Mark Banks was the winner of this year’s runner-up in the Free State indoor, flick-flack, custard-diving championships - un-aided - in the under 50’s category). In 2005, he was the winner of the SABC Sarie Award in the under 60’s, “free-flow section, non-Indian”. With more than 20 years of stand-up comedy, Mark Banks is hailed as one of South Africa’s favorite MCs and comedy entertainers. His ability to mix the MC’s role while filling it with his unique brand of humor, makes him the ideal choice for any event !
His talks on 17th Century Florentine Clock repair are now regarded as set-works in certain non-functioning Model C schools. When not helping the under-privileged, he helps the over-privileged.
Mark Banks is 31 years old, and has been so for nearly 31 years, and plans to die in Vancouver at the age of 36.