Karl Spain is an Irish comedian from Limerick. He is from the Corbally area of the city and was educated at CBS Sexton Street.
In 2000, Spain won the RTÉ award for Best New Act.
Spain appeared at the Montreal Just for Laughs comedy festival in 2003, which was later repeated on RTÉ television in Ireland. He has also featured on The Panel and is a regular at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs comedy festival.
Spain later ran a series on RTÉ entitled Karl Spain Wants a Woman. He appeared as master of kung-fu on the fifth series of Killinaskully in October 2008.
In 2009 he had yet another TV show on RTÉ Two, Karl Spain wants to Rock.
In March 2010 Karl began a tour as supporting act to fellow Irish comedian, Ed Byrne. His style is self-deprecating, and his humour appeals to a broad age range. His material includes some audience feedback items with impromptu gags in response to his "victim", and also focuses on male "laddish" culture such as stag-night exploits. It is fresh and inventive, and will not shock or offend most mainstream comedy audiences.
Famous quotes containing the words karl and/or spain:
“Those people upstairs think that Karl Marx was somebody who wrote a good anti-trust law.”
—Warren Beatty (b. 1937)
“last time I saw you was the hospital
pale skull protruding under ashen skin
blue veined unconscious girl
in an oxygen tent
the war in Spain has ended long ago
Aunt Rose”
—Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)