About Us
Pappy's Fun Club
"The funniest sketch troupe on the Fringe" - The
Scotsman, Aug 2008
Pappy's Fun Club are Britain's best new sketch
troupe. After being nominated for the if.comedy
award at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival they appeared
on BBC3's Comedy Shuffle, Radio 1's Switch and
ITV's Comedy Cuts. This year they starred in their
own self-titled show on Radio 4, and a half hour
special on Channel 4. They capped all this off
with the Chortle award for Best Sketch Act, a
national tour, an appearance at the Melbourne
International Comedy Festival and a sell out run
at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
- If.Comedy Award Nominees for Best Show 2007
- Stars of "Pappy's Fun Club: Comedy Lab"
(Channel 4)
- Stars of "Pappy's Fun Club: Happy Mondays"
(Radio 4)
- Chortle Best Sketch Act
Winner 2008
"Extraordinarily fresh and funny ... glorious
stuff" The Times
"If you like your comedy light, frothy and
supremely daft, these bright-eyed boys are experts...a
show that pairs clever, witty sketches with brilliant
clowning." The Metro
Expect historical characters, mythical creatures
and the eternal battle between good and evil.
Will Pappy's Fun Club save the day? If you consider
identifying the problem and then singing about
it to be saving the day, then yes.
Press Shots
Click to enlarge. Hi-res pictures for print are available
on flickr.
Photos by Jon
Appleyard.
More about Pappy's Fun Club
Pappy's Fun Club is a comedy team made up of
Ben, Brendan, Matthew and Tom. Through a string
of live appearances across London, they began
to build a small cult following and so, in 2006,
the team took an hour of Fun to Edinburgh.
The following year they performed in comedy venues
across the UK, were heard on Radio 4's 28 Acts
in 28 Minutes, were nominated as Chortle's Best
Newcomer, and received a string of fantastic reviews
and a nomination for the If.Comedy Award (formerly
the Perrier) at the Edinburgh Festival for their
second full-length show.
Since then Pappy's have recorded their own TV
show for Channel 4, their own radio show for
Radio 4, and appeared as part of Comedy
Shuffle on BBC3 and Comedy Cuts on ITV2.
Their third Edinburgh show, Funergy, gardenered
further critical praise. During early 2009
they toured the Britain and Ireland with
Funergy.
Awards & Stuff
- Chortle Best Sketch, Variety or Character
Act 2008
- If.Comedy Best Show Nominee 2007
- Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee 2007
- Comic's Choice – TimeOut
Press Quotes
"Sketch genius"
- Time Out London, June 08
"intelligent, deeply satirical and very
funny"
- Alan Geary, Nottingham Evening Post
"brilliantly stupid ... a manic, majestic
set"
- Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard (Oct 07)
"extraordinarily fresh and funny ...
glorious stuff" - 
- Dominic Maxwell, The Times (Aug 07)
"sub-Vic Reeves senior-common-room nonsense
... low-level idiocy"
- Brian Logan, The Guardian (Nov 07)
"A joyously upbeat hour of fast-paced
shenanigans" -
- Steve Bennett, Chortle (Aug 07)
"Clever, witty sketches with brilliant
clowning … there's real joy in their work"
- Metro (Aug 07)
“Pappy’s Fun Club are a wall of
sketch mayhem. It’s chaotic and it’s
in the best tradition of British sketch shows;
it’s completely out of control.”
- Stephen Armstrong, Radio 4's Front Row (Aug
07)
"had me laughing so hard I had to reach
for my inhaler" -
- Liz Henley, Three Weeks (Aug 07)
"A triumph" -
- Julian Hall, The Independent (Aug 07)
See the reviews
page for lots more.
TV / Radio Credits
- Radio 1 - Switch with Annie Mac, Oct 2007
& Dec 2007
- Radio 2 - Weekender, Aug 2006
- Radio 4 - 28 Acts in 28 Minutes. Jan 2008
- Radio 4 - Pappy's Fun Club, May 2008
- BBC Three - Comedy Shuffle, Nov 2007
- Channel 4 - Comedy Lab: Pappy's Fun Club, August 2008
- ITV2 - Comedy Cuts (currently in post-production)
Contact
Live Bookings:
TV / Radio / tours: Karushi
Management
Website:
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