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Scott A. Capurro (b.
December 10 1962) is a
stand-up comedian and
writer based in
San Francisco and
London. His comedy material is deliberately provocative, referring often to gay life and culture, politics, race and racism, and popular culture.
In 1994, he was awarded the
Perrier Award for best newcomer, at the
Edinburgh Festival.
In 2002, he presented a light-hearted documentary on the
UK's
Channel 4 called
The Truth About Gay Animals which examined the subject of
homosexuality in animals. Capurro visited various collections of captive animals to observe animals which had been reported to exhibit homosexual behaviour, and interviewed the staff about this. The show also included an interview with anti-gay rights campaigner
Baroness Young, where Capurro showed Young a video of a variety of male-male intercourse in various animal species, and then asked her to comment on whether this influenced her views about its "unnaturalness".
His 1999 novel
Fowl Play describes the decline of the central character Tom's comedy career, and onset of depression, drug and alcohol abuse.
He provided one of the voices for the character
Fode and Beed in and also appeared in the movie
Mrs. Doubtfire as
Harvey Fierstein's character's life partner.
Capurro appeared on Australian show
Rove Live and shocked the host, Rove, with an explicit routine. His material was no more bawdy than usual. Rove apologized immediately after the performance.
Capurro appeared on an episode of Clive Anderson's Chat Room, which originally aired on the 11.04.08.
Capurro is very good friends with the Sarah & No Name Morning Show of
Radio Alice
97.3FM
KLLC San Francisco and is often a guest at Radio Alice.
Scott is managed by comedy agency, The Comedy Bar who also manage Trevor Lock and Tony Law
In May through June 2008, he takes part in
Joe DiPietro's play
Fucking Men in
London, UK.
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