Andy Smart

Andy Smart (born 16 June 1959 in Southsea, Hampshire, England) is an English comedian, actor, and TV panel show participant.

Andy Smart performing at the Glastonbury Festival 2019 with the Stephen Frost Improv All Stars

Smart has been performing as a guest with The Comedy Store Players for 13 years now and a permanent member since 1995. Before joining the Players he was one half of the Vicious Boys with Angelo Abela. Together they won the 1984 Time Out Street Entertainer Award and later appeared on LWT's Wake Up London and Channel 4's The Tube, where, dressed as a bell boy and pretending to be a Great Dane, Smart licked Paula Yates' face.

1985 Edinburgh Fringe. Andy Smart performing as a street entertainer. (Angelo Abela is sitting behind him)

Smart currently improvises on stage every Wednesday and Sunday at The Comedy Store, London.

Smart presented American Football on Channel 4 in 1987 alongside Abela.[1]

On The Graham Norton Show, Martin Freeman once mentioned that Andy saved him from choking on crisps using the Hemlich Maneuver.[2]

References
  1. "Andy Smart, comedian tour dates : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk.
  2. Martin Freeman has a fear of choking - The Graham Norton Show - BBC, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 11 August 2021

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