Brendon Burns (comedian)
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Brendon Burns (born 19 April 1971) is an Australian
Career
Burns's television career began as a performer on
He has also performed at Montreal and South African comedy festivals.
He first appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1996, hosting The Comedy Zone showcase of new acts, and performing in his debut solo show 6pm Time To Get Up For Work. He has returned to the Fringe every year since, except for 1999, and in 2007 won its top prize, the
A trilogy, Burnsy versus Brendon, which ran at Edinburgh in 2004, 2005 and 2006, examined his own life.
On June 24, 2010, he appeared as a guest on the comedy talk-show, The Green Room with Paul Provenza.
Brendon released his first semi-autobiographical novel, Fear of Hat Loss in Las Vegas with Transworld publishing in August 2010.
Live recordings
- Buckets and Sulphur (CD)
- Mispent Childhood (CD)
- Not for Everyone (CD)
- Brendon vs Burnsy (CD and Vinyl)
- All My Love All My Rage (CD)
- Sober not Clean (CD and DVD are different shows)
- So I suppose THIS is offensive now (DVD)
- The Thinking Man's Idiot (CD)
- You Know, Love n God n Metaphysics n Shit (Digital Download and DVD)
- Selfies in the Grand Canyon (Streaming on NextUp Comedy)
In April 2013 he released his first US comedy album, Pompously Lectures Americans, on Stand Up Records.[2]
In 2019, Burns had a cameo role as a ring announcer in the wrestling film Fighting with My Family.[3]
References
- ^ "'Edgy' Burns wins top comedy gong". BBC. 25 August 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2007.
- ^ "Brendon Burns - Pompously Lectures Americans (CD)". Stand Up! Records. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Richardson, Jay. "Fighting With My Family : Reviews 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.