Musical comedian Deep Fried Man was dropped on his head several times as a young child, and this has had a profound effect on his songwriting style. He began his career as a serious musician, before realising that the audience was laughing at him, after which he decided that he might as well try to make them laugh on purpose. Since then, he has been rocking the South African comedy scene, making enough of an impact to recently win the award for Best Newcomer at the First Annual Comics Choice Awards.
Other highlights of his comedy career so far include being declared joint winner of the 2010 Parkers Comedy Showdown, which led to a performance at the UN Comedy Show with Pablo Francisco and many other top local and international comedians.
He performing a full-length, once-off one man show for the Wits Drama for Life festival, opened for Trevor Noah in 'Scratch That' at the Joburg Theatre Fringe and he has played the Heavyweight Comedy Jam, the Tshwane Comedy Fest and UJ's One Night Stand to name a few.
Deep Fried Man has been compared with the likes of Flight of the Conchords, Bill Bailey, Weird 'Al' Yankovic and Tim Minchin. His listeners must be warned that the music of Deep Fried Man may cause you to LOL, ROFL, or in extreme cases even LMAO.
TV performances: SABC3's 'Last Say on Sunday', M-Net's 'Tonight with Trevor Noah', SABC2's 'Weekend Live', e-TV's ‘Frenzy’.
Radio appearances: Performance on 5FM’s Live @ 5, Interview with Alex Jay on 94.7, Interview with Bob Mabena on Kaya FM, Performance on John Vlismas’ “I Don’t Like Monday”, Jacaranda and East Coast Radio, Interview with Warren Roberston on Radio Midrand, and songs played on MFM, UJFM,
Features and interviews: Mail & Guardian, Sunday Times, SL Magazine, Vice Magazine, FHM.co.za http://FHM.co.za/ and more.