Pat Condell
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Condell in January 2006
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| Pseudonym | Eddie Zibin (used in the 1980s) |
| Birth name | Patrick Condell |
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23 November 1949 Dublin, Ireland |
| Medium | Writer, comedian, stand up |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Genres | Topical comedy, religious and political satire |
| Subject(s) | Atheism, free speech |
| Website | www.patcondell.net |
Patrick "Pat" Condell (born 23 November 1949) is a writer, polemicist, and former stand-up comedian. In his early career he wrote and performed in alternative comedy shows during the 1980s and 1990s in London, winning the Time Out Comedy Award in 1991. He was also formerly a regular panelist on BBC Radio 1's Loose Talk programme.
In early 2007 he began uploading on to the internet short filmed monologue polemics primarily about religious authority, authoritarianism in government and left-wing politics, and the societal effects of Muslim immigration into Europe, which have appeared on many websites, including YouTube and LiveLeak. They have also been published on DVD, and also as a book of video transcripts. As of April 2016, Condell's YouTube channel has over a quarter of a million subscribers and 60 million views.
Condell was born in Ireland and raised in England as a Roman Catholic. His father was a compulsive gambler working in a betting shop until he was sent to prison for stealing money; he then died of leukaemia. The Condell family in consequence was impoverished, moving repeatedly from home to home.
He was educated in several different Church of England schools in South London; saying of this time: "I found myself segregated in assembly and shunted into another room while everyone said their morning prayers. The whole pantomime seemed hollow to me even then. Once you become aware of the gulf between what people profess to believe and how they actually behave, it’s hard to take any of it seriously."
Condell left school at 16, his first job being a dish-washer in the revolving restaurant on top of the Post Office Tower, now known as the BT Tower in London, for five shillings an hour. He became a vegetarian in 1976 after watching a deer being butchered. Condell did a number of jobs including six years of logging in Canada.
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