Poppy Champlin is a veteran comic whose sharp wit and intuitive jokes can penetrate the heart of any discerning audiences funny bone.
She charms the crowd with a hip, fearless and in your face style of comedy that convinces them to come along for a ride that is highly personal and completely relateable. Poppy is not a sadist, but she is most happy when she leaves her audience screaming, crying and doubled over in pain...from laughter.
Website
PoppyCockProd.com
Influences
Lucille Ball - Joan Rivers - The three stooges - The Rifleman - Underdog - Mighty Mouse - Adam Ant - Walt Disney - The Jackie Gleason Show - The Ed Suillivan Show-
Don Kirshners Rock Concert - Alcohol - Rock and Roll in the 70's.
TV Shows
Joan River Show - Oprah Winfrey - Joan Rivers Morning Show - Entertainment Tonight - Comedy Central Stand-Up Stand-Up, HBO All Aboard Rosie’s Family Vacation - VH-1 Stand-Up Spotlight - A&E, Evening at The Improv -
Albums
It’s a Prickly Heat - CD - 57 minutes 2007.
Poppy’s Blooming - DVD - 59 minutes 2008.
Poppy’s Camel Toe Tour - DVD - 58 minutes 2007 Atlantis Cruise.
If one were to cross the sweet grooving persona of Ellen Degeneres with Denis Leary’s raunchy sarcasm, the result would be Poppy Champlin. Poppy erupts onto the stage without fanfare, but with enough energy to take down the house in her first minute of comedy. Rapid fire jokes interspersed with comedic songs keep her audiences laughing and coming back.
Her stand-up pedigree is flawless; from VH-1, to A&E, Oprah Winfrey and Joan Rivers to her newest gig on Atlantis cruises she has earned a reputation of being one of the fastest witted female comediennes on either coast.
Graduating from The University of Rhode Island with a BFA in theatre, Poppy set out for Chicago where she attended the famed Second City Comedy Troupe. She refined her chops in Chicago opening for such comics as Ray Ramano, Denis Leary, Bill Maher, Bill Hicks and Rosie O’Donnell.
When Poppy hit tinsel town, she continued to study acting at the Larry Moss studios and has since put up her critically acclaimed One Woman Show, “A Chocolate Sandwich.”
She was a staff writer on FOX’s Show Me The Funny.
Poppy currently can be seen performing her comedy, in the new HBO Documentary “All Aboard Rosie’s Family Vacation” as well as, hosting her own popular comedy show; “Cocktails and Comedy” at the infamous GirlBar in West Hollywood. Ever increasing her visibility, she is a regular performer in Provincetown, at the Dinah Shore Weekend, and the Chicago Sun Times called her "Blisteringly Funny" in her appearance at the closing ceremonies of the Gay Games.
Poppy tackles tough subjects with ease. In this comedienne’s hands we can laugh at life’s most formidable perils... and laughter that ravages fear is the best kind of all.
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Hey, are you in Ptown all weekend? I'm playing Sat. night at The Vixen (upstairs at the wine bar) Sat. night (Oct. 11th). Come say hi if you're in town! CARRIE :)
Hey Poppy! Carrie and I are looking forward to seeing you in the cape next week. Carrie is performing in the Wine bar of the Vixen on Saturday the 11th. Hope to see you at some point. Hope the "starting 5" is still working for you! LOL
