january january english comedian author comedy club proprietor agent manager amateur high reputation peers rests outrageous publicity stunts help advice gave successful british alternative early careers acting godfather generation comic talent 1980s fellow comic called hilarious living legend wrote natural clown decent country national institution described south london claimed apart stand act original accomplished comic arguably highly regarded character talent spotting booker clubs particularly gave vital early exposure coming early years british alternative comedy obituary times opined life maintained indifference consequences journalist claimed shame drastically shame publicity quote printed autobiography wrote led life perfect autobiography paid compliment writing early life born near river_thames came long line earned living pulling barges river eldest son frank spent years mother hospital tuberculosis educated schools church_of_england primary comprehensive expelled drifted petty crime stealing local plant setting fire sunday school piano wanted holy smoke served prison sentences fraud escaping custody escaped dressed monk convictions arson stole rolls believed belonged british cabinet minister walker later wrote reading widely reported story denied car decided turn way staying trouble saying things come prison want immediate employment driver prison like tragic waste time acts stunts coming prison sources vary joined greatest legs time man adult punch act revamped surreal sketch group greatest legs regular venue alongside likes soon comedy store opened greatest legs regulars breakthrough came performed naked balloon dance late night publicity stunts stood parliament famous election candidate polling votes stood election order comedy club election rules allowed free mail shot registered voters constituency regularly appeared shows arguably infamous confirmed stunt performing circuit venue series adjoining tents construction site different tent annoyed regarded excessive noise nightly neighbouring performance tent obtained nearby tractor entirely naked drove stage performance stunt fringe wrote rave star review fringe successfully managed printed influential newspaper comedy critic fringe independent reported attempted sabotage american edinburgh act tech dummy holding ransom sending piece piece return hard cash plan failed quoted concerning october house searched police looking days stole 40th birthday cake found house donated cake local nursing home incident title autobiography birthday cake wrote encounter police questioned officers found balcony outside government minister hotel room wearing pair leather coat containing cash pack pornographic playing cards mistaken room friend collaborator said home occasionally live mouth attention saw twice said lot justification stage act life act autobiography claimed attempt routine later perfected performed greatest legs star occasionally stage lit recording singing business like business claim arguably best known performing life said biggest business renowned rarely performed unforgettable act use atop create unique visual impression french president representing politician act pre dated australian years rarely appeared television play minor roles comic strip films episode series clubs renowned talent owner clubs gave vital early exposure coming including year affair persuaded comedian hosted outing new circus group performed comedy audience worked time manager occasional promoter tour manager friend neighbour infamous venue opened southern exit introduce inexperienced stand ups audiences nerve line act probably bit shit performance finished comfort thought showed promise backstage words encouragement urge try advice comics concerned joke offensive audience think funny fuck weekly sunday night shows experienced accomplished failed complete set crowd razor sharp comedian began act opener hello met lightning night audience fuck tunnel closed opened creek comedy club upstairs bar club mural commissioned parody supper showed christ famous british disciples including sold percentage creek took floating pub converted rhine pleasure cruiser river thames death legacy february body recovered reported missing january seen late night january post soon confirmed drowned july recorded verdict accidental death assumed reports death trying way home yards away lost balance drowned drunk found whilst attempting access fallen dock drunk police constable told court february search commenced officers came said found body followed officer line metres saw white male male bottle beer right hand police sergeant charge overseeing dive told court bottle held right hand fell hand ascent date death usually said january said seen outside public house sunday january people attended funeral rave reviews following day daily_telegraph sun newspapers son delivered musician played piano cremated june tribute shows festival july documentary tribute august tribute shows hour tribute shows theatre london february january commemorate anniversary death annual awards award comic originality given annually comic originality thought performance said presented winners far award presented nominees nominees nominees brown nominees brown nominees nominees candy nominees nominees story beast stunt award given best fringe publicity stunt year winners far awarded award putting award nominee posters convincing publications edinburgh comedy awards modest sum nominees successfully encouraging people vote little known japanese act poll best fringe performer nominees greek gang getting fans depicting posters rival acts nominees gang youtube videos censorship nominees nominees daughter kate nominees matt nominees miss behave act likely million award started nominees nominees nominees award presented nominees won act likely win million award nominees pound flesh award given act created kind publicity money buy writing autobiography writer isbn sit comedy anthology isbn wrote 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