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Jasper Carrott Order of the British Empire|OBE
(born Robert Davies, March 14 1945) is an
England|English comedian.

Born in Acocks Green, Birmingham, he started his
own folk club at 16 called "The Boggery" in
Solihull, where he would perform folk songs as
well as MC. Before long, his banter with the
audience overtook the actual songs and he became
known more as a comedian than a singer. He had a
surprise UK top 5 chart hit in 1975 with a novelty
record called "Funky Moped".  The B-Side to this
single (music)|single was an obscene monologue
parodying the animated children's TV series The
Magic Roundabout.

His break into television was with Carrott's Lib,
a Saturday night comedy show broadcast live on the
BBC. This was followed by a string of different
shows, most notably Carrott's Commercial
Breakdown, which broadcast weird and wonderful
adverts from around the world, and the sketch and
stand-up shows Carrott Confidential, 24 Carrott
Gold, The Jasper Carrott Trials and Canned
Carrott, some of which also gave TV exposure to
the comedy partnership of Steve Punt and Hugh
Dennis.

Canned Carrott also featured a regular police
drama spoof called The Detectives, co-starring
Robert Powell, which was spun off into its own
series. He also starred in the sitcom All About
Me.

He performed in several of the Secret Policeman's
Ball charity concerts for Amnesty International,
and returned to the stage in 2004 for several sell
out shows at the National Indoor Arena in
Birmingham featuring classic routines from his
career.

He is part owner of the production company
Celador, which makes Who Wants To Be A
Millionaire?. His daughter, Lucy Davis, is an
actress best known for playing Dawn in The Office.

He is a proud supporter and director of the
Football (soccer)|football club Birmingham City
F.C.|Birmingham City and was made an Order of the
British Empire|OBE in 2002. The University of
Birmingham awarded him a honorary doctorate in
2004.