David Baddiel

David Baddiel, Nightingale House, Nov 2010
Birth name David Lionel Baddiel
Born (1964-05-28) 28 May 1964 (age 48)
New York, United States
Medium Television, film, stand-up
Nationality British
Years active 1984–present
Genres Satire, observational comedy
Subject(s) Human interaction
Sex
Football
Religion
Influences Woody Allen
Domestic partner(s) Morwenna Banks
(present)
Notable works and roles The Mary Whitehouse Experience
Newman and Baddiel in Pieces
Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned
Baddiel's Syndrome

David Lionel Baddiel (born 28 May 1964) is an American-born English comedian, novelist and television presenter. He is known for his work alongside Rob Newman in the ground-breaking The Mary Whitehouse Experience and partnership with Frank Skinner. Besides comedy, Baddiel is also a published novelist and has gone into screenwriting as well.[1]

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Early life [link]

Baddiel was born in New York, and moved to England when he was four months old.[2] His father, Colin Brian Baddiel, was a Welsh research chemist with Unilever before being made redundant in the 1980s, after which he sold Dinky Toys at Grays Antique Market.[3] His mother, Sarah, was a refugee from Nazi Germany. She moved to the UK at five months old with her parents in 1939.[4] Baddiel is the middle of three sons.[5]

Baddiel grew up in Dollis Hill, Willesden, North London. He attended primary school at the North West London Jewish Day School in Brent.[6] After studying at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Elstree, an independent school near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, he read English at King's College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge Footlights, and graduated with a double first.[3][6] He began studies for a PhD in English at University College London, but did not complete it.[5]

Career [link]

Newman [link]

Baddiel became a cabaret stand-up comedian after leaving university and also wrote sketches and jokes for various radio series. His first television appearance came in a bit-part on one episode of the showbiz satire, Filthy, Rich and Catflap. In 1988, he was introduced to Rob Newman, a comic impressionist, and the two became a writing partnership. They were subsequently paired up with the partnership of Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis for a new topical comedy show for BBC Radio 1 called The Mary Whitehouse Experience, and its success led to a transfer to television which shot the quartet to fame. Two seasons were made for BBC2, during which time Baddiel also co-hosted a Channel 4 monologue programme, A Stab In The Dark.

After the both duos chose not to do another series of The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Baddiel teamed up with Newman again for the Newman and Baddiel in Pieces series, which ran in 1993. The duo went on to become the first comedians to perform to a sold-out Wembley Arena but subsequently went their separate ways after the success.[1]

Skinner [link]

Baddiel then took in a lodger at his London apartment - fellow comedian Frank Skinner - and asked his new flatmate to co-present when he was offered the chance to do a programme based on the fantasy football craze in newspapers. The show was Fantasy Football League, and later they took an improvised question-and-answer show to the Edinburgh Festival which then became a TV series, Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned. The duo also twice topped the UK singles chart with the football anthem "Three Lions", initially written as the England football team's official anthem for Euro 96, and later re-issued, with updated lyrics, as an unofficial song for the 1998 World Cup. Baddiel and Skinner collaborated on podcasts for the Times Online and Absolute Radio during both the 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup respectively.


Solo [link]

Baddiel has published four novels: Time For Bed, Whatever Love Means, The Secret Purposes, and The Death of Eli Gold. He created and, for four series, hosted the Radio 4 comedy discussion programme Heresy, before passing hosting duties on to Victoria Coren. He has made a number of TV documentaries, including Who Do You Think You Are? and Baddiel And The Missing Nazi Billions. In 2010 he wrote the screenplay for the feature film The Infidel.

Charity work [link]

David Baddiel is a patron for the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM). He acted as compere for the Stand-Up to Stop Suicide event organised by Claire Anstey and the charity,[7] and has appeared on radio ads publicising the issue of young male suicide.

In February 2009 he and several other entertainers wrote an open letter printed in The Times of London supporting Bahá'í leaders then on trial in Iran.[8]

Family and personal life [link]

Baddiel has two children with his girlfriend, fellow comedian Morwenna Banks:[9] a daughter, Dolly Loveday (born 2001) and a son, Ezra Beckett (born 2004).[6]

Baddiel's book, The Secret Purposes, is based in part on the internment of his grandfather on the Isle of Man during the Second World War. His father is from Swansea[3] and his mother was born in Nazi Germany, a swastika appearing on her birth certificate.[10] An episode of the BBC's genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? investigated his heritage in some detail,[10] but failed to prove his theory that his mother had been secretly adopted from another Jewish family who had no hope of escaping.[4] Despite his upbringing, he has described himself as a "10 out of 10 atheist"[11] and as a "fundamentalist" "Jewish atheist".[1]

During an appearance on the Channel 4 topical panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats (26 May 2006) he revealed that he had been voted the "World's 6th Sexiest Jew". He appeared in a special episode of What Not to Wear where fashion gurus Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine gave him a makeover.[12]

He is a big fan of the rock band Genesis and introduced the band at their Turn It on Again: The Tour press conference in 2006. He also provided sleeve notes for the reissue of the album Nursery Cryme as part of the Genesis 1970–1975 box set.[13] Baddiel is also a fan of David Bowie and marked the singer's 65th birthday in 2012 by posting on Twitter to express a desire to see him come out of retirement.[14]

References [link]

  1. ^ a b c "Interview: David Baddiel". Varsity. 19 November 2011. https://www.varsity.co.uk/culture/4103. 
  2. ^ Independent profile
  3. ^ a b c "The Real World: David Baddiel, comedian and novelist". independent.co.uk. 26 January 2006. https://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/the-real-world-david-baddiel-comedian-and-novelist-524506.html. 
  4. ^ a b Who Do You Think You Are?
  5. ^ a b Aida Edemariam (24 July 2010). "David Baddiel: from stand-up to Saul Bellow". The Guardian. https://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/jul/24/david-baddiel-from-standup-to-saul-bellow. 
  6. ^ a b c "A double first and two chins". The Daily Telegraph. 4 April 2005. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3639836/A-double-first-and-two-chins.html. 
  7. ^ Metro keeps calm at comedy night; Friday, 15 June 2007
  8. ^ "Stand up for Iran's Baha'is - Voices from the arts call for the imprisoned Baha'i leaders in Iran to receive a fair trial". The Times (London). 2009-02-26. https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article5804284.ece. 
  9. ^ The Guardian interview with David Baddiel
  10. ^ a b "Who Do You Think You Are? with David Baddiel". Who Do You Think You Are?. 2004-11-23. BBC. BBC Two. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s1_celeb_gallery_07.shtml. 
  11. ^ "Five minutes with: David Baddiel". April 2009. BBC. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8016266.stm. 
  12. ^ "David Baddiel gets a dressing down", The Daily Mail
  13. ^ "The famous fans of Genesis". Times Online UK. The Times. 2008-11-02. https://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5050592.ece. 
  14. ^ "David Bowie fans call for comeback tour as star reaches 65". The Daily Telegraph (London). 8 January 2012. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9000812/David-Bowie-fans-call-for-comeback-tour-as-star-reaches-65.html. 

External links [link]

Preceded by
Chris Luscombe
Footlights Vice President
1985–1986
Succeeded by
Ben Liston

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Can-Can is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a book by Abe Burrows. The story concerns the showgirls of the Montmartre dance halls during the 1890s.

The original Broadway production ran for over two years beginning in 1953, and the 1954 West End production was also a success. Gwen Verdon, in only her second Broadway role, and choreographer Michael Kidd won Tony Awards and were praised, but both the score and book received tepid reviews, and revivals generally have not fared well.

The 1960 film of the musical starred Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier and introduced Juliet Prowse in her first film role. It incorporated songs from other Porter musicals and films in addition to the original stage production.

Production history

After the pre-Broadway tryout at the Shubert Theatre in Philadelphia in March 1953, Can-Can premiered on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on May 7, 1953, and closed on June 25, 1955 after 892 performances. The original production, which Burrows also directed, starred Lilo as La Mome, Hans Conried as Boris, Peter Cookson as the judge, Gwen Verdon as Claudine, Dania Krupska, Phil Leeds, Dee Dee Wood, and Erik Rhodes as Hilaire. Michael Kidd was the choreographer. According to Ben Brantley, Claudine was "the part that made Gwen Verdon a star."

David of Bulgaria

David (Bulgarian: Давид) (died 976) was a Bulgarian noble, brother of Emperor Samuel and eldest son of komes Nicholas. After the disastrous invasion of Rus' armies and the fall of North-eastern Bulgaria under Byzantine occupation in 971, he and his three younger brothers took the lead of the defence of the country. They executed their power together and each of them governed and defended a separate region. He ruled the southern-most parts of the realm from Prespa and Kastoria and was responsible for the defence the dangerous borders with Thessalonica and Thessaly. In 976 he participated in the major assault against the Byzantine Empire but was killed by vagrant Vlachs between Prespa and Kostur.

Family tree

Another theory

However, there's also another version about David’s origin. David gains the title "comes" during his service in the Byzantine army which recruited many Armenians from the Eastern region of the empire. The 11th-century historian Stepanos Asoghik wrote that Samuel had one brother, and they were Armenians from the district Derjan. This version is supported by the historians Nicholas Adontz, Jordan Ivanov, and Samuil's Inscription where it’s said that Samuel’s brother is David. Also, the historians Yahya and Al Makin clearly distinguish the race of Samuel and David (the Comitopouli) from the one of Moses and Aaron (the royal race):

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The development of the banking sector, public construction works such as the expansion of the airport and the David-Boquete highway alongside the growth of commercial activity in the city have increased its prominence as one of the fastest growing regions in the country. The city is currently the economic center of the Chiriqui province and produces more than half the gross domestic product of the province, which totals 2.1 billion. It is known for being the third-largest city in the country both in population and by GDP and for being the largest city in Western Panama.

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Background

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