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Jo Caulfield - Comedian

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About Me

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Video of Jo Caulfield on The World Stands Up

"Ladies and Gentlemen, if I can just remind you to switch off all your mobile phones. Thank you. And now please put your hands together for tonight’s headline act... Jo Caulfield!"

Hello MySpace. Hello everyone who’s too cheap to spring for a professionally designed website. I’m Jo. I’m a stand-up comedian. You can read my biog over there somewhere, you can listen to my comedy show on Radio 4 and you can sometimes see me on television.

If you want to know more about me you can visit my website: www.jocaulfield.com or you can stalk me.

“For several several years Jo Caulfield has been one of the funniest female comics in the country. Her jokes are sharp, but her delivery is so friendly that she can get away with gags that less amiable comics might shy away from” - The Guardian.

“Her mixture of cutthroat wit and wildly accurate observations regularly brings audiences to their knees with laughter. Jo is undoubtedly charming. But don’t be fooled - with her razor sharp tongue, like Baby Jane on speed, no-one is safe” - Evening Standard. “Caulfield’s gig could best be described as a non-stop laughter fest. Even the harshest critic couldn’t help but be won over by her startlingly sharp routines. It’s easy to see why she’s in such demand as both a writer and a performer, and why her shows sell out so quickly wherever she goes. It’s a great night out that nobody should miss” - BBC Cambridge. “Packed with comedy gold. There is a reason her shows are constantly selling out. She’s fantastic” - Three Weeks..

My Interests

New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, cycling, swimming, gossip, slander, shoplifting, Any Questions (Radio 4), Janice Long (Radio 2).

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who comes to one of my shows is more than welcome to join me at the bar afterwards.
I can explain the jokes you didn't understand and we can cry together.

Music:

Currently on my iPod - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, St Etienne, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blondie, Temptations, Ramones, KC & Sunshine Band, Orphans & Vandals, Jimi Hendrix, 2Pac, Patti Smith, Dolly Parton, Chic, Ian Brown, Lou Reed & Velvet Underground, Joan Jett, Scissor Sisters, Donna Summer, The Clash, Snoop Dogg, Green Day, Strokes, Cypress Hill, Naz, Notorious BIG, Sylvester, Goldfrapp, Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, Paul Weller, John Cale, Pretenders, Jean Knight, Love, Fleetwood Mac, Curtis Mayfield, Alice Cooper, Tom Petty, The Proclaimers.

Movies:

After Hours, North By Northwest, The Apartment, Vertigo, Ghost World, 200 Cigarettes, Freaky Friday, Taxi Driver, Annie Hall, Jaws, Saturday Night Fever, Tony Curtis in The Boston Strangler, The Sweet Smell of Success, Preston Sturges, 1930's 'screwball' comedies, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Cary Grant.

Television:

The Wire, The Comeback, Have I Got News For You, Still Game, Will and Grace, Lucky Louie, Strangers With Candy.

Books:

Imperial Life In The Emerald City, Redemption Song, Can't Stop Won't Stop, The Corrections, Please Kill Me, Mailman, Waiting For The Sun, The View From The Ground, The Kite Runner, A People's History of The United States, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, The Warhol Diaries, Walter Mosley, Anne Tyler, Victor Bockris, Scotland For Dummies, the Ikea catalouge.

Heroes:

www.jocaulfield.com

My Blog

What would JC do?

My friend Simon sent me a Christian wristband. He did it for a joke I hasten to add. He's not religious. Or mental. Anyway it's a bright yellow plastic wristband with 'What would JC do?" embossed on ...
Posted by Jo Caulfield - Comedian on Thu, 08 May 2008 06:33:00 PST

Crimewatch UK

A friend told me a story about trying to throw away his old fridge. He said every night he'd put the old fridge out with his rubbish but the dustbin man wouldn't take it. He would empty the bin and t...
Posted by Jo Caulfield - Comedian on Thu, 01 May 2008 09:39:00 PST

Institutionalised Sexism

This happened about two weeks ago; it crystallises a problem I so often come across as a female comic.   I was asked if I wanted to take part in an advert to launch 'The National Year of Reading...
Posted by Jo Caulfield - Comedian on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:54:00 PST

How To Heckle

Another old article I found cleaning out the PC. (Is that a term? Do you clean out the PC or are you freeing up space? What do the computer savy kids say?) Anyway this was published in Time ...
Posted by Jo Caulfield - Comedian on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:18:00 PST

Dot Cotton and Rita Hayworth

I found this old Q & A thing I did with GaydarNation.com. If you've never been to Comedy Camp you should go. Its a great club. I've been doing a set there every Tuesday for the last 4 weeks (don't...
Posted by Jo Caulfield - Comedian on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:54:00 PST

Blondie vs The Eagles

I heard an advert on the radio last night. There was a piece of bland country and western music&Two or three men were harmonising (I've no idea what they were singing, "How long woman, how long, will ...
Posted by Jo Caulfield - Comedian on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:44:00 PST

Whats It Like Being A Comedian?

I did this interview last month for a local Harrowgate paper. I was doing a gig there, the radio show was starting and I was trying to sell my CD. (Still am) Anyway, there's a couple of jokes in ...
Posted by Jo Caulfield - Comedian on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:33:00 PST

The Flasher

I have been flashed twice in my life. Once when I was 17 in Greece, it was at the Acropolis, which is odd as there's already a lot of statues of naked men. Why put yourself up against stiff oppositio...
Posted by Jo Caulfield - Comedian on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:09:00 PST

Gossip

Wednesday 17th October 2007 LONDON (Reuters) - Gossip is more powerful than truth, a study showed on Tuesday, suggesting people believe what they hear through the grapevine even if they have evidence...
Posted by Jo Caulfield - Comedian on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:00:00 PST

Mock The Week

I often appear on BBC2's topical comedy show "Mock The Week". If you haven't seen it you should definitely tune in - Andy Parsons, Dara, Russell, Frankie Boyle, what more could you want? An...
Posted by Jo Caulfield - Comedian on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:16:00 PST