that Bob Downe was a bit of a risque name....
PP.
A mission to find a 90s/00s comedian
The Groob Posted Mar 12, 2015
Bob Downe it is! Thank you.
I can't actually find any photos of him dressed as a sailor but, looking at the photos, it seems he is a bit more camp than how I remembered him.
A mission to find a 90s/00s comedian
The Groob Posted Mar 13, 2015
He's actually kind of quite scary.
A mission to find a 90s/00s comedian
Orcus Posted Mar 17, 2015
So when you said 'a bit' camp…? Hmmm
A mission to find a 90s/00s comedian
Orcus Posted Mar 17, 2015
I remember his face, just about nothing else.
A mission to find a 90s/00s comedian
Phoenician Trader Posted Mar 18, 2015
I remember his band was called The Syndrome, leading to the show's billing being Bob Downe and the Bob Downe Syndrome.
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