name	Paul "Mousie" Garner
birth date	July 31, 1909
birth place	Washington, D.C., USA
death date	August 08, 2004
death place	Glendale, California, USA }}

Paul "Mousie" Garner (July 31, 1909 – August 8, 2004) earned his nickname by assuming the role of a shy, simpering jokester. Garner was one of the last actors still doing schtick from vaudeville, and has been referred to as "The Grand Old Man Of Vaudeville."

Career

Garner was one of over 20 comedians who worked as part of Ted Healy's stooge act with his cousin, Jack Wolf (father of Warner Wolf) and Richard Hakins between 1922 and 1936. Although he was never a member of the act at the same time as Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Curly Howard or Shemp Howard, he did cross paths with the Three Stooges on several occasions and would later join the New Three Stooges in the 1970s (with Joe DeRita). He also worked with Spike Jones and His City Slickers. In the early 1960s, he was a character actor on ''77 Sunset Strip'', ''Surfside Six'' and ''The Monkees''.

Later years

In 1985, Garner was given a bit part in, appropriately, the film ''Stoogemania''. In 1994, he was then appeared in the film ''Radioland Murders'' as an homage to his work in vaudeville. His autobiography, entitled ''Mousie Garner: Autobiography of a Vaudeville Stooge'', was published in 1999. His nephew, Stephen Garner, a professional magician from Maryland, supplied most of the pictures for the book. Mousie also played a zany cameraman in David Lee Roth's "Just a Gigolo" music video.

More recently, he acted as Uncle Smackers, a character in ''The Onion Movie'', a feature film produced by David Zucker, renowned for ''Airplane!'' and the ''Naked Gun'' series.

Death

After suffering from kidney problems, Garner passed away quietly on August 8, 2004 at age 95. He was the last major celebrity associated with Ted Healy and Three Stooges to die.

References

External links

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:''For the Continuity Announcer of the same name see: Paul Kaye (broadcaster)''

name	Paul Kaye
birth date	15 December 1964
birth place	Clapham, England
nationality	English
notable work	Dennis PennisMike Strutter }}

Paul Kaye (born 15 December 1964, Clapton, London) is an English comedian and actor. He achieved notoriety in 1995 portraying the character of Dennis Pennis, a shock interviewer on ''The Sunday Show''. Recently he has been known as rude New Jersey lawyer Mike Strutter with his own show ''Strutter'' on MTV.

Biography

Early life

Born in Clapton, east London to Jewish parents. Paul was adopted with his twin sister Lisa and was brought up in Wembley where their father and mother ran a nearby schoolwear shop called 'Jackie's', first in Kingsbury and then in Kenton. Kaye was a promising schoolboy athlete who achieved an impressive time in the 100 metres and he became a fan of punk rock, particularly Sid Vicious. At 16 he entered Harrow school of Art on a two year foundation course and achieved a distinction. Paul got a First Class BA Hons degree in Theatre Design at Trent Polytechnic (now Nottingham Trent University).

Pre-Pennis Career

Paul took a year out of college in 1984 and worked on a kibbutz in Israel. He met his future wife Orly whom he married in 1989.

Paul designed theatre posters for the Kings Head, the Bush Theatre and the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill. He was a scene painter at the Old Vic Theatre in Waterloo and illustrated regularly for the ''NME'', ''i-D'', ''Literary Review'', ''Time Out'' and ''International Musician'' magazines between 1987-89. Kaye had two exhibitions of his illustration and poster work between 89-90, firstly at the Soho House Theatre, W1 and then at the Drill Hall, WC1.

He formed and sang in many bands - notably the dark psychadelic outfit We Are Pleb who played extensively on the Camden scene of 88/89 (which spawned Blur and Suede) and had a penchant for setting the stage on fire.

Paul was signed to Go Discs in 1992 with a group called TV Eye (formed with ex-members of the band Eat) and released two singles, Killer Fly and Eradicator.

In 1993, Kaye filmed a prototype Dennis Pennis, interviewing his own band on a late night indie music show on Granada called Transmission. After the interview, Kaye then went out with the crew, got very drunk and offended as many people as possible up and down Oxford Street. This tape somehow arrived on the desk of producers at Planet 24 six months later and they offered Kaye the job of knocking on peoples doors at 6 am on The Big Breakfast. Kaye turned them down, preferring to stay on the dole and stick with We Are Pleb. Mark Lamarr eventually took the job.

Paul was the in-house graphic designer for Tottenham Hotspur, he had an office in White Hart Lane and designed merchandise for Spurs, Derby County, Southampton FC and Aston Villa for the company Hmmel (doing caricatures of Paul Gascoigne for school lunchboxes etc.). Being a die hard Arsenal FC fan, Paul has claimed that there are subliminal cannons contained within his work for Spurs, most notably a pen and ink drawing of Tottenham's new stand on a catalogue cover which feature a minute cannon in the crowd. 70,000 were printed up.

Paul became the in-house theatre designer of the Bet Zvi Drama Academy in Tel Aviv for 12 months in 1994, designing all the in house productions in their studio theatre.

His TV debut was on ''The Word'' being secretly filmed in Oliver Reeds dressing room. Kaye recalls "Reid had drunk two bottles of vodka, taken all his clothes off and I honestly thought he was going to kill me on live television. I swore in bed that I'd never do a celebrity interview again. Typically, 6 months later I'd come up with Dennis Pennis."

In 1994, Kaye convinced an old friend Ant Hines (a car mechanic and some time roadie for TV Eye) to help him write Dennis Pennis when he was offered the job on ''The Sunday Show''. (Hines was later poached by Sacha Baron Cohen to write for Ali G on The Eleven O'Clock Show and went on to receive an Oscar nomination for co-writing Borat in 2006).

Dennis Pennis

Celebrity interviewer Dennis Pennis – created by Kaye and his friend Anthony Hines – was one of Kaye's best-known characters. A cross between Johnny Rotten and Woody Allen, with a shock of red hair, gaudy jackets adorned with punk-style badges, and thick glasses (worn, ostensibly, to reduce the likelihood of getting assaulted), Pennis stood out from the crowd and asked celebrities atypical questions, ranging from playful to cruel.

After brief stints presenting two episodes of ''Transmission'' (ITV's indie music magazine program circa 1990) as Pennis, the character next appeared in 1995 on BBC2's ''The Sunday Show''. The basic premise was that Kaye and a camera crew would visit movie premieres, press functions and other assorted celebrity gatherings to attempt to get an "interview" with the stars, in between short skits and sketches featuring the character.

Originally, the celebrities would be mainly British stars harassed at assorted London-based events, such as actor Hugh Grant, TV host Ulrika Jonsson and sports pundit Des Lynam. A 1995 video release of these early clips, ''Anyone For Pennis'', assured success for the controversial comedian, who sought to broaden Pennis's scope.

When the Pennis character took off, Kaye was afforded a budget large enough to travel to Cannes, Hollywood and Venice to record footage for his video ''VIP – Very Important Pennis'', released in 1996.

His victims from this point on were much more renowned, the most famous of whom were Arnold Schwarzenegger, Demi Moore, Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis, amidst a raft of other Hollywood A-list stars. It was apparent that these victims, in the absolute upper echelons of fame, were unsettled and unhappy with Pennis's unique line of questioning. Some stars, such as Costner, insulted him back, while others, such as Moore, simply declined to comment and left. Pennis was visibly amused at the look of disgust on some of the stars' faces. There was some controversy when Pennis asked of Steve Martin: "How come you're not funny anymore?" Martin subsequently cancelled all scheduled press interviews. Kaye later said that he regretted this interview for a while, but that "anyone who thinks they can improve on Bilko and Inspector Clouseau needs a slap don’t they?".

The final video release, ''Dennis Pennis RIP: Too Rude to Live'', released in 1997, saw the character killed off. In the video's plotline, certain members of the public take such offence at Pennis that they form a protest group against him, and the leader of the group deliberately provokes lawyer Mike Strutter (another Kaye character, see below) into strangling and finally bludgeoning Pennis to death. Kaye gave his reasons for axing Pennis as expense, the effort required to get a single usable interview, the notoriety of the character, and Kaye's own boredom and unhappiness with Pennis. Although the video consists partially of more celebrity interviews in the familiar format, Kaye also used this release to portray several new characters he had created. One example was Labian Quest, an eccentric upper-class composer who turns out to have written many of the best-known English football chants, such as "In your Everton slums" and "Who the fucking hell are you?" (in Quest's words, "a generic piece concerning identity and belonging").

The reasoning for killing off the character was stated as such by Kaye, "Dennis Pennis had become too expensive. Taking a film crew out every night with no guarantee of getting even a minute's worth of footage of me harassing celebs was just stupid. And then the programme would take months to compile, and it was just boring, man..... hanging out in the rain, twiddling your thumbs, playing with your hip flask...... he had to go......"

Pennis remains unrevived, although Kaye in 2002 stated his intentions to bring him back in some form or other .

Post Pennis career

Kaye also appeared as the singer of a fictional punk band called ''Spunk'' in a 1999 mock-documentary of the same name, which appeared as the 'wrath' part of a Channel 4 series on the seven deadly sins.

In 2000 Kaye starred in the comedy series ''Perfect World'', a sitcom about a down-on-his-luck marketing manager. Although somewhat coolly received, the show did manage two series, although a third has not been commissioned by the BBC. He also briefly presented a BBC2 quiz show, Liar , in which six contestants would all have a supposed claim to fame and the studio audience voted on which one they believed was telling the truth. In the same year Kaye took a dramatic role alongside Michelle Collins in ''Two Thousand Acres of Sky''.

In 2004, he played the leading role in the film ''Blackball'', which was well received, though by a discerning minority. His role as deaf DJ Frankie Wilde in the 2005 mockumentary ''It's All Gone Pete Tong'' won him the Film Discovery Jury Award at the 2005 US Comedy Arts Festival. Television appearances in 2006 and 2007 include episodes of ''Hustle'', ''EastEnders'' and ''Kingdom''. Kaye is now the chief interviewer on rockworld.tv, in which he interviews up and coming punk/indie bands.

Kaye appeared in ''Hotel Babylon'' (11 March 2008, BBC One), ''Pulling'' (Series 2, March 2008, BBC Three) and as Uncle Gorwel in ''A Child's Christmases in Wales'' by Dylan Thomas (17 December 2009, BBC Four and 24 December 2009, BBC One Wales).

Paul appeared in an episode of Channel 4's Skins drama as Cook's lawyer, Duncan.

In 2010, Paul provided the voice of Vince the fox in the BBC3 comedy Mongrels.

2010 saw him also play a supporting actor role as the caterpillar in the film ''Malice in Wonderland'', which saw him as a dope smoking yardie gangster type who only speaks in rhymes.

He appeared in an episode of BBC's ''Inspector George Gently'' in September 2010 as a character called Max Osgood.

As well as portraying Mike Strutter in the MTV show ''Strutter'', Kaye plays occasional live covers gigs in the guise of his character, where he fronts a live backing band. Kaye's other musical projects have included a duet with London-based singer Kiria, who also appears on occasion as a member of the Mike Strutter Group.

From November 2010 to January 2011, Kaye played Matilda’s father, Mr Wormwood, in the Royal Shakespeare Company's musical Matilda, based on the classic Roald Dahl novel ''Matilda''. He will reprise the role when the musical transfers to London's West End in October 2011.

In 2011 Kaye appeared in "Shameless" as seedy night club owner Kermit.

Personal life

Kaye married Orly, a kindergarten teacher in 1989.

Kaye is an Arsenal fan, and writes a regular column for their official magazine. He is fond of punk music, particularly The Clash, and The Sex Pistols. He has two sons, the younger of which bears the middle name of Strummer, as in The Clash's Joe Strummer.

Kaye was angered watching an interview on BBC News 24 in which comedian Alexei Sayle referred to Hamas only firing 'toy rockets' at Israel. Kaye rang the BBC to complain and was invited to come on the show half an hour later with Peter Sissons to talk about his experiences. Two weeks prior to the interview, Kaye's wife had been in a supermarket in Ashkelon which had also been hit by a rocket but was unhurt.. Kaye later wrote an article for the Guardian calling for peace.

Filmography

''Candy Cabs (TV series)'', 2011

''Short Order'', 2005

''Malice in Wonderland'' 2009

''Pulling'' Hour Long Special, May 2009

''Massive'' September 2008

''Pulling'' Series 2, (March 2008)

''Hotel Babylon'' Series 3, Episode 4 (March 2008)

''Fight the English way'' (Mobile and internet video)

''Hustle'' - Series 3, Episode 5 - as Tim Millen

''Waking the Dead'' - Series 4, Episode 6 "Shadowplay"

''Match Point''

''Blackball''

''Spaced'' Series 1, Episode 3 - as "Hoover"

''Perfect World''

''Two Thousand Acres of Sky''

''EastEnders'' 9 April 2007

''It's All Gone Pete Tong'' 28 September 2004

''WΔZ''

''Cass''

''Kingdom Season 1 Episode 3'' as Alan the Artist, (May 2007)

''The Big I Am'' (2010) - as "Keys"

''Skins series 4 episode 3 "cook"'' playing Duncan Cook's lawyer February 2010

''Mongrels'' - as Vince

''Shameless''

''Being Human''

''Midsomer Murders - The Great and the Good - as Lawrence Mann

Awards

Kaye has been nominated for, and won , a number of film awards:

Best Actor – US Comedy Arts Festival (''It's All Gone Pete Tong'')

Best Actor – Method Fest (Nominated) (''It's All Gone Pete Tong'')

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Genie Awards (Nominated) (''It's All Gone Pete Tong'')

References

External links

BBC comedy guide to Paul Kaye

4 Nov 2006 Guardian Inverview of Paul Kaye & Mike Strutter

Strutter @ MTV UK (adult content)

Struttergear (adult content)

Struttergear Official Francophone Forum (adult content)

LocoTv : El Mundo Es Loco !! (adult content)

BBC Interview with Paul Kaye about Two Thousand Acres of Sky

Official site for ''It's all gone Pete Tong''

Paul Kaye's airport parking viral At Holiday Extras

Paul Kaye Exclusive Interview

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fr:Paul Kaye ro:Paul Kaye

name	Sharon Horgan
birth date	April 04, 1970
birth place	Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom
nationality	Irish
occupation	Actress, writer, comedienne
active	2002–present
residence	Hackney, London
notable work	''The Pilot Show''''Broken News''''Annually Retentive''''Pulling''''Angelo's''''Free Agents''''Todd Margaret''
spouse	}}

Sharon Horgan (born 4 April 1970) is an Irish actress, writer and comedienne.

Horgan was born in London and moved to Dublin at age seven. She grew up in Bellewstown, Co. Meath, Ireland. She went to school in the Sacred Heart Secondary School in Drogheda. Later she went on to an English degree at Brunel University. She is one of five siblings and is a sister of Ireland rugby international Shane Horgan.

Horgan began her comedy career when she jointly won the BBC New Comedy award for sketch writing in 2001 with her writing partner Dennis Kelly. She has written and appeared in shows such as ''The Pilot Show'' and the first series of ''The Friday Night Project'' while her acting credits include ''Absolute Power'', ''Broken News'' and ''Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive''. She appeared in the feature film '' Imagine Me and You'', and provided a voice in the animated film ''Valiant''. She has written for many comedy shows, including the acclaimed animated sketch show ''Monkey Dust''. Horgan's own BBC comedy show, ''Pulling'', which she co-wrote with Dennis Kelly was first broadcast in 2006 and was nominated for the BAFTA for Best Sitcom. ''Angelo's'', a six-part sitcom written by and starring Horgan, was broadcast on Five in late 2007. The second series of Pulling aired on BBC3 in March 2008. Horgan won the award for Best Television Comedy Actress at the British Comedy Awards on 6 December 2008. She starred in ''Free Agents'', which started in February 2009 on Channel 4.

On 25 February 2010, she appeared on BBC 4 comedy panel show ''We Need Answers'' and on the Channel 4 panel show ''You Have Been Watching'' on 22 April 2010. On 30 May 2010, she appeared on the BBC 6 Music radio show ''Adam's Big Mix Tape''. In October 2010, she appeared in the US/UK comedy The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. Horgan hosted the comedy news quiz ''Have I Got News for You'' on 3 June 2011.

Personal life

As of 2007, Horgan lives in Hackney, London and is married to Jeremy Rainbird, CEO of advertising agency Addiction Worldwide. They have two daughters: Sadhbh (born January 2004) and Amer (born June 2008).

References

External links

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Charlie Skelton is a comedy writer and actor from Suffolk, England.

An Oxford University graduate, he started out as a journalist, writing features for the Evening Standard and The Guardian. He has written for a number of television programmes including ''10 O'Clock Live'' and ''8 Out of 10 Cats'' (he is also the Script Editor of both), ''The Eleven O'Clock Show'', ''Have I Got News For You'' and ''FAQ U'', and he was one of the writers on the ''MTV Europe Music Awards 2004''. He was the creative director of the short-lived ''The London News Review'', and in 2005 founded The Clacton Festival.

At one point in his career, Skelton and fellow writer Victoria Coren had a job reviewing porn films for the Erotic Review. They soon decided that most of the porn they had to watch was terrible and they believed they could do better themselves, and so the two of them set about making their own porn film. They wrote about the process in their book ''Once More, with Feeling: How We Tried to Make the Greatest Porn Film Ever''. They also appeared as judges on the final episode of the reality TV show ''Double Entry''.

In 2005 Skelton was one of three actors posing as a contestant in the Channel 4 spoof reality TV show ''Space Cadets''. After weeks of training, Skelton and three genuine contestants were selected to go on the fake space mission.

In 2006, Skelton appeared on the BBC One reality gameshow ''Just The Two of Us''.

2009 saw Charlie Skelton covering the secretive Bilderberg Group meeting in Vouliagmeni, Greece, for the British newspaper The Guardian. He also covered the 2010 Bilderberg Group conference in Sitges, Spain. He went to St Moritz, Switzerland, to cover the 2011 Bilderberg Group conference.

External links

Radio Kenneth

The Clacton Festival

Charlie Skelton's Bilderberg files

Charlie Skelton's Bilderblog

Bilderberg 2011: Swiss Family Rockefeller

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