Pappy's Explained

Pappy's
Pseudonym:Pappy's Fun Club (2004-2009)
Medium:Television, theatre, radio, podcasts
Nationality:British
Active:2004–present
Genre:Sketch comedy
Current Members:Ben Clark
Matthew Crosby
Tom Parry
Past Members:Brendan Dodds

Pappy's, originally known as Pappy's Fun Club, is a British three-man comedy act, composed of comedians Ben Clark, Matthew Crosby and Tom Parry.[1] The sketch troupe previously performed shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but now mostly talk on podcasts about balconies and spaghetti. They regularly produce podcasts under the Pappy's Flatshare heading,[2] and created and starred in the BBC Three sitcom Badults.[3]

History

Pappy's started out as a four-man comedy collective called "Pappy's Fun Club", consisting of Ben Clark, Matthew Crosby, Brendan Dodds, and Tom Parry.[4] The group met at the University of Kent and started out performing in Canterbury and Wolverhampton.[5] They later moved to London and in 2004, began performing regular shows in The Old Coffee House, in Soho, London. Pappy's Fun Club made their self-titled debut appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2006, as part of the Free Fringe.[6] In February 2007, the group was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Chortle Awards.[7]

In August 2007, the team returned to the Fringe with their second show, which received critical acclaim. It was performed at Just The Tonic, located in C Soco urban garden, Cowgate. Several top comedy critics praised it, with Dominic Maxwell describing the show as "extraordinarily fresh"[8] and Bruce Dessau praising their "instinctive rapport" and "the general air of merriment".[9] However, not all reviews were positive, with Brian Logan's review of a performance in Brighton stating that "little distinguishes these four youngsters from countless other all-male sketch troupes".[10] The show was nominated for the 2007 if.comedy award (formerly the Perrier Comedy Award, now the Edinburgh Comedy Awards).[11] They later won the 2008 Chortle Award for best sketch, variety or character act.[12]

In March 2008, the team performed their 2007 show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.[13] Later that year, they returned to the Fringe with a new show, Funergy, performed at the Pleasance Cabaret Bar.[14]

In 2009, the group returned to the Fringe for a fourth consecutive year with a show called Pappy’s Fun Club’s World Record Attempt: 200 Sketches in an Hour. This show was performed in Pleasance One.[15] The show was universally praised, and received a five-star rating.[16]

In late 2009, Pappy's Fun Club announced that they were parting with one of their founding members, Brendan Dodds, and moving forward as a trio called Pappy's. The split was not entirely reciprocal, with Brendan writing on Twitter that he was asked to leave as "a business decision"[17] and Matthew stating in an interview that "the relationship we had with Brendan ran its course".[18]

In early 2010, Pappy's became the first British act to perform at the SF Sketchfest.[19] In August, they returned to the Fringe with a new show, All Business. Like the previous year, this show was performed in Pleasance One.[20] The following year, the troupe took a year off from the Fringe - however, Matthew returned with a solo show called AdventureParty.[21]

In 2012, Pappy's returned to the Fringe with a new show, Last Show Ever. This show received critical acclaim, receiving five-star reviews from The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Scotsman, The List, Chortle, and many others.[22] The show received a nomination for the 2012 Edinburgh Comedy Award.[23] [24] [25] Pappy's toured Last Show Ever around the UK in October and November, and in April 2013 performed it in a three-week run at the Soho Theatre.[26]

Pappy's continued to provide free audio and video during the pandemic via the medium of podcasts and in 2024 they entered a rich vein of form.

Podcasts

Pappy's currently produce three podcasts under the Pappy's Flatshare label:

Television and radio

On 15 November 2007, Pappy's Fun Club appeared on the BBC Three comedy programme, Comedy Shuffle.[29]

Pappy's (and Pappy's Fun Club) have made several pilots including a self-titled radio pilot for BBC Radio 4,[30] broadcast on 12 May 2008, a self-titled Comedy Lab for Channel 4 television, broadcast on 28 August 2008,[31] and a second Comedy Lab called Mr and Mrs Hotty Hott Hot Show, broadcast on 30 October 2011.[32] None of these pilots were commissioned for further development.

Pappy's most notable television showpiece is that of Badults which aired on BBC Three in 2013 and 2014, starring themselves along with Emer Kenny, Katherine Ryan, Jack Docherty and Cariad Lloyd.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BBC Three announce commission of new sitcom, The Secret Dude Society. 2012-09-20. BBC Media Centre. 2012-10-17.
  2. Web site: Pappy's Flatshare on acast. acast. en. 2020-01-17.
  3. Web site: BBC Three - Badults. BBC. en-GB. 2020-01-17.
  4. News: Burgess . Marissa . Daddy fool - Pappy's Fun Club . The List . Edinburgh . 2008-07-22 . 2012-10-14 .
  5. News: O'Hara . Mary . Hold onto your hat for a night of solo laughter... . Canterbury Times . Canterbury . 2012-06-28 . 2012-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120705174820/http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Hold-hat-night-solo-laughter/story-16463147-detail/story.html . 5 July 2012 . dead .
  6. Web site: FRINGE REVIEW: Pappy's Fun Club. The Void. 2008-08-11. 2012-10-24.
  7. Web site: Chortle Awards nominations 2007 . Chortle.co.uk . 2007-02-05. 2012-10-14.
  8. News: Maxwell . Dominic . Pappy's Fun Club . The Times . London . 2007-08-21 . 2012-10-14 . https://archive.today/20130913233516/http://cma.staging-thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/stage/comedy/article1869983.ece . 13 September 2013 . dead .
  9. News: Dessau . Bruce . A madcap hour of fun that could be award bound . London Evening Standard . London . 2007-08-23 . 2012-10-14 .
  10. News: Logan . Brian . Pappy's Fun Club . The Guardian . London . 2007-11-06 . 2012-10-14 .
  11. Web site: Nominees and Winners . Edinburgh Comedy Award . 2012-10-14 .
  12. Web site: Chortle Awards . Chortle.co.uk . 2012-10-14 .
  13. Web site: Pappy's Fun Club . Australian Comedy Review . 2008-03-11 . Slattery . Annette . 2012-10-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325063444/http://www.thegroggysquirrel.com/articles/2008/02/25/2008-melbourne-comedy-festival-previews/pappys-fun-club/ . 25 March 2012 . dmy-all.
  14. News: Hall . Julian . Pappy's Fun Club: Funergy, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh . The Independent . London . 2008-08-14 . 2012-10-24 .
  15. News: Sulaiman . Yasmin . Sketch favourites achieve cohesion through chaos . The List . Edinburgh . 2009-08-11 . 2012-10-24 .
  16. News: Brady . Fern . Pappy's Fun Club's World Record Attempt: 200 Sketches in an Hour . Fest . Edinburgh . 2008-08-23 . 2023-07-24 .
  17. Web site: And then there were three... . Chortle.co.uk . 2009-11-24 . 2012-10-14 .
  18. News: Nangle . Victoria . Interview with Matthew Crosby from Pappy's . latest 7 . Brighton . 2007-12-14 . 2012-10-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234947/http://thelatest.co.uk/7/interview-with-matthew-crosby-from-pappys . 3 March 2016 . dmy-all.
  19. Web site: Bromley . Patrick . 2010 SF Sketchfest - Full Schedule . About.com . 2012-08-22 . 2012-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111017193407/http://comedians.about.com/od/wheretofindcomedians/a/sfsketchfest2010schedule.htm . 17 October 2011 . dead .
  20. News: Monahan . Mark . Edinburgh Festival 2010: Pappy's, Pleasance One; Idiots of Ants, Pleasance Two . The Telegraph . London . 2010-10-24 . 2012-10-14 .
  21. News: Donaldson . Brian . A safe and hilarious haven for geeks and nerds . The List . Edinburgh . 2011-08-08 . 2012-10-14 .
  22. Web site: Pappy's: Last Show Ever . British Comedy Guide . 2012-10-24 .
  23. News: Mann . Andrea . Edinburgh Fringe: Awards Fever . The Huffington Post UK . London . 2012-08-23 . 2012-10-24 .
  24. News: Logan . Brian . Revealed: six acts in the running for 2012 Edinburgh comedy award . The Guardian . London . 2012-08-22 . 2012-10-24 .
  25. News: Monahan . Mark . Edinburgh Festival 2012: Foster's Comedy Awards - who is the funniest of them all? . The Telegraph . London . 2012-08-22 . 2012-10-24 .
  26. Web site: Pappy's: Last Show Ever . Soho Theatre . 2012-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022235907/http://sohotheatre.com/whats-on/pappyandrsquo-s-last-show-ever . 22 October 2012 . dead .
  27. Web site: Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown. British Comedy Guide. 2012-10-17.
  28. Web site: Tim Vine wins funniest joke award at Loaded Laftas. 2012-02-09. BBC News. 2012-10-17.
  29. Web site: Comedy Shuffle: Series 2, Episode 1. 2007-11-18. BBC. 2012-10-17.
  30. Web site: Happy Mondays: Pappy's Fun Club. 2008-05-12. BBC. 2012-10-17.
  31. Web site: Pappy's Fun Club. 2008-05-12. British Comedy Guide. 2012-10-17.
  32. Web site: Mr & Mrs Hotty Hott Hot Show. 2011-10-30. British Comedy Guide. 2012-10-17.

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