Elliot Goblet
Australian comedian
Elliot Goblet is a comedy character created by the Australian comedian Jack Levi. The character is known for the deadpan delivery of one-line jokes. The style compares with the American comedian Steven Wright but developed independently. At first Goblet appeared with round glasses and a goatee beard, but the beard was later removed.
Jack Elliott Levi was born in Melbourne on 6 September 1950 and he created the character of Elliot Goblet in June 1981 with assistance from Australian comedy teacher Pete Crofts. The Goblet character was launched onto the comedy scene with numerous TV performances on The Daryl Somers Show, Hey Hey It's Saturday, The Midday Show, The Eleventh Hour, The Footy Show, Neighbours and other Australian TV variety and sketch shows.
As Goblet, Levi recorded the ARIA award-nominated CD Internally Berserk, wrote the book Business According To Goblet and has appeared in short films as well as the feature film Fat Pizza. He has also hosted the Qantas comedy audio program on all of their flights worldwide.
Levi has performed as Goblet around Australia as well as in seven other countries, including the United States and England.
Together with Mitchell Faircloth (aka "Slim Whittle"), Levi created the Crimson Goat Cabaret Club and they produced over 30 variety and cabaret shows.
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