Psst...hey you....yeah you, Person A. You wanna hear a story? Hey come back...I’ll give you a snazzy trinket. Yes I thought you’d like that yes. This is a story about a quirky almost young man called Justin. He grew up like any quirky almost young man would, with two parents who loved him very much and a whole lot of classmates who didn’t. One day, as he was leaving his home economics class with a freshly baked tin of freshly baked scones, he was jumped by several classmates in a carbo loading frenzy. Faced with the prospect of losing his floury yum yums, he instinctively started making jokes, somehow knowing that you can’t cram scones down your throat and laugh at the same time (a thought later attributed to ’common sense’). It worked a treat. The scones were saved for private consumption, hooray! Sadly though they were rubbish. Since that day however, Justin has performed stand up and improv all around Australia. He’s acted in numerous TV shows (currently ’The Mansion’ on the Comedy Channel), short films, ads and plays; some funny, some not so much. In 2006 he performed his fourth Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, ’Beelzebuzz’, which was nominated for an award (hey, winning isn’t everything), in 2007 scored four sparkles from The Age for ’Ladies...?’ and in 2008 performed his latest solo show, ’Passionista’ in front of several happy people. He’s written for TV, sketch shows, corporate clients, me, and even won a national screenwriting competition (with Gavin Baskerville). He’s proficiently adequate at most forms of comedy, except Latino (he just doesn’t have the hips for it) and has somehow managed to make a living out of just this which continues to surprise everyone around him. And that’s how I saved Christmas. PS the trinket is love....sorry
Influences
Mostly peer group pressure
TV Shows
Co-host of 'The Breakfast Show', Weekday mornings from 7:30-8:30am on Ch31; 'Stand Up Australia', Comedy Channel, Foxtel; 'The Secret' Ch9 (www.thesecret.tv); Various guest roles in 'Stingers', 'Last Man Standing' and yes, even 'Neighbours'
Films
'Jonothan', Jonothan Livingston CEO, Dir: James Teh;
'Jules', Perpetua, Dir: Aaron Lewis; 'Mark', In The Game, Dir: Abigail Hargreaves; '?', Y, Dir: Nicholas Clifford; 'Trevor', Late Video, Dir: Gary Hegedus
Albums
Shy Bladder Ballads
Justin Kennedy's Interests
General
Long walks, short baths, medium clothing
Music
Air, The Avalanches, Badly Drawn Boy, The Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Blur, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Charlie Parker, The Clash, The Clouds, The Cure, Custard, Daft Punk, David Bowie, The Dead Milkmen, Doves, Elbow, Elliott Smith, Elvis Costello, The Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, The Futureheads, Gomez, Gorillaz, Hoodoo Gurus, Interpol, The Jam, Janes Addiction, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings of Leon, Leonard Cohen, The Magic Numbers, Massive Attack, Midnight Oil, Modest Mouse, Morrissey, Nick Cave, Pavement, Prince, Queens of the Stone Age, REM, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regurgitator, The Rolling Stones, The Shins, silverchair, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Split Enz, Stephen Malkmus, The Stone Roses, Stone Temple Pilots, Stooges, The Strokes, Sufjan Stevens, Supergrass, Tenacious D, The Thrills, Underworld, The Verve, Violent Femmes, Weezer, Wes Montgomery, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, You Am I.
......This list is from my iPod. I didn't alphabetise it, although you have to admit, that does make it easier to follow
Movies
Gattaca, Withnail and I, Being John Malkovich, This is Spinal Tap, They Call Me Bruce, Garden State, Blade Runner, Sin City, The Jerk, Bachelor Party, Caddyshack, The Princess Bride
Television
The Goodies, The Simpsons, Scrubs, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office, Blackadder, Futurama, League of Gentlemen, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Simon Townsend's Wonder World
Books
Catch 22, On the Road, Lord of The Rings, Lord of the Flies, Wikipedia
About me: Comic, Actor, Writer, TV Hosty Guy, Voice for Hire, Relatively Nice Person, Snappy Dresser.
I've never owned a thermos, can't remember if it's soduko or sudoku, wanted to be renamed Gary when I was six, think changing the end of words to "izzle" is kinda fizzled, check my emails way too much, like cats, caramel slices and girls who use soap.
I am currently an 8.1 on hotornot.com. Ladies...?!
Justin : do you like hippos??? Of course you do!!! There hasn't been in any Australian shows for many months but we've been busy in Europe with a bunch of touring and we're now recording our new album in Berlin (scheduled for release in March). But to make up for it, here's a big (and silly) Merry Christmas from us (and from some hippos too) :
Some bold new artistic direction? Nah, Just us being silly!!! We did this track for our label's "Black Snow - the completely different Xmas compilation". (and of course, visit our youtube channel for a high quality version)
Wishing you a very silly Silly Season and we'll see you back in Australia sometime in 2010!
JK BRAH! omg hey dude aint talked in a while haha i just saw u on the mansion ad cant wait til that starts! haha lucky u get to work with charlie pickering...that guy is the bomb! haha but ur better :P u take that news jet ILY! xoxo Mary
Le Gasp only a tiny horse?! For shame upon your jacket! You must go and get a lama or something lama like. Do they sell hats with little lama badges? They should.
Also may just say, the grass in the background of that/your photo is very green and nice coloured chairs ^.^
Curses. You comedians are ever so hard to stalk! And it's ok, i understand the pathalogical fear of clowns. I too have read it by steven king. Ah well, have many merry moments in your year!
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