Scott Capurro a few years back.

I thought he only won best newcomer.

Really? I'm sure someone round here knows the correct answer.

Lano and Woodley were Australian (and still are as far as I know)

Isn't it something you grow out of?

Oh Jon you're so upbeat and jester-like. It really is quite a marvel to see you in action.

And Capurro definitely only got best newcomer. I wonder why so few foreigners (not counting the Irish) win it. Would it just be spoilt on someone who wouldn't benefit as much from all the British TV opportunities and chances to mention the word 'Perrier' that would come flooding in?

Just out of interest has a foreign comic ever won it before?
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kinder - I'm pretty sure The Doug Anthony Allstars won it about ten years ago, and they were Australian.

Beyond that....hmmm....

I nominate Peter Ohanraohanrahan solely on the basis of his fine "virgin chaser" joke on the "subbes" thread above.

"Oh Jon you're so upbeat and jester-like. It really is quite a marvel to see you in action."

Oh, piss off.

Do I get a series on Sky?

>"Oh Jon you're so upbeat and jester-like. It really is quite a marvel to see you in action."
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>Oh, piss off.

I am hurt and sickened. There is just a line you can cross when taking a compliment humbly.

Plus Australians don't completely count though do they? Especially the ones who survive doing the British circuit.

Re: Australians and Perrier. My ever reliable correspondent in that country tells me that no, the Doug Anthony Allstars were only a nomination, but a duo called Los Trios Ringbarkus won in the eighties (I've seen a poster of them at Up The Creek - how about that?). So it's us and the Aussies.

Didn't Sean Hughes win it once? Sorry to be a pedant, but he's Irish, do not British or Austrailian. Unless he's really from North London.

Yes, yes 'technically' he's Irish but everyone knows once an Irishman signs up his soul for comedy he then becomes a resident of Twickenham.

Sean Hughes was born in London, and moved to Ireland when he was about five or six, I seem to remember him saying once. Sorry if I got this wrong.

>Do I get a series on Sky?

Peter, *everyone* gets a series on Sky.

Australians don't count because they are also the Queen's loyal subjects.

It's all so xenophobic. It saddens me that a brilliant Canadian stands little chance because of bias. And he is quite possbily the most beautiful man you could ever lay your eyes on.

>>Do I get a series on Sky?
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>Peter, *everyone* gets a series on Sky.

Well that's no good. I need to feel special. How about a series on Granada Men And Motors - maybe taking a "sideways look" at restoring classic cars?

Just a sideways look? What about the blind spot?

And I suppose I ought to sort out that exhaust at some pont.

Australians loyal subjects?? Don't they want to oust the Queen? (And does this give them an edge in winning the Perrier?)

>And I suppose I ought to sort out that exhaust at some pont.

Are you saying your exhaust is a blindspot?

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