Arj Barker Profile

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Name: Arj Barker
Gender: Male
D.O.B. 17 August 1974
Profession: Comedian

Previous Work:
Stand Up:
Arj Barker: No show at festival Edinburgh Fringe, 1999)
2001: Spaced Odyssey (MICF, 2001)
Letters to America (with Tom Gleeson at the Melbourne Fringe and Sydney Comedy Festival in 1998)
Television:
Guest - GNW - Episode 99 (1998)
Guest - O'Loughlin on Saturday Night (1999)
Hosted 'Battlebots' on Comedy Central Season 4
Shooting the Past Talkback for BBC tv - Dir Stephen Poliakoff
Kings of Comedy Granada TV
Stand-Up Show BBCtv
The 11 O'Clock Show
Comedy Store Channel 5
Live at Jongleurs ITV
Show me the Head of Light Entertainment C5
Edinburgh Nights BBCtv (1997,98 & 99)
Late Show with David Letterman - Guest - Show #1042 (1998)
Apartment 2F
An Evening at the Improv
Busters Happy Hour
Radio:
Loose Ends BBC R4
The Treatment BBC R5
Stand up Two BBC R2
plus numerous appearances on Radio 4, Virgin, GLR and regional
programmes.
Movies:
Releases:
Issues Were Here (CD)
Appears on the 2001 MICF CD
Stage:
Publications:

Current Work:
Stand Up:
Ego No Amigo @ 2005 MICF
10pm (9pm Sundays) RMIT Capitol
Tickets: $18 - $25.50
Bookings: Ticketmaster on 1300 66 0013 www.ticketmaster.com.au
Television:
Radio:
Movies:
Participates in a few short films on the website www.monobrow.com
Music:
Stage:
Publications:

Awards:
Perrier Best Newcomer Award 1997 - Ed Fringe Festival.
Photos:

Notable Quotes:
"The other day I saw a guy with a sign that said, 'WHERE WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY?' Which freaked me out because I was on my way to the Department of Motor Vehicles."

"I was high on life, but eventually I built up a tolerance."

"Could my body physically survive the amount of dope I would need to smoke to endure a trip to a SHOEseum?" 14/03/2002

"I bought a huge jar of Vegemite. I was a little bit upset that I paid money for it - I could have scraped my bong and got that stuff for free"

" I deserve someone who likes me for who I am ... pretending to be. "

Websites:
Official:
www.arjbarker.com
www.battlebots.com
www.marijuanalogues.com
Unofficial:

Other Information:
- You can catch an animated version of Arj in the "Arj and Poopy Show" on his website

Sources: