If there was a King of Comedy
award, the recipient would surely be Mel Miller.
Timeless, adored, and enormously funny, this giant
of stand-up has been tickling the funny bones of
South Africans for years and years. Mel has been
crossing the (sometimes delicate) lines of age,
culture and colour for as long as we can remember;
and his audiences continue to thrive on his
particular brand of humour. You just can’t help
yourself!
Mel Miller
Another true veteran of comedy Mel’s history as an
entertainer goes way back to the early sixties when,
as a member of well known folk singing group Mel,
Mel and Julian the entertainment ‘bug’ bit,
cementing Mel’s entire future as a sought after
entertainer!
In 1970 Mel returned to South Africa (after having
spent a few years in Israel), once again entering
the folk scene, albeit bringing with him a brand new
dimension – comedy!!! Stints on television shows in
the vein of Biltong & Potroast soon followed,
as did a good 10 years working the Southern Sun
circuit and the rest, as they say, became history!!
Mel Miller
A true legend of South African comedy, Mel started
mixing comedy and folk music in 1964. He shot to
fame in the country's first television comedy
series, Biltong and Potroast, in 1976 - "It
took me 12 years to become an overnight success," he
crows.
Mel Miller
With his gravelly, chain-smoking delivery and his
habit of pouring undiluted vitriol on a vast array
of targets, Mel literally rips brave club and
corporate audiences apart. The faint-hearted and
politically correct may bewail his brutal delivery,
but at its heart lies the honesty of a latter-day
Lenny Bruce. With no time for pretentions or
pomposity, Mel Miller strips away euphemism and
stupidity to tell it like it is, leaving his crowds
helpless and hysterical as they realise nobody is
safe and nothing is too serious to laugh at. A great
comedy option for corporate functions, pub evenings
and even stag parties!
Mel Miller
In 1995 he brought
the house to tears of laughter in the Smirnoff
International Comedy Festival. He has
subsequently appeared in nearly all the Smirnoff
Comedy Festivals, co wrote, produced and directed a
show with the late Shaun Griggs – “Things to do
in Jo’burg when you’ve forgotten that you’re dead”
(packed three weeks), has been to the Grahamstown
Festival twice, toured with four of his own shows (Captain
Chaos, Captain Chaos Flies Again, Divine Madness
and Fat, Fiftyish, Pissed Off and Funny!),
worked in Israel with Cyril Green and Eddie
Eckstein, and in London as part of a South African
Festival.
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