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Gary
Eck has been
a professional stand-up comic and writer for the past fourteen years
after graduating from Canberra University in 1990, with a BA in Advertising
and Marketing. Qantas
Vodafone
AMP
Boral
Tie Day
(Sheraton Mirage)
Secretaries
Day
The Carbine
Club in Papua New Guinea
New Woman
Magazine
Darrell
Lea
British
- American Tobacco
Master
Plumbers Association of NSW and Recruitment Solutions.
A regular MC and featured act The Comedy Store (Fox Studios), Gary has worked all over Australia and overseas, included the Edinburgh, Melbourne and Adelaide Comedy Festivals ('96). Sydney Casino, New Zealand, Ireland, San Francisco and The London Comedy Store. Most recently Gary has performed to sell out tours in Queensland and Victoria with the Umbilical Brothers. |
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Early in his career Gary won a series three final on Starsearch. From there he went on to perform on Tonight Live, Hey Hey It's Saturday and co-host Candid Camera on Channel Ten, which is now televised in Hong Kong, Belgium and Thailand.
Presently Gary is writing and performing
in a half hour sketch comedy show that is to be aired on FOXTEL's Comedy
Channel later this year.
Other TV appearances include: ABC Documentary, "What's So Funny".
Insight (SBS), "Eck Files" on FCTV, BBC2's Edinburgh Nights.
For three years (1991-94) Gary was a full time comedy writer for 2DayFM's Morning Crew where he wrote, voiced sketches and provided lines for the on-air team of Wendy Harmer and Paul Homes. He has also written for Agro and Doug Mulray.
His stand-up features regularly on radio stations 2DayFM, and MMM as part of their Home Grown Humour. Gary has been a guest on Mike Carlton's show and filled in for Peter Moon while he was on holiday from the Morning Crew.