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Funny family guy
By Anthony Bonaparte,
The Suburban
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| Photo by
Martin Chamberland, The Suburban |
| Comedian Scott Faulconbridge at his
backyard fence with his dad looking on from his
garden next door. |
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| Scott
Faulconbridge’s Lachine townhouse is not far from where he
grew up.
$">
$">Standing next to his
rear patio door, he opens the drapes and points across the
yard.
$">
$">“Right there. That’s my
father in the window, and my mother raking the leaves.”
$">
$">Family is important to the
Montreal comedian.
$">
$">So much so,
that he offers no apologies when he admits that every
generation in his family is worked into his stand-up routines.
$">
$">“They’re all fair game, and
they hate me for it,” he says.
$">
$">His father Wayne, a former Wagar High School
principal has provided the comedian with a good source of
material for years and now his 30-month-old son is getting the
treatment.
$">
$">As for his wife,
Faulconbridge smiles and says, “I’m too wise for that.”
$">
$">The man who describes himself as
“the sarcastic kid in the back of the room in high school”
says he never thought he’d have a career in comedy until he
started doing improv while in university.
$">
$">Faulconbridge, who has a B.Sc. in Immunology from
McGill and worked as a lab technician says “I woke up one day,
and I guess it was just too dry for me,” adding, “I really
didn’t perform until I was 24 years old. One thing led to
another. I think I was just attracted like a fly to the light,
and I got kinda caught up in it.”
$">
$">He then went on to complete a degree in film and
communications, and during that time, joined McGill’s improv
group, which became On The Spot. By the early ‘90s,
Faulconbridge began to spend more time working the clubs.
$">
$">For the next few years, he spent a
lot of time on stage and eventually met his future wife,
actually proposing to her in front of a crowd.
$">
$">“I made this costume out of
aluminum foil, a helmet and a jousting pole —- sort of like a
knight in shining armour costume — and I got down on one knee
and proposed marriage,” he said, adding “and it killed beer
sales.” The two have been married for four years.
$">
$">Some of the material found on
Faulconbridge’s latest CD, Warn the Others, was
inspired by his son Ronin, who is pictured screaming in his
father’s arms on the cover.
$">
$">“I
love the expression on his face — actually, on my face as
well, because I’m exhausted. That picture was taken after 24
hours of no sleep,” says the proud papa.
$">
$">Faulconbridge has worked all over North America
and the U.K. In some of the Western Canadian provinces he’s
been booed when the announcer said he was from Quebec.
$">
$">“Generally speaking, you’re going
to be under-appreciated as an English Montrealer because the
rest of the country just sees you as a Quebecer. Within
Quebec, you’re not really wanted. Outside of Quebec, they
don’t really care,” he says.
$">
$">As
a result, the self-confessed news junkie says although he
devours newspapers, he includes very little politics into his
show. “I get too angry with politics,” he says.
$">
$">More than just a comedian,
Faulconbridge has numerous film and television credits as an
actor or featured performer, including stand-up appearances on
Comedy Central, NBC, CTV and CBC comedy specials.
$">
$">The cerebral Montrealer also has
writing credits on several other productions, and is current
writing a feature film for well-know producer Rock Demers that
will be shot next year in both Romania and Russia. It’s a
comedy, of course.
$">
$">“I’ve never
been hired to do something that’s not a comedy,” he says.
$">
$">Faulconbridge hopes to continue
working in film, which is a new medium he would like to
explore further down the road. Right now, his first love is
still improv.
$">
$">“I think I love
the spontaneity of improv more than anything else. There’s
just something about it which is organic and fun, and I don’t
have to work. I hate work and improv comes easy,” he says.
$">
$">“But I also love the art form of a
well-constructed stand-up bit.”
$">
$">Faulconbridge performs two to four sets at week
at The Comedy Nest and The Comedy Works, and he’s already
preparing for the big New Year’s Eve comedy gala at Club West
Island in Beaconsfield, where he’ll be appearing with David
Acer, Joey Elias, David John McCarthy and David
Pryde. |
2006-11-22
12:13:00
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