never mind the buzzcocks (bbc2, writer, series 22, 2008), trinity (itv2, 2009), how not to live your life (bbc3), world stands up (comedy central), edinburgh and beyond (comedy central), comedy store presents (comedy central), comedy cuts (ITV2, season 3), splitting cells (bbc3), out to lunch (bbc2 radio), 28 acts in 28 minutes (bbc4 radio), simon amstell tour support act, mighty boosh festival ’08, latitude festival ’07/’08, chortle best newcomer award nominee 2007, winner of amused moose new act competition 2006, winner of jongleurs new act competition 2005
Influences
the greatest of all time, mr. steve martin:
i love mcenroe so much:
one of my absolute faves ever- arj barker magic:
Soap Scum
Members
my friends and favorite sketch group, Fat Tongue!!:
my favorite comedian mr. tony law, enjoy
I also genuinely wish i was norm macdonald:
I also love Andy Kindler:
Albums
the brilliant andy kaufman:
the brilliant dennis hemphill:
the great neil hamburger:
Arnab Chanda's Interests
General
robots, stand-up, tennis (lawn and ping), futbol, leeds united, arsenal now (i'm a traitor), nyc pizza, connect 4, hot/wingy chicken wings and drinks with friends, whiffleball during spring and summers in New England.
Music
Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Strokes, Beach Boys, Genesis (peter gab years), Peter Gabriel, Sam Cooke, Queen, Sigur Ros, Lemonheads, Weezer, 311, Stevie Wonder, Blondie, Beatles, Police, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, Talvin Singh, Lenny Kravitz, Ben Folds, James Taylor, Tom Petty, C.Crows, Huey Lewis, Jethro Tull, Michael Jackson (but only his new stuff)
Movies
big lebowski, rules of attraction, withnail and i, waking life, manhattan, groundhog day, Comedian, little man tate, hudsucker proxy, rounders, high fidelity, tommy boy, swingers, boogie nights, y tu mama tambien, Rudy, White Men Can't Jump, Bourne Identity/Supremacy, tootsie, Without Limits, annie hall, not another teen movie, home alone, bev hills ninja (anything Chris Farley), dumb and dumber, vanilla sky, adaptation, being john malkovich, american psycho, empire strikes back, kindergarden cop.
Television
Dr. Katz, Seinfeld, Conan, Arrested Development, Kids in the Hall, The Brak Show, Flight of the Conchords, Armando Iannucci Shows, Brass Eye, the Mighty Boosh, the Young Ones, Monty Python, Ali G, www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/
Books
Calvin and Hobbes, Vonnegut, Animal Farm, Aldous Huxley, and biographies in general
Heroes
i'd love to meet & hear the stories of: conan o'brien, steve martin, andy kaufman, george carlin, christopher walken, paul rudd, lance armstrong, bill watterson, norm macDonald and the SNL fab four (chris farley, adam sandler, david spade, and chris rock), mcenroe, edberg, goran ivanisevic, marat safin, roddick, and arnie arnob chandra chander
hello. i write sentences. <- like that one. and this one!! i try and act. i used to do standup for 4 years, but my heart was never in it, i enjoyed writing but not performing in front of judgy live audiences, and am relieved/happy/excited to move on with my life and try other things.
born & lived in england for 6 yrs (pontefract), 1 yr in India (calcutta), 14 yrs in saudi arabia (aramco- RT, Abqaiq, Udhailiyah, then RT again), but while living in saudi spent 8 years in school in america (CT, NC, NY). there. done. i moved permanently back to London in 2004.
i like agnosticism, futbol, tennis, NYC, nyc pizza, dripping sarcasm, white russians (no! the drink! ahaha), and watching movies/listening to music while drunk. i was the number 1 jr tennis player in saudi arabia from ages 10-12, after that things went horribly wrong for me. i also really love watching break-dancing, and i tried it a few times but it really hurt my wrists and made me want to cry. i like things like the big lebowski, mighty boosh, arj barker, tony law, norm macdonald, and all the comedians below.
Who I'd like to meet: meeting heroes is always awkward and weird, so just old friends. if it wasn't so awkward then conan o'brien, steve martin, norm macdonald, bill watterson, bert and ernie, and fozzie bear. people who think usher and julia roberts are annoying. i like opinionated people who can see the quality in Beverly Hills Ninja, Home Alone, and Kindergarden Cop, and who really dislike action movies, especially ones where chicks try to fight and be badass (charlies angels, catwoman, etc.).
Cheers man! I saw you in How Not to Live Your Life and knew i had seen you somewhere before, it was something paramount with the humus jokes, its been stuck in my head for donkeys! very funny! :)
Thank you Arnab! That's the first thing I've ever acted in, so I thought it was a bit odd. Here's my newest ever film ('Media studies the pig reviews Francis Bacon'). I've heard a lot about you, so It would be nice to meet one day. Love Miriam
I have found out literally this very day that you're not doing stand up anymore. Noooo. :( I was looking forward to seeing you again at some unspecified time in the future. Aaaaanyway people have to do what makes them happy so I wish you luck in all your endeavours! Many thanks for making me and my friends chuckle and latitude. It was awesome. xxx
Hi, Arnab. Just thought I'd leave you a message wishing you luck with Jon Richardson's show on Sunday, really looking forward to it, but instead I see scary comments about comedy-leavage. Hope everything's alright! Later, calculator. x
hey there. it sucks that you quit standup. I saw you in stoke with simon. I thought you were amazing. im not surprised at the shit you got from leeds. Im guessing most of the crowd consisted of chavs. They spoil everything. Im glad i got to see you before you quit anyway.
If you're really quitting stand up I am completely gutted. You were brilliant the first time I saw you, and I sat through loads of acts to see you at Leeds Festival only to have you drown out by jackasses from the back. Please don't let dickheads like that stop you, you really are an incredibly good stand up.
I was just about to put the same thing as Tashface...
I was disgusted with the crowd. There was no reason to act like that. I had sat quietly on my own for over an hour waiting specifically for you to come onstage. I have wanted to see you for months... And then the crowd were horrible! Didn't give you chance to get any words out before they started heckling. One guy (I think he was the main one) was sat behind me shouting... If I wasn't on my own I would have said something.
Hope to see you in the future to make up for it cause I was really excited to have the chance to see you as soon as I heard you were on the lineup Sorry x
i respect that decision but it's a big shame because you're a fuck sight more talented than half the crap stand up thats around at the moment. good luck though with anything you put your hand to. xx
