Bob Franklin

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Bob Franklin is a British comedian who currently works and lives in Australia. He frequently appears with Jimeoin. His humour includes short, bizarre poetry readings and lots of long pauses for comic effect. He usually presents on stage shaven-headed and in a leather jacket.

On Australian television, Bob was both writer and performer on Jimeoin (1994-95), Shaun Micallef's World Around Him (1996), Small Tales & True (1998), The Mick Molloy Show (1999) and Introducing Gary Petty (2000), in which he played the title role and received an Australian Writers' Guild award nomination. Bob has also acted in TV dramas such as Kangaroo Palace (1997), Stingers (2002), After the Deluge (2003), CrashBurn (2003) and The Heartbreak Tour (2005). His most recent television appearance was on the comedy show Thank God You're Here (2006).

Bob has appeared in several Australian films, including The Craic (1999), You Can't Stop The Murders (2003), Bad Eggs (2003), The Extra (2005) and the upcoming BoyTown.

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