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- Being Frank follows the life of comedian Frank Sidebottom and his creator Chris Sievey.
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Frank Sidebottom (1984–1994) The Frank Sidebottom character first appeared on an untitled 1984 EP by Chris Sievey & the Freshies, in a spoken-word track wherein Frank talks to Sievey. [ 9] The character was instantly recognisable by his large spheroidal head, styled like an early Max Fleischer cartoon.
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Sievey had already introduced Frank Sidebottom, a character wearing an over-sized papier-mâché head, as a fan of The Freshies in the video for "Rockets", and developed this oddball comic ...
Apr 24, 2014 · Jon Ronson has also written a book drawing on his time in Frank Sidebottom's Oh Blimey Big Band. Ronson changed the character because he did not want to make a straightforward biopic of...
Apr 1, 2019 · With his surrealist comedy, Lancastrian accent and outsized papier-mâché head, maverick comedian Frank Sidebottom was something of a folk hero. The character, created and played by eccentric artist Chris Sievey, developed a cult following throughout the ’80s and early ’90s.
May 12, 2014 · I loved this book. Being in the US I never knew about Frank Sidebottom and came to learn about him only after (recently) getting into Chris Sievey's music. I didn't think I would enjoy Sidebottom and figured it was easy to avoid him all together. Boy was a I wrong!
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Mar 29, 2019 · A documentary on Frank Sidebottom, the macrocephalic alter-ego of Chris Sievey, was always going to deal in oddities. The loose inspiration for Lenny Abrahamson's Frank (whose co-writer,...
Mar 18, 2019 · Getty Images. Frank was born when Sievey decided to wear a papier mache head to a fancy dress party. In the 1980s and '90s, Frank Sidebottom was a giant-headed, cartoon-eyed, cult comedy...
