# Andy Smart

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{{Short description|British comedian (1959–2023)}}
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'''Andy Smart''' (16 June 1959 – 16 May 2023) was an English comedian.

Smart performed as a guest with [The Comedy Store Players](/source/The_Comedy_Store_Players) for over 13 years, and a permanent member from 1995. Before joining the Players he was one half of the [Vicious Boys](/source/Vicious_Boys) with [Angelo Abela](/source/Angelo_Abela). Together they won the 1984 [Time Out Street Entertainer Award](/source/Time_Out_(company)) and later appeared on [LWT](/source/LWT)'s ''Wake Up London'' and [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4)'s ''[The Tube](/source/The_Tube_(1982_TV_series))'', where, dressed as a bell boy and pretending to be a [Great Dane](/source/Great_Dane), Smart licked [Paula Yates](/source/Paula_Yates)' face.thumb|255x255px|alt=|1985 Edinburgh Fringe. Andy Smart performing as a street entertainer. (Angelo Abela is sitting behind him)

Smart presented the [1987 NFL season](/source/1987_NFL_season) on Channel 4 alongside Abela.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/a/82/andy_smart|title=Andy Smart, comedian tour dates : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|website=www.chortle.co.uk}}</ref>

On ''[The Graham Norton Show](/source/The_Graham_Norton_Show)'', [Martin Freeman](/source/Martin_Freeman) once mentioned that Smart saved him from choking on crisps using the [Heimlich manoeuvre](/source/Abdominal_thrusts).<ref>{{Citation|title=Martin Freeman has a fear of choking - The Graham Norton Show - BBC| date=13 April 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDU4Y3BSSTk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/IDU4Y3BSSTk |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-08-11}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

He released a book about his life and career, ''A Hitch in Time: From Liverpool to Pamplona on a 72,000-Mile Road Trip'', in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitch-Time-Andy-Smart-ebook/dp/B07VHNFQRP/|title=A Hitch in Time: From Liverpool to Pamplona on a 72,000-Mile Road Trip|first=Andy|last=Smart|date=25 July 2019|publisher=Automobile Association|via=Amazon}}</ref>

== Personal life and death ==
Smart had a daughter, Grace (born 1993), a set designer, with actress and playwright [Victoria Willing](/source/Victoria_Willing), and a son, Joe.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Smurthwaite|first=Nick|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/designer-grace-smart-i-once-broke-into-a-theatre-at7am-to-repaint-the-stage|title=Designer Grace Smart: 'I once broke into a theatre at 7am to repaint the stage'|date=19 June 2017|work=The Stage|access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref>

Smart was a supporter of [Farnborough F.C.](/source/Farnborough_F.C.) and appeared on Farnborough FC Radio as a co-commentator.

Smart died on 16 May 2023, at the age of 63.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chrisp |first1=Kitty |title=Comedian Andy Smart, 63, dies 'unexpectedly' |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/05/17/comedian-andy-smart-63-has-died-unexpectedly-18798907/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |publisher=Metro |date=17 May 2023}}</ref> It was announced by his daughter, Grace.<ref>{{Cite tweet |ref={{harvid|AndyCSP|Smart|2023}} |last=Smart |first=Andy |user=AndyCSP |number= 1658799226086670337 |date=17 May 2023 |title=Hi this is Grace, Andy's daughter, I'm very sorry to let you all know that dad passed away unexpectedly last night. He had so many friends and such a great life. Raise a glass for him. G x |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.comedystoreplayers.com/andy/ Comedy Store Players page]
* {{IMDb name|id=0806644|name=Andy Smart}}

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Category:1959 births
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Category:English male comedians
Category:People from Southsea
Category:20th-century English comedians
Category:21st-century English comedians
Category:Comedians from Hampshire

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