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Old Sep 3rd 2009, 11:17 am
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According to a local newspaper website he's moving over in December.
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Old Sep 3rd 2009, 11:31 am
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Lucky Fremantle!


FFS! On what skills did he get a visa pray tell! Talking fast?????
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His wife is Australian.
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Default Re: Ben Elton moving to Fremantle

Originally Posted by sallyclaire
Lucky Fremantle!


FFS! On what skills did he get a visa pray tell! Talking fast?????
I'm pretty sure his wife comes from Perth. There was a big fuss recently over solar panels he had installed on their Federation house in Fremantle.
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Default Re: Ben Elton moving to Fremantle

Originally Posted by rockpeblar
According to a local newspaper website he's moving over in December.
Well with his sense of humour which some like & some don't I am not sure he will click with the Ozzies .
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Default Re: Ben Elton moving to Fremantle

Originally Posted by gobbyjock
His wife is Australian.
He's often mentioned having an Aussie wife while doing his stand-up stuff - also a lot of his books talk about Aus a fair bit
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Originally Posted by Funky Monkey
Well with his sense of humour which some like & some don't I am not sure he will click with the Ozzies .
He's married to a a Fremantle girl called Sophie Gare, her and her sister were in a girl band called "The Jam Tarts". They've been together for a long time and Ben Elton has been back and forth between Australia and UK for as long - he was accepted here for many years before he married her - the Young One's was an absolute "must watch" for teenagers in the 80's.
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Originally Posted by Kim67
He's married to a a Fremantle girl called Sophie Gare, her and her sister were in a girl band called "The Jam Tarts". They've been together for a long time and Ben Elton has been back and forth between Australia and UK for as long - he was accepted here for many years before he married her - the Young One's was an absolute "must watch" for teenagers in the 80's.
I am sure that was more to do with the characters though, his stand up work has a very limited appeal even in the U.K
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Originally Posted by Kim67
He's married to a a Fremantle girl called Sophie Gare, her and her sister were in a girl band called "The Jam Tarts". They've been together for a long time and Ben Elton has been back and forth between Australia and UK for as long - he was accepted here for many years before he married her - the Young One's was an absolute "must watch" for teenagers in the 80's.
Explains an awful lot!
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Default Re: Ben Elton moving to Fremantle

Originally Posted by Funky Monkey
I am sure that was more to do with the characters though, his stand up work has a very limited appeal even in the U.K
He's been performing here since the 80's too - his books have been very popular - he's been on Enough Rope and Rove etc, etc. He's practically an honorary aussie in fact.
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Originally Posted by Kim67
He's married to a a Fremantle girl called Sophie Gare, her and her sister were in a girl band called "The Jam Tarts". They've been together for a long time and Ben Elton has been back and forth between Australia and UK for as long - he was accepted here for many years before he married her - the Young One's was an absolute "must watch" for teenagers in the 80's.
Sister of Anna Gare who appears on 'The Best' with Ben O'Donahue.
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No one read Stark? Its very clearly Freo based.
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Default Re: Ben Elton moving to Fremantle

Originally Posted by Funky Monkey
Well with his sense of humour which some like & some don't I am not sure he will click with the Ozzies .
Been clicking here for decades...
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Default Re: Ben Elton moving to Fremantle

Originally Posted by Kim67
He's married to a a Fremantle girl called Sophie Gare, her and her sister were in a girl band called "The Jam Tarts". They've been together for a long time and Ben Elton has been back and forth between Australia and UK for as long - he was accepted here for many years before he married her - the Young One's was an absolute "must watch" for teenagers in the 80's.
The band name was "The Jam Tarts", you have got to be kidding me. They must have been a household name.
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Well I like him
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