The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

31 - Heath "Chopper" Franklin

Heath Franklin performs stand-up as his alter-ego “Chopper”, a caricature of Australia's infamous career criminal and self-promoter. We explore the careful path Heath treads to avoid encouraging fans of the real thing, and instead make the character a victim of his own rage. We also uncover the challenges faced by a talented comic phasing out a successful character, in the search for richer pickings from his own identity... Get ad-free new episodes, bonus content from interviews and much more by joining the Insiders Club at <a href="http://www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders/" target="_blank">www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders</a> Get tickets for Stu Goldsmith's stand-up tour at <a href="http://www.comedianscomedian.com/tour" target="_blank">www.comedianscomedian.com/tour</a> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/comcompod" target="_blank">@comcompod</a> | <a href="http://www.comedianscomedian.com/" target="_blank">www.comedianscomedian.com</a> And don't forget to join the Comcom Facebook group, which you can do <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ComediansComedianPodcast/" target="_blank">here</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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