Milton Jones performs at Altitude Comedy Festivalwhich takes
place 26-31st March in Mayrhofen, Austria.For more info and
tickets, please visitwww.altitudefestival.com
Words: Emily WhitehouseMILTON JONES
You may only know him as 'theweird bloke with the shirts
fromMock the Week' (said withaffection), but Milton Jones
iscertainly making a name forhimself in the world of comedy.Since
winning the 1996 PerrierBest Newcomer Award, Milton haswon
countless prizes for hisunique, wacky comedy includingthe 2011
Chortle Best HeadlinerAward; fighting off competitionfrom popular
nominees, AndrewLawrence, Craig Campbell and TomStade.
Having been performing stand-upfor 23 years, Milton hasperfected
his craft anddeveloped his famous 'one-liner'style of comedy, which
can be seenon his live stand-up DVDs 'MiltonJones-Live Universe
Tour-Part 1-Earth' and 'Milton Jones - LionWhisperer'. He told
Wireless,When I first started I was soscared I had to get to the
punchline ASAP. Therefore I ended upwith a lot of one-liners.
Milton gained fame through hisregular performances on
MichaelMcIntyre's Comedy Roadshow andpanel show, Mock The Week.
Bothprogrammes see Milton appearwith fellow renowned comedianssuch
as Dara O'Briain, RussellHoward, Frankie Boyle and KevinBridges.
When asked who hisfavourite comedian to performwith is, Milton
replied, I'mafraid it's every man forhimself. Dara is a very good
hostthough. Not many people could dowhat he does.
As well as his popularity ontelevision, Milton has also had
agreat deal of success with hisvarious radio shows, 'The Houseof
Milton Jones', 'The Very Worldof Milton Jones' (for which he
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It becomes clear whenreading the novel that agood portion of the
storyis based on Milton's ownexperiences and this iscertainly
responsible forits success with fans andfellow comedians
alike.Comedian and writer MarkBillingham described thebook as
hilarious, movingand truthful. Finally abook that tells you
whatit's REALLY like to telljokes for a living. And no-one tells
jokes better thanMilton Jones.
If all this doesn't impressyou, then go see foryourself and you
willunderstand the hype.Milton will be touringaround Britain until
Juneand you can also catch hima t t h e p r e s t i g i o u
sAltitude Comedy Festivalat the end of March, so you
won a Sony Award) and If that wasn't enough, h a v e c o u n t l
e s s'Another Case of Milton Milton has also tried his
opportunities to see hisJones', which is currently hand at writing,
namely in live show. We asked Miltonin its fifth series on BBC his
biographical novel where he looks forward toRadio 4. It is clear
that Where Do Comedians Go When performing most, to which
he replied, RichmondTheatre. I used to be anusher there a long
timeago. I may throw a tantrum,'you said I'd never amountto
anything' etc....
They Die?: Journeys of aMiltonStand-Up, published inloves We
couldn't speak to the2009. The story depicts aworking on both
platforms 'king of the surreal one-fictional comedian calledas he
says, Both are good liners' (The Times)Jerome Stevens and hisfor
different reasons. without asking him whatstruggle to balance
hisRadio - you can 'go' his favourite one linererratic career with
hisanywhere in time and space is...social and family life.with no
extra cost and you I was walking along theLike Jerome, Milton has
adon't have to learn it. TV other day and on the road Iwife and
kids, but what isrequires less words - more saw a small dead babyit
like to have a famousfunny actions. It also ghost. Although
thinkingh u s b a n d a n d d a d ?involves more people about it,
it might have beenAccording to Milton, atbehind the scenes. More a
handkerchief.first they were curious.people who can muck itNow they
don't even botherup. What more needs to be said?to watch.
Dara is a very good host...Not many people could do whathe
does
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