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Ep23 Chris Franklin (Comedian since 1997, Bloke - No. 1 single, travelling a pro-comedian, performing for the troops)
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Chris Franklin hit the Melbourne comedy scene back in 1997. He won RAW comedy in 1998, and then his song Bloke (parody of the song Bitch by Meredith Brooks) went to No. 1 on the charts in the year 2000. He then released several more songs, and has been a professional comedian ever since.
I met Chris in 1999 at comedy gigs when Clint and I were performing musical comedy on the scene. Chris also hosts a comedy night every night during the comedy festival, called The After Party at the Exford Hotel. On the last night of the After Party This year, I sang my parody of his song Bloke. I called it Chick. It went down a treat!! So before we start this podcast, I play you in with Bloke. After the podcast I play you out with my response song – Chick.
We discuss how Chris got into comedy back in 1997, and how things took off for him very quickly after that. He tells us what it was like to have a no. 1 hit, back before music streaming and social media. We talk about the different places where he has performed and how to cross cultural and language differences. Lastly he tells us what it's like performing for the troops in several different countries. Awesome stuff!! Enjoy the podcast.
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