Alexei Sayle

At 71 years old, Alexei Sayle has this physical status:

Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, and former recording artist, who was a central figure in the 1980s' alternative comedy movement.

On Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007, he was named the 18th greatest stand-up comedian.

He came in 72nd in the most recent 2010 poll, in the tradition of Spike Milligan and Monty Python, with riffs based on bizarre and surreal premises.

His performance is praised for its cynicism and political insight, as well as physical comedy.

Early life

Sayle was born and raised in Liverpool's Anfield suburb, the son of Molly (Malka) Sayle, a pool attendant, and Joseph Henry Sayle, a railway guard, both of whom were members of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Sayle's mother was of Lithuanian Jewish descent, and several members of his family were devout Jews.

He attended Alsop High School in Walton from 1964 to 1969 and was expelled halfway through sixth form. Sayle's father took a foundation course in art at Southport before joining Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. He attended Garnett College in Roehampton, a further education training college.

Personal life

Sayle married Linda Rawsthorn in 1974. He lives in Bloomsbury, central London, and is an avid cyclist. In southern Spain, he also owns a house near Granada.

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Career

Sayle responded to an advertisement in Private Eye for young comedians in 1979 and became the first master of ceremonies. Martin Lewis, a comedy performer who performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1980, became his boss.

Sayle is the most well-known comic strip performer. He appeared on The Comic Strip Album (1981) and appeared as Cak! (1982). He also appeared in The Secret Policeman's Other Ball, film, and comedy collection (1981–1982). Sayle's book covered a variety of topics, but one of his favorite topics was politics. His rage, as well as his fiery delivery, gave his material a lot of life. "They have a lot of different words than what we use in the United States." was a typical example of Sayle's humour. For example, they say 'elevator,' and we say 'drapes;'; they say 'president'; we say'seriously deranged git!'

In 1988, Sayle appeared in Shakespeare's The Tempest, directed by Jonathan Miller at the Old Vic Theatre in London. Sayle returned in 2011 as an MC, compering the middle section of At Last! Sixteen years on from his last stand-up comedy tour, he's been back in 2011 as an MC. Stewart Lee's 1981 exhibition at the Royal Festival Hall. Although this was mostly a nostalgia night with comedians like Nigel Planer and Norman Lovett reliving their 1980s work, Sayle premiered some new content that was more anecdotal than his previous work. "What I was doing," Sayle says of his old fashion, "I hadn't realised it was a comedic persona." The guy in the tight suit was really a creation. In a sense, I thought it was me, but it wasn't."

Sayle was one of the fourth "Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People" performance at the Bloomsbury Theatre in December 2011. He produced four nights of stand-up comedy at the Soho Theatre between January and February 2012. In October and November 2012, he completed a complete UK stand-up tour as well as a sixteen-night stay at the Soho Theatre in January and February 2013, where he performed new material. In April 2013, he appeared at the Soho Theatre for another ten nights. He appeared at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In recent years, he has toured extensively.

Several appearances for Capital London were included in Sayle's early career. Alexei Sayle and the Fish People, a 1979 radio show for which he received a Pye Radio Award (later known as the Sony Radio Awards). The Fish People Tapes, a collection based on the show, was released on an album that also features Sayle. Alexei Sayle and the Dutch Lieutenant Trousers were followed in 1980 by Alexei Sayle and the French Lieutenant's Trousers, the nickname referring to John Fowles' "The French Lieutenant's Woman." He also appeared in two Lenin of the Rovers, a 1988 film about the nation's first communist football team. He has since written several other radio shows, including writing the five-part sitcom series "Please About Last Night (1999), in which he also played the lead role. Chopwell Soviet, a 30-minute program on BBC Radio 4, reviewed the Chopwell miners 80 years ago, as Little Moscow became known as Chopwell. In 2016, Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar and Alexei Sayle returned to Radio 4 in 2016. In 2019, he narrated the dramatization of four of his short stories in Alexei Sayle's The Absence of Normal, again on Radio 4. In 2021, a second series was broadcast.

Sayle's first high-profile television appearances were on Central Independent Television's late-night alternative cabaret show O.T.T. (1982): A.k.a. He appeared on the show's return to Australia with the Comic Strip nine weeks in advance. He appeared in The Young Ones (1982–1984), as Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, and Christopher Ryan. Sayle portrayed several members of an Eastern European family; the Balowskis appeared on the program. He appeared in the Doctor Who serial Revelation of the Daleks in 1985. He said in a column for a British tabloid newspaper around the same time that he aspired to be the "first Socialist Doctor." He appeared in several episodes of The Comic Strip Presents from 1985 to 1993, playing the two leading characters in Didn't You Kill My Brother? David Stafford and Pauline Melville co-wrote this book, which he co-wrote with David Stafford and Pauline Melville. Sayle has co-written and appeared in many other programs, including three series of Alexei Sayle's Stuff (1988–1991), two collections of The All New Alex Sayle Show (1994–1995), and one series of Alexei Sayle's Merry Go Round (1998).

Sayle received an International Emmy for Stuff in 1989. Sayle admitted that the first he heard of the award was when he watched Channel 4 News and marvelled at it's informal chat show Chain Reaction. After a joke on his BBC comedy show Stuff, which has never been withdrawn, Sayle's fatwa protested him against him by a Muslim cleric from Syria.

Sayle was hired as a regular actor on the American sitcom The Golden Palace, the sequel to The Golden Girls, in 1992, but she was fired and replaced by Cheech Marin before the pilot was fired. After a season, the show was cancelled.

In 1994, he hosted Drive, giving tips for safe driving through Sayle's signature style of humour interspersed with serious works. He wrote and presented Alexei Sayle's Liverpool, a three-part television series in which he reunited with his hometown town in 2008. He said in the programs that on the first hearing that Liverpool would be named European Capital of Culture, he was chastised for referring the city as "philistine." He now feels that he has no idea whether or not his original remark was true, but that as a result of making the series, he does now consider Liverpool to be his home and has promised to return more often in the future.

Both Sayle and the Public information film (PIF) Moon Lighters about two moon creatures, Biblock and Hoblock, and the dangers of lighters were also discussed. Rolf Harris was narrator for the Nick Junior and Milkshake, according to Sayle. Olive The Ostrich is a series. Sayle's narration appeared on television on July 22, 2013.

Sayle performs a variety of comedies, from serious (Gorky Park, 1983) to comedic (Indiana Jones, 1989). He appeared in Carry On Columbus, 1992, alongside other modern comedians, including Comic Strip creator Peter Richardson, as well as former Carry On crew members.

Sayle has released five comedy singles with complete musical support and one live recording from the Comedy Store in London 1981. This was a double-A side for Alex Arundel, a London-based Scottish songwriter and founding member of Alternative Cabaret, with the album "When The Gold Runs Dry" being the other A side of the A range. "Ullo John" was his most popular single.

Gotta New Motor?"

Since being re-introduced in 1984, the company that made it to the Top 20 charts in the United Kingdom, has been a hit. The 12-inch version, created by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley (who also produced for Madness and Elvis Costello), has gained notoriety thanks to the extensive use of profane words. "Didn't You Kill My Brother," the two sequels to "Didn't You Kill My Brother" was the first single released. "Meanwhile" and "Meanwhile" were taken from the album Panic's front cover, which parodies Michael Jackson's album Off the Wall's cover.

Sayle has released two short story collections, five novels, including a graphic novel and a radio series spin-off book, as well as columns for various publications. Great Bus Journeys of the World, co-written with David Stafford, is primarily a collection of his columns for Time Out and the Sunday Mirror. He was one of eight contributory writers to End of Story's BBC Three competition, in which readers of the public contributed to the second half of stories published by established authors. Imitating Katherine Walker, Arthur Allan's winning entry to Sayle's tale, was written by freelance writer Arthur Allan. Stalin Ate My Homework, Sayle's autobiography, delves into his early life and which he describes as a'satirical memoir,' was published in 2010. He began working as a motoring columnist for The Daily Telegraph in 2012. He toured in early 2015 giving readings from his second volume of his autobiography Thatcher Stole My Trousers, which was published in 2016.

Sayle's The Alexei Sayle Podcast launched in November 2020. Josie Long, Stewart Lee, and Jeremy Corbyn were among Talal Karkouti's guests who were co-hosted by Talal Karkouti.

He also started a YouTube channel dedicated to various bicycle rides.

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