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A funny thing happened on the way to iTunes

Australian stand-up comedy has been very successful on DVD; will it have the same success online?

23 Oct 2013 12:00

Richard Watts

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Photo: Comedian Carl Barron; image by Jim Lee.

Who is Australia’s most successful comedian? If you’re going on DVD sales, it’s quite possibly Carl Barron, whose first DVD has now gone platinum 15 times, his second 11 times, and his third DVD nine times (as per the ARIA definition of platinum being a DVD that has sold 15,000 units).

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts