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Dec 3, 2008 · The Kipper Kids performed in a range of contexts throughout Europe and the U.S., including opening for rock acts from the Bay City Rollers (and an audience of 10,000) to Public Image Limited ...
May 28, 2018 · The Kipper Kids were the nexus of a collision of art, slapstick, music, performance and improvisation, often punctuated by seriously bent-outta-shape pop songs. One of their famous acts involved a boxer beating himself up.
Aug 19, 2010 · The deleted scene of the Kipper Kids singing "The Umbrella Song", from the movie UHF.Featuring Brian Routh, Martin von Haselberg and Weird Al Yankovic.
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Dec 23, 2021 · The Kipper Kids became associated with early punk in Los Angeles, California but mainly worked in Europe.” Von Haselberg and Routh kept their routine going throughout and the 1970s and early 1980s.
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1 Video. 5 Photos. Argentinian-born Martin von Haselberg, along with Brian Routh, form the performance art group known as the Kipper Kids. After they met in 1970, they created a character named Harry Kipper. They have since put on shows all over the world. Von Haselberg got married to songstress Bette Midler in 1984. They have a daughter, Sophie.
The Kipper Kids / MATRIX 28 10/1/79 to 10/31/79 Through actions that at times stress the visual, the visceral, and the violent aspects of social rituals, the British team of Harry and Harry Kipper perform in a fashion that combines the zany theatrics of Spike Jones with a kind of scatological slapstick that is all their own.
From the 1970s, the Kipper Kids (Harry Kipper and Harry Kipper, aka Martin Von Haselberg and the late Brian Routh) became legendary. Their dangerous, excessive and funny performance art actions were prolific in the 1970's in the UK, Europe and LA. They performed sporadically from the mid 1980's and their last public performance was in 2003.
