Tom Parry (comedian)
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Tom Parry is an English comedian, writer and actor.[1] He was a founder member of sketch troupe, Pappy's.[2]
Biography
Parry is co-creator of the BBC Three sitcom Badults.[3]
In August 2015, Parry took his first solo show Yellow T-shirt, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show was nominated for the best newcomer award in the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards and received 4 star reviews in The Guardian, The List, Chortle and The Independent.[4][5][6][7][8]
UK television channel Dave included Tom Parry in 'Dave's Top 10 Funniest Jokes from the Fringe Festival 2015'.[9] From a 50-joke shortlist created by a panel of expert judges, 2000 British people rated Parry's joke the 7th funniest:
Red sky at night: shepherd’s delight. Blue sky at night: day.[10]
Television appearances
- Comedy Cuts Series 3: Pappy's Fun Club Tough Gig – ITV2
- Comedy Lab Pappy's Fun Club – Channel 4
- M.H. Rowley (2008)[11]
- The Culture Show – BBC Two
- Miranda (2010)
- Robert's Web (2010)
- PhoneShop (2011)
- Show & Tell (2011)
- Watson & Oliver (2012)
- Great Movie Mistakes – BBC Three (Dec 2013)
- Badults – BBC Three (2013–14)
Writing
- Comedy Lab (2008)
- M.H. Rowley (2008)
- Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel (2011)
- Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny (2011)
- Great Movie Mistakes III: Not in 3D (2011)[12]
- Badults (2013–14)
- Class Dismissed (2016-present)
References
- ↑ "Tom Parry". troikatalent.com. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ↑ Trueman, Matt (18 August 2014). "Sketchy situations: when comedy troupes split up". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ↑ "Badults (2013– )". IMDB. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ↑ "Best Newcomers". Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ Logan, Brian (11 August 2015). "Tom Parry at Edinburgh festival review – soul-nourishing silliness". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ↑ Black, Suzanne (10 August 2015). "Tom Parry: Yellow T-Shirt". The List. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ↑ Bennett, Steve (14 August 2015). "Tom Parry: Yellow T-shirt". Chortle. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ↑ Jones, Alice (25 August 2015). "Tom Parry, Edinburgh Fringe review: Pappy's and Badults star makes a gloriously silly stand-up debut". The Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2015". Dave. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ↑ "Hippos, custard and tapas: the 10 funniest jokes of the Edinburgh fringe". The Guardian. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ↑ "M.H. Rowley (2008)". IMDB. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ↑ "Great Movie Mistakes". BBC. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
External links
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