Frank Woodley
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Frank Woodley (real name Frank Wood) is an Australian comedian who usually appears alongside Colin Lane, forming the comedic duo, Lano and Woodley. They mostly perform comedy routines at various shows and comedy festivals, and also starred in their own TV series, The Adventures of Lano and Woodley.
In recent years Woodley has performed his own stand-up comedy shows while remaining part of the double-act.
Recently, Frank Woodley and Colin Lane released their debut album, a live recording called Lano and Woodley Sing Songs. Lano and Woodley play on the notion that the CD audience can not see the action that is taking place, and have to curb their visual performance.
Frank is a talented musician, artist, comedian and acrobat. All four virtues appear in his works with guitar playing and singing in the album Singing Songs, drawings on Lano and Woodley's book Housemeeting, acrobatics in the TV production The Adventures of Lano and Woodley, as well as comedical talents in all of the above works.
Television Appearances
The Adventures of Lano and Woodley
In their television series, on stage and variously where ever else they perform, Woodley acts to appear stupider than Lano (or "Col" as Woodley calls him for short) and is bullied and hit frequently by Lano with blunt instruments. In the episode "I Love You Baby" (part I), Lano explains to Woodley the definition of a non-existent word "painfullier" in this way:
Lano-"The first man hits the other man painfully-" (smacks Woodley in the face) "-the first man then hits the other man again...this time more painfullier." (smacks Woodley over the head with a frying pan).
Examples of stupid quotes or announcements from Woodley, demonstrating his acting low intelligence in the T.V series include:
- "C'mon Col. You're making a mountain out of a... very big hill."
- "Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will... only cause permanent psychological damage."
- "You're a caesarean? Really? What part of caesarea are you from?
The Island
In 2004 - 2005 Lano and Woodley performed a comedy show tour across Australia called The Island. The show comprised of comedy sketches, songs and interaction with the audience, all based around them being stranded on a desert island. A stand out feature of this performance was that there was only one major prop used: A motorised, revolving platform, which was used as a stairway, aeroplane, palm tree and court room stand.
Quotes:
- "I hate it when I get food in my sand!"
- "This sand is really crunchy...and did you know Thorpey says it's fully sick?"
- "We're gonna die to death!"
- "Ol' King Col - what a massive arsehole!"
- "I can feel it in my bodice!"
Thank God You're Here
More recently, Frank Woodley has regularly appeared on Thank God You're Here, a comedy improvisation show where the improviser walks through a door into an unknown world. Woodley seems at ease with the daunting flow of the program, and often intimidates the prepared actors themselves by taking control of the scene.
BRUISER
Lano and Woodley wrote and performed a stage show called "Bruiser". The main plot of this play revolved around Frank and Col being upset about being scrawny and weak.
They ended up going to a gym when Frank questioned, "What's a 'Giem', Col?"
The other main character is Bruiser himself, a very bulky person who looks like he has been working out for years on end. Bruiser wass played by both Col and Frank, and they would continue swapping roles throughout the show to include girlfriends, and even each other.
Quotes:
- "I hate those flaps under your arms, Bruiser."
- "What the hell are you lifting?" / "Marshmallows, Col."
- "Oi, you - wipe my arse."
- "Oi. You, me, roun' the back now."
- "I don't like your hair, buddy."
- "I lifted 500 kilos. Pfffffff."
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