Not here to F@#k Spiders Australian Tour 2024 for Heath ‘Chopper’ Franklin
By Samantha Elley
Hold on to your hats and block your children’s ears, comedian Heath ‘Chopper’ Franklin is coming to town.
The winner of both the Comic’s Choice Award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2018 and the Best Comedy at Fringe World 2018 is not here to f@#k spiders but he will be appearing at the Byron Theatre this Thursday, November 14 at 6.30pm.
The Northern Rivers Times decided to ask Mr Franklin a few questions.
What made you decide to get into the comedy business and how did you get there?
I always liked making people laugh but I never thought comedy was a viable career so I just did it as a hobby at uni. Then with a bit of persistence and luck I finally got to turn my hobby into a job.
What was the hardest/easiest topics you had to cover? (ie. What has gotten the best/worst reaction from the audience?)
The hardest topic to cover is anything boring. Quarterly business activity statements for example aren’t fertile soil for comedy but luckily you don’t HAVE to cover that stuff. The easiest things to make comedy out of are things that don’t make sense but everyone accepts as normal. All you have to do is dismantle it in front of everyone and display its ridiculous components. Like explaining to people what’s in their sausage.
What are your thoughts on:
- Israel/Gaza conflict
I think there’s no shortage of opinions on this one and I don’t see how adding mine makes things any better.
- Trump back as president
It was America’s election, and they picked the person they wanted and good luck to them. I think there is an idea that the president is always an amazing righteous person but most of them lately have been corrupt, riddled with Alzheimer’s or sex pests so it’s only really movies and tv where the US President is infallible and upstanding.
- Lydia Thorpe
I think it’s great that we live in a country where you can publicly disagree with a monarch, but I also think that particular instance did more to raise her profile than champion her cause.
4. Gen Z
I’ve started getting more young people to my shows lately and it’s awesome. I think everyone sees the version of Gen Z that’s on the internet and that is the most annoying version of them and not representative of the whole generation. Everyone forgets that you can just ignore all the dumb stuff people say on the internet.
As you will be performing at Byron Bay, would love to know what you like about the place (If you haven’t been here before, feel free to tell us what you think it’s like).
I haven’t been there to do shows ever, and I haven’t been there for about 20 years. I assume it’ll just be me hanging with Chris Hemsworth on the beach all day.
Chopper will be covering a host of other topics in his show including e-scooters, UberEats, Bluey, vegans, cyclists – everything gets a serve in this award-nominated show.
A genuine Aussie comedy icon, Heath Franklin has been nominated for two ARIAs, a Logie, won the Comic’s Choice at the Melbourne Comedy Fest and sold more than half a million tickets worldwide. So, harden up and book now to join Chopper for the best night out in yonks.
To book your tickets visit here.
