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Biography
Neil Hamburger is a standup comedy|standup comedian character played by comedian and musician Gregg Turkington .cite news |first=Brian |last=Logan |work= The Guardian |title=Neil Hamburger: Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/aug/20/neil-hamburger-edinburgh-review |date=20 August 2010
Style
Hamburger's live act, which is quite different from his many albums, features a barrage of question/answer jokes aimed often at celebrity targets, including Paris Hilton , Britney Spears , The Red Hot Chili Peppers , Michael Jackson , Smash Mouth , Crosby, Stills, and Nash , Jim Morrison , and Steven Tyler , as well as depressing barbs aimed at his ex-wife. His pacing is off, and he clears his throat nonstop through his entire routine, often to keep overzealous fans from shouting out his punchlines. He has performed in front of audiences worldwide from Madison Square Garden to Jimmy Kimmel Live and the confrontational aspects of his act have drawn cursory comparisons to Tony Clifton . http://www.hour.ca/stage/stage.aspx? iIDArticle=7305 Hour.ca - Stage - Laughlines: Neil Hamburger One of his most famous gags is the "Zipper Lips", in which he asks an audience member a question. If the audience member doesn't respond, Hamburger derides them for being a "zipper lips". A common phrase used by the comedian is "But that's my life!"
Career
His first full length, ''America's Funnyman , was released in 1996. He has released a number of albums on the Drag City (record label)|Drag City record label.
Hamburger is a frequent guest on the internet talk show '' Tom Green's House Tonight . In 2006, Hamburger started doing his own show called Poolside Chats|Poolside Chats with Neil Hamburger on The Channel'' at Tomgreen.com. Guests on his show have included Tim and Eric , Kyle Gass of Tenacious D , Buzz Osborne of The Melvins , and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy .
Hamburger also appeared in a series of three video advertisements promoting the release of the 2006 album by Drag City (record label)|Drag City stablemate, Will Oldham|Bonnie 'Prince' Billy , The Letting Go .
In 2007, Hamburger opened for Tenacious D during their Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny|Pick of Destiny Tour. In the movie The Pick of Destiny , he made a brief cameo appearance before Tenacious D came on stage to perform. He has already performed at Madison Square Garden, a show that the New York Times referred to as likely "the greatest night of his career."citation needed|date=November 2011 However, his performance was poorly received elsewhere, with booing and heckling ensuing in countries such as Ireland and Englandcitation needed|date=November 2011.
The Australian punk rock|punk band Frenzal Rhomb have used Hamburger to open their sets and appear in their video clips for their songs "Punisher" and "Ballchef", and Frenzal Rhomb members Jay and the Doctor have called him live on air on their radio show on the network Triple J to report on current events in America such as award ceremonies.
In 2007, Hamburger appeared in the music video for "Conspiracy of the Gods" by the band Trans Am (band)|Trans Am .
In September 2007 and 2010, he appeared at the Global ComedyFest in Vancouver, Canada. In 2010, he appeared at Just For Laughs in Montreal, and later that summer, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe resulting in rave reviews in The Scotsman and The Guardian citation needed|date=November 2011.
In spring of 2008, Drag City (record label)|Drag City released an album of country and western originals and covers recorded by Neil Hamburger in a "celebrity vocals" style. During the sessions, Hamburger was backed by musicians including Prairie Prince of The Tubes and Todd Rundgren 's band, David Gleason, Atom Ellis of Dieselhed and The New Cars , Rachel Haden from that dog.
He also recorded a record doing guest lead vocals with Australian band The Hard-Ons while in Sydney in January, 2008. http://www.discogs.com/Hard-Ons-With-Neil-Hamburger-American-Exports/release/1752069
In August 2010, Hamburger appeared on the Alternative Stage at the Reading and Leeds Festivals|Reading Music Festival in the UK, where his entire set was booed and derided by the capacity crowd, with chants of "You're shit and you know you are!". As the set progressed bottles and other projectiles were hurled at Hamburger, before he completed his set. The stage's host, Andrew O'Neill came on after the set, simply asking "Didn't you all enjoy hating that? "citation needed|date=November 2011 In December 2010, Special Entertainment released an iPhone App called Shaky Advice from Neil Hamburger that functions much like a Magic 8 Ball , with 30 video clips of Hamburger giving comical advice.
The Neil Hamburger character plays the role of Characters_in_Hamlet#Osric|Osric in the 2012 film, Hamlet A.D.D. , a live action and animated version of William Shakespeare 's Hamlet . http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892062/
Opening Act
Neil Hamburger has performed as the opening act for the following artists.
http://neilhamburger.tvheaven.com/ Neil Hamburger's "Unofficial" Site
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http://www.myspace.com/americasfunnyman Neil Hamburger at MySpace
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/features/story/0,,1993404,00.html Guardian UK article
http://media.libsyn.com/media/tsoya/tsoya021806.mp3 Audio interview with The Sound of Young America
http://www.americasfunnyman.com/poolsidechats.html Poolside Chats with Neil Hamburger
http://www.mundanesounds.com/2006/10/neil-hamburger.html Mundane Sounds' Neil Hamburger Interview
http://www.webcitation.org/query? url= http://www.geocities.com/jimmylaakso& date=2009-10-26+00:51:35 November 2006 Interview About Madison Square Garden Performance
http://rigidmorality.com/private/469678425/tumblr_kzrvhltP3J1qbp4en Ten Questions With Neil Hamburger, 2007 at Rigid Morality
http://onetrickpony.ws/neil_hamburger3 2007 Interview with One Trick Pony
http://larecord.com/issues/2008/04/27/neil-hamburger-no-money-for-a-stamp/ April 2008 Interview with L.A. Record
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/apr/25/hamburger_king_comedy/ April 2007 Interview with Jon Niccum
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/24/starpulse_qaamp_a_neil_hamburg_discusses October 2007 Q& A with StarPulse
http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/article.cfm? aid=9112 August 2008 interview with The Hartford Advocate
http://www.archive.org/details/THENEILHAMBURGERRADIOSPECIAL Audio tribute and interview by Slander Bob that was broadcast on May 3, 2009 on http://www.kaosradioaustin.org KAOS Radio Austin
http://www.jesterjournal.com/NeilHamburger.htm Review of performance at Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, N.Y. November 11, 2009
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