Chris Lynam

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'''Chris Lynam''', born in 1953 in Zimbabwe, is a British alternative comedian and clown.<ref name=G1>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/may/28/stewart-lee-austerity-binge-seinfeld|newspaper=The Guardian|title= This week's new comedy|author=Kettle, James|date=27 May 2011}}</ref><ref name=A>{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/music/music/argusmusicreviews/19378765.review-night-sabai-pavilion-brighton/|title=Review: The Night at Sabai Pavilion in Brighton|date=16 June 2021|author=Doherty-Cove, Jody|newspaper=The Argus}}</ref><ref name=BC/>

He is known for such television and radio series as ''TV Burp'',<ref name=G2>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2009/oct/09/harry-hill-mainstream-gold|title=Harry Hill proves strange acts can be turned into mainstream gold|author=Logan, Brian|newspaper=The Guardian|date=9 Oct 2009}}</ref> ''Loose Ends''<ref name=BBC/> and ''La France a un incroyable talent.''<ref>{{cite video|publisher=Dailymotion|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2i4z27|title=France's Got Talent 2014 audition - Week 3|date=2015}}</ref>

Lynam was a performer in the British comedy troupe The Greatest Show on Legs.<ref name=ST/>

A former business partner of Lynam's was fellow Greatest Show on Legs performer,<ref name=ST/> comedian and club owner Malcolm Hardee who died in 2005.<ref name=S>{{cite web|newspaper=The Standard|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/comedian-found-dead-7255573.html|title=Comedian found dead|first=Paul|last=Marinko|first2=Andre|last2=Paine|date=12 April 2012}}</ref>

One of Lyman's long time signature comedic routines is to place a firework inside his buttocks and ignite it.<ref name=ST>{{cite web|newspaper=The Sunday Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/at-last-the-1981-show-at-the-festival-hall-r80fdrpxv05?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqe4GWBC4BVhVHy88-abmSkEpFRzFdJmPpu-ilw4lhYnzYWr1UNXTN8s&gaa_ts=698a44f9&gaa_sig=4UAUuW68YO1LyaAf3tm9e2mZHA49KJ7URlyjsvlgrbkpMuHXi0ylui7kyiz8ePoi1TpsYVtsOFhhf9vplw7R9g%3D%3D|title=At Last! The 1981 Show at the Festival Hall|date=May 31, 2011}}</ref><ref name=M/>

==Media== ''Manchester Evening News'', "For every clued up crowd Lynam plays there's an unsuspecting, comedy-virgin audience to shock even more."<ref name=M>{{cite web|newspaper=Manchester Evening News|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-gigs/lynam-loon-1142206|title=Lynam Loon|date=10 August 2004}}</ref>

British Comedy Guide, "In the very early days of circuit, many alternative comedians truly lived up to their title. Take Chris Lynam, an anarchic clown whose act finished quite literally with a bang - he would place a firework up his backside and light the fuse."<ref name=BC>{{cite web|publisher=British Comedy Guide|title=An alternative night out with Saturday Live|author=Godfrey, Jake|date=June 25, 2023|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/comedy-rewind/saturday-live/}}</ref>

''The New York Times'', "A brilliantly bizarre antidote to today's truculent society."<ref name=BBC>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xjfy4|title=Loose Ends|date=15 January 2013|publisher=BBC Radio 4}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{official|https://chrislynam.net/}} * {{IMDb name|0528205}}

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