David O'Doherty (original) (raw)

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David Nicholas O'Doherty (/oʊˈdɒxərti/; born 18 December 1975) is an Irish comedian, author, musician, actor and playwright and son of renowned jazz pianist Jim Doherty. His stand-up has won many international awards including the if.comedy award in 2008 and Best International Comedian at the 2014 Sydney Comedy Festival. He attended Trinity College Dublin, where his comedy career began. "I spent a lot of my time introducing things", he says, "concerts and bands, that sort of thing". "I remember my brother once bet me I couldn't get the word 'spaghetti' into an introduction for a piano recital in the Edmund Burke so I stood-up and said 'my brother has bet me I can't say the word spaghetti' and I got a laugh." O'Doherty has written several books, written two plays and released three comedy CDs. His latest book for children, Danger Is Everywhere, illustrated by Chris Judge has been selected for the UNESCO Dublin, City of Literature Citywide Reading Campaign. In 2015 it was published in 10 languages around the world. He regards himself as "a failed jazz musician, scrambling about for something else to do with his life". (en)

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David Nicholas Doherty (en)

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David Nicholas Doherty (en)

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Dublin, Ireland (en)

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O'Doherty performing at Bumbershoot in 2010 (en)

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Stand up, television (en)

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David O'Doherty (en)

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Irish (en)

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David attempts to have "a minor hit", preferably charting at number 27. His song "Orange" instead reaches number 30, losing the number 27 spot in the Irish Singles Chart to Jibbs's "Chain Hang Low". (en)
David does a stand-up tour which he has t-shirts printed for. One show is for children. He does a gig at Vicar Street , but due to it being cancelled and re-instated repeatedly only about 20 people attend. The t-shirts do not arrive until after the tour has finished and are too small. (en)
David tries to make his rent. A number of strategies are employed for this end; these include: betting money on a game of golf he plays with his nephew ; betting money at a dog track ; attempting to sell an office chair he found in a skip ; trying to find a job where he states in an interview that he can touch-type at around 40 words per minute. He turned down a telemarketing placement; and eventually acting as an assistant to his neighbour Bryan, whose work involved erecting signs about planning permission, leading to a string of jokes concerning erections. He eventually earned the €260 through the latter. (en)
David attempts to record a comedy CD. The CD is recorded in his one-room apartment. He then advertises the gig on A4-sized posters, asking to be contacted via e-mail if anyone is interested in coming to the show. Upwards of 30 chairs are squeezed into the apartment. (en)
David attempts to cycle from Dublin to Galway, for a show later that night. He quits 100 kilometres from his destination. (en)

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Galway (en)
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Live (en)
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Tour (en)

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David Nicholas O'Doherty (/oʊˈdɒxərti/; born 18 December 1975) is an Irish comedian, author, musician, actor and playwright and son of renowned jazz pianist Jim Doherty. His stand-up has won many international awards including the if.comedy award in 2008 and Best International Comedian at the 2014 Sydney Comedy Festival. He regards himself as "a failed jazz musician, scrambling about for something else to do with his life". (en)

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