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John Simmit

"Simmit has the fearless energy & rolling gait of a champion pugilist" THE GUARDIAN

About Me

Cuban-Jamaican-British, stand up comedian with a host of live & TV credits, including playing Dipsy in 365 episodes of BBC TV's international hit 'Teletubbies', 'The Gadget Show', 'Malai Monologues', 'The Real McCoy', 'Raymann Is Late' (Dutch TV), and much more.As a producer through Upfront Comedy John has built a UK-wide black comedy circuit, produced 'Getting Any' at the National Black Theater Festival (USA), progammed for Channel 5 & produced Many UK comedy tours including Felix Dexter, Gina Yashere, Curtis Walker, & many more with the US acts we represent in the UK like Wil Sylvince & Ian Edwards.He also makes a mean sandwhich ! www.upfrontcomedy.co.uk

My Interests

Stuff ........ Lots .... of stuff !

I'd like to meet:

The fool who stole my bike when I was 12

Music:

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... has to have bass, soul, spirit or rhythm, anything from : Erykah Badu, Dennis Brown, Jaheim's soul, Augustus Pablo's dub, Little Willie John's blues, Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, Monet, Jacob Miller, Bob Marley, SuperCat, Donnie Hathaway, Loose Ends, Teddy Pendergrass, The Beatles, The Kinks, Teena Marie, Tony Toni Tone, Duke Ellington, Angie Stone, Sam Cooke, Ronny Jordan, to Rick James ... and on ... Big up TC CONNECTION - Bham's smoothest sound system since '82

Movies:

Former film junkie; now it's DVDs on the road - Lucky Number Sleven, Burning An Illusion, Get On The Bus, The Five Heartbeats, The Wood, Midnight Run, A Soldiers Story, White Heat, The Court Jester, Sin City, Starship Troopers, Singing In The Rain ...

Television:

It's all about DVD box sets: Entourage, The Sopranos, Porridge, 24, The Shield, Teletubbies, Everybody Hates Chris, Rising Damp, Sex and The City, The Twilight Zone, The Untouchables, The Simpsons

Books:

Argus Catalogue, Devil In a Blue Dress, My Family and Other Animals, Cotton Comes To Harlem, The Scholar (Courttia Newland); anything by Colin Bateman, James Herbert, Chester Himes, Victor Headley, John O'Farrell

Heroes:

Muhammed Ali, Malcolm X, Bob Marley, Spike Lee