the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador
story telling traditions
the history of traditonal story telling in Newfoundland
cultural change
traditional recitations
oral culture
oral history
theatre in Newfoundland
theatre in St. John's
the relationship of St. John's to the rest of insular Newfoundland
the insular thoughts that occupy the insular minds of people like us who live on islands and think we are the centre of the universe
Jack stories
Music
humming
stories with melodies
humming
Anita Best singing acappella
Movies
Andy Jones has had principal film roles in The Adventure Of Faustus Bidgood (which he also co-wrote and co-directed), Life With Billy, A Secret Nation, Paint Cans, Coleslaw Warehouse, Brain Candy , Extraordinary Visitor, and Rare Birds.
Television
Andy Jones has co-written and performed in the Codco Series, Dooley Gardens, The Cathy Jones Special, Kids in The Hall, (where he was part of the team nominated for an Emmy Award), and Nasty Habits.
The winner of numerous awards including a Gemini in 1992, Atlantic Film Festival Awards for best actor in 1989 and again in 1998, and the Chicago Film Festival Half Hour T.V. Award (with Codco), Andy Jones was elected to the Newfoundland Arts Council Hall of Honour in May of 1993 and received a Gemini for Lifetime Achievement in November 2002.
Heroes
Francis Colbert
John Pious Senior
Anita Best
Anita Best's wedding to John Pious Junior
Jack
Letters from Uncle Val's Details
Status:
Single
Body type:
3' 0"
Zodiac Sign:
Capricorn
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Between 1986 and 1989 Uncle Val, an elderly outharbour gentleman, wrote nineteen letters from his new home in the suburbs of St. John’s to his old friend Jack back home. Val’s move from the Bay to the ‘burbs' to live with his daughter, her obnoxious husband, their youngsters and two useless poodles, is an uneasy one. His slow adjustment and eventual appreciation for life in town is endearingly revealed through his letters to Jack.
"There are precious few actors who can charm and bind an audience so completely as Andy Jones."
-- Gordon Jones, Telegram, St. John's
Andy Jones is a stage and film actor and writer living in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He performed for many years with the comedy troupe Codco.
Written by Andy Jones with Michael Jones Sr. Performed by Andy Jones Dedicated to the Memory of Francis Colbert
Thanks to Mary Lynn, Louis, and Marthe Bernard, John Disney, John Foster, Flip Janes, Marnie Parsons, Janet Russell, Anita Best, Ella Scott, Bill Squires, Glen Tilley, John Doyle, Mary Walsh, Jim Rillie, Mary Dalton Walsh, Connie Corkum, Cherie Pyne, Nicole Rousseau, Lois Brown, and the members of The Sheila's Brush Theatre Company.
Jones, Andy
Andy Jones has been a professional writer and actor for over thirty years. He has written five critically acclaimed one-man comedy shows: Out of the Bin, An Evening with Uncle Val, Still Alive, King O’ Fun, and most recently, To The Wall. He has toured extensively to critical acclaim across Canada, the UK, and Ireland. Andy was recently nominated for a Gemini for his performance in To The Wall on CBC Television's Opening Night series, as well as winning ‘Best Performance’ at the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax. This September a film version of his one-man show King O’ Fun premiered on BRAVO! TV and was shown at The Atlantic Film Festival.
Jones was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland where he co-founded the Resource Centre for the Arts at the L.S.P.U. Hall, co-writing, acting in, and directing many original productions. He is well known in Canada as one of the groundbreaking Newfoundland comedy troupe CODCO, in both its theatrical and television incarnations. With the CODCO collective he wrote 5 full-length theatre pieces: Cod On A Stick, Sickness Death and Beyond The Grave, Das Capital, Pocketcrumbs, and The Tale Ends. Other notable works include Albert, a one-act play for one man and a budgie bird, and the children’s plays Jack Meets the Cat and Jack-Five-Oh.
Andy Jones has performed across Europe with The Madhouse Company of London, in England with The Ken Campbell Roadshow, and across Canada in theatre productions including The Time and Place (Theatre Smith-Gilmour, Toronto), Pilk’s Madhouse (Second Stage, Halifax), Love and Anger (Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary), Pope Joan (Nightwood Theatre, Toronto), The Postal Show (Theatre P.E.I., Charlottetown), and Bloomsday (Anna Livia Productions, Toronto).
In television Andy has co-written and performed in Kids in the Hall, Dooley Gardens, The Cathy Jones Special, and Nasty Habits. In film he played principal roles in Rare Birds, Brain Candy, Extraordinary Visitor, A Secret Nation, Paint Cans, Life With Billy, Coleslaw Warehouse, and The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood (which he also co-wrote and directed).
Andy’s numerous awards include two Gemini awards, five Gemini nominations, two Emmy nominations, two Genie nominations, election to the Newfoundland Arts Council Hall of Honour, The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council’s Award of Excellence, and the ACTRA Award of Excellence for Lifetime Achievement.
Andy will be touring his one-man show To The Wall to the Ten Days on the Island Festival in Tasmania, Australia in March 2007.
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Hey – just a reminder to listen in FRIDAY afternoon at 4:30-6 pm CST to hear SOME LETTERS FROM UNCLE VAL on “This Great White North” an ALL CANADIAN music show from Austin, Texas It’s on 91. 7 KOOP-FM Listen here
In one sentence state a New Year's Resolution using all of the Words of the Week issued thus far by the facebook group REDEFiNE iT : Dictionary of Newfoundland English.
List of Words to include in your New Year's Resolution:
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Here's wishing you the happiest of Holiday Seasons. May all of your dreams come true. I took this photo a few years ago on a cold winter day in the old part of Bratislava, Slovakia, about an hour's train ride from Vienna.
hey, thanks for the support, it realy means allot..hope you'll forgive this surprise spam attack... we have a new slot, we're now twice as long, and will be airing live (gulp) shows every wednesday evening with re-runs on a sunday afternoon
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Hey Andy, thanks for finding me. We were just with Tom last night in Peterborough for the Willie P. fundraiser. Swear to god - when the tape started - before I read your name and figured out who you were - I thought god, that sounds like Cathy! Notice you've got Nancy up on your favs - one of my favorites as well - still laugh at Dust Bunnies. 11:30 and its not too late. Liam Titcomb
Hello Andy - Wow, I just checked in and realized that you've put me in your top 8. Thanks! I am indeed honoured :-)
I am a HUGE CODCO fan and wish that CBC would start running it again. My sister (who lives across the province from me near Ottawa) and I used to phone each other and watch the show together (our Mum was from Belfast, so we share your sense of hunour)!!!
Anyhow, I look forward to reading your book. I just asked you to be my friend on 1 of my other myspace sites, too. Keep on doing what you do so well!!!
QueanBea aka Brenda Lewis, Jazz, Blues & Folk Vocalist www.myspace.com/brendalewisvocals & www.myspace.com/lewismediarelations Guelph Ontario CANADA
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