Talk:Jasper Carrott

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Contents 1 Photo 2 Rofl 3 Wiki 4 Comparison with contemporaries

[edit] Photo

Does anyone have a better photo? In know this one's from his daughter's wedding, but it looks as if he's just come out of court. And it's not very clear either. garik 23:52, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rofl

this is of very little relevance but he looks like my business studies teacher lol

[edit] Wiki

It's been claimed [1] that JC used the word wiki before it was coined for a computer application - anyone know?--Shtove 11:47, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Aah... wiki wiki! (in other words yes). In 24 Carrott Gold, a stand up routine recorded in 1990, Jasper told us about his trip to Japan (I think) where he was told the only word he'd need to get by was 'Wiki'. Allegedly he succeded in conversing with the local population and even ordered food using that one word. ~~ Peteb16 15:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC) wiki!

[edit] Comparison with contemporaries

There is an omission, but I haven't formed an idea of how to fit this within Wikipedia yet. There were several similar contemporary comedians working the same format: Jasper Carrott, Mike Harding, Max Boyce, and Billy Connolly who all worked a similar format of anecdotal stand-up with a hint of a guitar, generally surreal, but normally fairly clean stories. They all ended up with TV shows and made records (the commercial outlet before the days of videos and DVDs). A closer family than British stand-up comedians. Spenny 16:33, 2 April 2007 (UTC)