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Harry
Roy Hill is the stage
name of Matthew Hall
(born October 1, 1964),
who is an English
stand-up comedian who
has graduated to being a
star of British
television by way of a
BBC radio series Harry
Hill's Fruit Corner. He
was born in Woking and
educated at Cranbrook
School in Kent, and is a
graduate of St George's
Hospital Medical
School.
Harry
Hill's humour is quirky
almost to the point of
surrealism. In way of
illustrating this, the
comedy historian Oliver
Double described Hill as
being "Ronnie Corbett
possessed by the ghost
of Salvador Dali." His
character uses a number
of visual gimmicks;
among these are the bald
head, the thick black
spectacles, pens in the
top pocket, small badges
on the lapel and, most
famously, a comically
oversized shirt
collar.
Harry
Hill is one of many
alternative British
comics associated with
the Avalon Promotions
comedy family. Other
careers launched from
this company include
Richard Herring, Stewart
Lee, Dave Gorman, Simon
Munnery, Frank Skinner,
David Baddiel and Al
Murray.
In
2003, he was listed in
The Observer as one of
the 50 funniest acts in
British comedy. In a
2005 poll to find The
Comedian's Comedian, he
was voted amongst the
top 50 comedy acts ever
by fellow comedians and
comedy
insiders.
Websites:
Harry
Hill
- Harry Hill information
at Wikipedia.
News:
Woman
Jailed For Harry Hill
Theft
18 March 2006
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