Brendan O'Carroll
Brendan O'Carroll
Irish comedian who became internationally known for his matriarchal character, Agnes Brown, in Mrs. Brown's Boys. In 2013 he starred in ITV's The Security Men.
NationalityIrish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth15 September 1955
CityFinglas, Ireland
CountryIreland
people pieces middle-of-nowhere
For many people, Mrs. Brown has come from the middle of nowhere. But Mrs. Brown was first written for radio. I wrote it for a radio series in 1992. It was a five-minute piece for radio, and it's been absolutely astonishing.
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I miss the comedy of the '70s and '80s, like 'Only Fools And Horses' and 'Fawlty Towers,' so I'm glad I'm put in that category.
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People have really taken Mrs. Brown to their hearts. I think she reminds them of their own mammies... Fierce and scary but full of love.
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I don't know the secret of Mrs. Brown, but what I do know is that there are things that Mrs. Brown says and does that Brendan O'Carroll couldn't get away with. I think maybe it's a leniency that they're with an old woman. It's the old woman thing. I think secretly we all just want to be Joan Rivers.
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If you are writing comedy and try to please everybody, you'll please nobody.