Karl Chandler (born 30 March 1976) is an Australian writer and light entertainer. He used to co-host the popular comedy podcast The Little Dum Dum Club with Tommy Dassalo. Chandler grew up in the small rural Victorian town of Maryborough. He has written for many TV shows, like Hard Quiz, Spicks and Specks, and The Project, and written and been part of the cast for shows like Studio A.
In 2011, Chandler collated and published a book called Funny Buggers: The Best Lines from Australian Stand-up Comedy, a collection of jokes from iconic Australian comedians like as Greg Fleet, Tom Gleeson and Dave O'Neil.
In 2014, Chandler auditioned for Australia's Got Talent, but did not make it past the audition stage. This experience served as the basis of the material for his 2014 comedy hour, Karl Chandler's Got Talent.
Chandler has run many comedy rooms in Melbourne, such as Comedy at Spleen on Monday nights (previously co-run with Steele Saunders), Thursday Comedy Club on Thursday nights, and Basement Comedy Club on Saturday nights.
On 2 September 2017, Chandler married his then fiancée Diane, with whom he had been in a relationship for 10 years.
He is currently working on pre-production for Phunny Phellas, a comedy program for commercial television audiences.
Stand-up shows 2014 – Karl Chandler's Got Talent 2015 – Karl Chandler - World's Greatest (and Best) Comedian 2016 – Karl Chandler Defends His Title As World's Greatest and Best Comedian 2017 – Karl Chandler: World's Best Comedian in the World 2018 – Karl Chandler's Shit List 2019 – One Man Comedy Factory 2020–21 – Please Call Me Karl, Mr. Comedy Was My Father
Television writing credits Year Title No. of episodes 2010 The White Room 2 2010 Good News Week 32011The Back Room12011-2020The Project19112012You're Skitting Me132013This Week Live132013A League of Their Own102014Spicks and Specks492014This is Littleton42015Dirty Laundry Live12201720 to One52017Dr Karl's Outrageous Acts of Science102018The Weekly with Charlie Pickering202018Hard Quiz212019Squinters62020Kinne Tonight7
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