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It all adds up to Britain's weirdest comedian
Unquestionably
the world's only "Stand Up Chameleon" Phil Cool is armed with a
controllable rubber face. And he's not afraid to use it! Phil's body, too, seems to be able to defy
the normal anatomical laws. With this unique weaponry, he can be anyone or
anything instantaneously from international celebrity to intergalactic
alien. He can be shocking, funny or
shockingly funny. Phil's dextrous impressions and surreal comic sketches take
us into a world where anything seems possible and the absurd seems credible.
Phil is simply incredible and, without doubt, he is one of the most original
and unique comic talents to come out of Great Britain.
The
original Mr. Rubber Face, Phil can metamorphose with ease from the Pope to
Sylvester Stallone, Tina Turner to Forrest Gump, Jack Nicholson to Bugs Bunny,
David Attenborough to a seahorse. Star Trek, Mr. Bean, even Pulp Fiction, ..
Nothing escapes the Cool treatment.
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"It started with a crease . The muscles twitch into life and the
big face exhibits all the consistency of Play-Doh . The crease collapses into
a volcanic convulsion and the comic contortions reveal a marvellous, madcap
metamorphosis" Glasgow Herald |
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Born Phil Martin in Chorley, Lancashire, Phil Cool
shot to prominence in the late eighties when, after many hard years on the
cabaret circuit, a producer from the BBC spotted him working as an audience
"warm up" for the satirical television programme Spitting Image.
This led to an appearance on daytime television's Pebble Mill, which was so
successful that he was immediately snapped up to record a series for the BBC. Such was the response from public and press that
the series - 'Cool It' - was repeated on BBC1 within a matter of
months unheard of for a new television artist. His second series won the Royal
Television Society Award for Most Original Television Achievement, and a
third series was screened the following year. |
Since
then all three series have been repeated to great acclaim and Phil has also
starred in his own BBC Christmas Special as well as two series 'Cool Head' and
'Phil Cool' for Central TV. His video releases have included 'Cool
It', 'Cool It Too', 'Cool & Hot', 'Cool Head' and 'Classic Cool'.
He has also released an album on Virgin Records 'Not Just a Pretty Face' and
a book - 'Cool's Out'.
Phil is married with a
four-year-old son. He lives in the wilds of Lancashire in the Forest of
Bowland.
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Phil Cool " ..leaves a deeper impression than most" Edinburgh - The Scotsman |
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"Cool it! Out of
the shadows lurches one of the cleverest comedians of this or any other
generation" News of the World |
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"Has the hallmark
of genius" Daily Star |
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". . . a breath of
fresh air in today's comic climate"
Sunday
Times |
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"Phil Cool is on
speaking terms with genius" New Musical Express |
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". . . his
impersonation of a creature from outer space was nightmare material and would
have had Spielberg's make-up artists working for hours to achieve the same
gruesome impact" Bournemouth Echo |
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"Phil Cool is hot
stuff he can transform himself into ET, Burt Lancaster. Watch this
face" Birmingham Mail |
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"The man has pure
comic genius. His whole body changes shape as you watch ." Hong Kong-South China Morning Post |
Watch
this face!