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Bob Franklin
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STAND-UP COMEDY 20 years experience in the U.K, USA, France, Bermuda and Australia. FILM
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TELEVISION
| Thank God You’re Here | Performer, Working Dog/Ten Network 2006 |
| Stupid Stupid | Performer, Jigsaw Ent, TV1 Foxtel, 2006 |
| Tripping Over | Performer, Corner Stone Films, 2006 |
| The Heartbreak Tour | Performer, SBS, 2006 |
| Eagle and Evans | Script editor and Performer, ABC, 2004. |
| Stories from the Golf | Performer, SBS, 2004. |
| Crashburn | Performer, Channel 10, 2003. |
| After the Deluge | Performer, Channel 10, 2003. |
| Introducing Gary Petty | Co creator, Writer and Performer, The Comedy Channel, 2000 (Australian Writers Guild Award winner). |
| The Mick Molloy Show | Writer and Performer, Channel 9, 1999. |
| Home and Hosed | Writer and Performer, The Comedy Channel, 1999. |
| Small Tales and True | Writer and Performer, The Comedy Channel, 1998. |
| The Micallef Program | Writer and Performer, ABC, 1998 |
| The Russell Gilbert Show | Writer and Performer, Channel 9, 1998. |
| Hessie’s Shed | Writer and Performer, ABC, 1998. |
| Strassman | Writer, Channel 9, 1998. |
| The Cooking Show | Co creator, Writer and Performer, BBC2, 1997. |
| Eric | Writer and Performer, Channel 7, 1997 |
| Adventures of Lano and Woodley |
Performer, ABC, 1997. |
| Kangaroo Palace | Performer, Channel 7, 1997 |
| Something Hot Before Bed | Writer and Performer, ABC, 1997. |
| Jimeoin | Writer and Performer, 3 Series, Channel 7, 1994-1996. |
| Full Frontal | Writer, Channel 7, 1993. |
| Nighthawks | Writer and Performer, RTE2, Dublin, 1989. |
THEATRE
| The Cooking Show | Co creator, Writer and Performer, Adelaide .Fringe Festival 2006, Melbourne InternationalComedy Festival 2006, The Famous Spiegeltent2005, Edinburgh Festival, 1996, Star & Garter Hotel, MICF 1993. |
| Bob and Marty on Ice | Creator, Writer and Performer, Comics Lounge, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2002. (Critics Award Nominee) |
| Up and At ‘em, Australia | Creator, Writer and Performer, Star and Garter Hotel, MICF, 1999. (Barry Award Nominee) |
| Slippers (IV) | Co creator, Writer and Performer, St Martins Theatre, MICF, 1998. |
| Tales of Unease | Writer and Performer, Melbourne Town Hall, MICF, 1997. |
| Slippers (III) | Co creator, Writer and Performer, St Martins, MICF, 1997. |
| Slippers (II) | Co creator, Writer and Performer, St Martins, 1996. |
| Slippers (I) | Co creator, Writer and Performer, St Martins, MICF, 1996. |
| Dave Strassman Live | Writer, 1995-1998. |
| Albie and the Argonauts | Creator, Writer and Performer, Star and Garter Hotel, 1994 |
| The Overcoat | Performer, Carlton Courthouse, MICF, 1993. |
| The Masked Messiah | Creator, Writer and Performer, Star and Garter Hotel, 1992. |
| Who’s That Guy With The Axe? | Creator, Writer and Performer, Star and Garter Hotel, 1991, MICF, 1992 and Budinski’s, 1994. |
| An Englishman, an Irishman And an Australian |
Co creator, Writer and Performer, Star and Garter Hotel, MICF, 1990. |
FILM SCRIPTS
| “Axe” | Currently under development with Film Victoria, Ruby Entertainment and Focus Films |
| “King Of Cape Dove” |
SHORT STORIES
| “Sandman” | Island No.68, 1996 |
| “Worth” | Borderlands No.2, 2003 |
| “Other” | Borderlands No.5, 2005 |
| “The Snow Globe” | All Hallows No.40, 2005 |
| “Sounds From The Cellar” | Big Issue, several issues, 2005 |
| (Dark flash fiction) |
His work has been described thus:
"..genuinely subversive, dank and nasty." The Age, Melbourne.
"..hilarious or a load of rubbish - your choice." The Herald Sun, Melbourne.
"..keenly observed.uniformly superb.Absolutely hilarious." Beat Magazine, Melb
"..particularly dreadful." The Herald Sun, Melbourne.
"..top Australian talent." The West Australian, Perth.
"..incomprehensible." The Age, Melbourne.
"..a riotous whirlwind of inventive props & ridiculous improvisation." The Independent, London.
"..surreal, inspired lunacy." The List, Glasgow & Edinburgh.
"..an appalling lack of self control." Inpress Magazine, Melbourne.
"..rampantly droll." Sunday Herald Sun, Melbourne.
"..fulfills his chill quota with disturbing urban themes.compelling." The Age, Melbourne.
"..for my money, the dance sequences were the most memorable." Inpress.
"..a lot of this is what you might call 'brave'." The Age, Melbourne.
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