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About Me

I like profanity, profundity, sleeping in, cleaning my ears with cotton buds, vegemite toast, my swag, comedy, the internet, water, friends, the dents on my car, new oil in my engine, backing up freeways after I've missed the turn-off, toothless smiles, angels...
JIMBO'S RESUME
2005/2006 - Toured Australia and South Africa.
2004 - Left Sydney for a life on the road touring his 'Big Night Out' comedy show.
2003 - Ended his record breaking three year residency (for a weekly comedy show) at The Albion Hotel, Parramatta with a gala show at The Riverside Theatre.
2002 - Went on two tours to East Timor and one to the The Solomon Islands to entertain the Australian Army Troops (as an MC, comedian and clown at the orphanages)
2001 - Performed the first ever stand-up comedy show for children at The Melbourne Comedy Festival. Appeared on the VB television ad campaign (three guys on a couch)
2000 - Stand-up appearances on television included The O'Loughlin Show (ABCTV) and The ComedeyChannel (Foxtel)
1999 - Performed his first 'open mic' at The Sydney Comedy Store before becoming a feature act six months later. Ran a placegetter, in the annual 'Sydney Comedian of the year' competition.
1998 - Started a two year residency doing the feature family stage show at Sega World, Darling Harbour, Sydney.
1997 - Worked as a bi-lingual (Japanese) clown entertaining tourists on The Sydney Showboat.
1996 - Consolidated his position as Sydney's most popular children's birthday party clown. Performed in over 400 backyards throughout the year. Dealing with the chaos of kids on sugar, during this time, gave Jimbo the perfect training for dealing with drunks, years later in his pub stand-up shows.
1995 - Worked as a clown doing stage shows throughout Japan. This included a residency at Tokyo Dome's, Korakuen amusement park.
1994 - Ditched the corporate life to run away with the circus and become a full-time clown. Attended 'Clown Camp' at the Universiy of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA. Became the first Australian to be accepted into the Ringling Bros & Barnum and Bailey , 'Clown College' at Baraboo, USA.
1990-1993 - Jimbo moonlighted as a clown and walkaround jester act in niteclubs (namely Jacksons-on-George) while completing a Bachelor of Commerce degree (UNSW) and 18mths as a copywriter at Young & Rubicam.To book Jimbo or for merchandise enquiries - Mobile: 0411333349 E-mail: [email protected]

My Interests

Comedy, unique stories, freaks, walking, tennis

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with a story, experience or prejudice I haven't heard before.Design of Jimbo's Myspace and jimbo.com.au by epod .

Music:

Melodic pop.

Movies:

Don't really get round to watching films. I liked 'Herbie goes to Monte Carlo' as a kid though

Television:

Don't really get round to watching tv, except when the cricket is on.

Books:

Zen and the art of Motorcycle maintanence, Affluenza, Conversations with God, A fortnunate life, Kane and Abel, Catch 22, Confessions of an economic hitman, biographies.

Heroes:

People who make the road more friendly for travellers E.g Woody from Corrigin, Scotty from Grawin, Gibbo from Molong, Will from Darwin, Alain from Johannesburg.

My Blog

Jimbo's Aussie slide show.

check out: http://www.jimbo.com.au/slideshow/slideshow.html
Posted by Jimbo on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:04:00 PST

Skimpy's.

There's a lot of demand in China for consumer goods which means there's a lot of holes in the ground in Western Australia which means there's a lot of blokes with long, dirty, sweaty beards ...
Posted by Jimbo on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 07:47:00 PST

Bill Hicks

Bill Hicks never died. He just staged his own death and disappeared to outback Western Australia where he re-invented himself as a pharmacist. I recently caught up with him and asked him why he...
Posted by Jimbo on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 04:25:00 PST

It's a tough town Darwin....

Whenever theres a cyclone warning, parents grab a kite and take their kids to the park. They dont call it Lite Beer. They call it Poofters mouthwash. The instructions on B...
Posted by Jimbo on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:54:00 PST

How a male's relationship to females changes over the years

Childhood. When you're a kid, there's one thing you want off, your mother, the main female in your life. That is a cuddle. That's all. Simple affection and re-asurance t...
Posted by Jimbo on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:36:00 PST

Jury duty

I go into my second week of jury duty tomorrow. I can't say what the case is about but what I do want to say is that just because the guy in the dock has cross eyes, a dreadlocked beard and a swastik...
Posted by Jimbo on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 02:22:00 PST

Buying a pair of joggers

Back in March, I decided I needed some new shoes for the odd jog I do each week. Because I heard knee replacements are pretty expensive these days, I decided to go for a a $140 pair of Nike runners. ...
Posted by Jimbo on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 02:03:00 PST

Maths question.

Newspapers often run articles today letting us know how much it costs to raise a child until they reach adulthood. Estimates usually vary between $250,000 and $350,000.You often also hear p...
Posted by Jimbo on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:33:00 PST

Death Coach

Death Coach My name is Jimbo. I'm not a 'weirdo' or 'kooky'. In fact, if I went on TV dating show, I'd probably describe myself like this. "I'm a pretty normal type of a guy, who likes to go ou...
Posted by Jimbo on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 05:25:00 PST