“I mean, the world has really changed but funny is funny, It’s as simple as that. “Times have changed terribly since we started this show and you know guys getting their wangs out for the amusement of others is quite bizarre it was strange back then but it’s even stranger now. We are pretty much doing what Elton John has just done in Australia.” and I are sending each other ideas of things at the moment that we’d like to do and including some of these new tricks that we’ve done in Vegas, so it’s a collection of greatest hits. “I was thinking, you know we should do some sort of anniversary tour where we do all of our best tricks. To celebrate the show’s homecoming, Morley is looking at incorporating both classic tricks and brand-new material. So it demystifies it and it’s just bloody hilarious. I mean normally when a woman looks at male genitalia it’s something very different. In Australia, men get into it, they actually learn something and a lot of women find it quite educational being able to look at flaccid male genitalia. “What I love about doing the show in Australia is we get a lot of men come to the show, in the UK they’re not very comfortable with their sexuality. Morley has also performed for some of the world’s biggest stars including Sir Elton John, supermodel Naomi Campbell, David and Victoria Beckham and Hugh Grant.ĭespite their international success, Morley is looking forward to returning back home to perform in Australia where it all began.įrom January to April, ‘Puppetry Of The Penis’ will be playing in several Australian cities including Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Canberra. Since then, 'Puppetry Of The Penis' has gone on to become a worldwide phenomenon having been performed in over 35 countries. The show was a rousing success and before they knew it the duo were embarking on an eight-month national tour of Australia. Morley, together with fellow puppeteer David 'Friendy' Friend, debuted ‘Puppetry Of The Penis’ at the 1998 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. I would either forever be that guy that did that stupid little dick show and be pretty much unemployable for the rest of my life or we could do this in a really clever way and we could cross all language barriers and this could be the sort of thing that could travel around the world.” “It was a big step for me to do this professionally, I knew this was going to go one of either two ways.
“I wasn’t really planning to be on stage, I was wanting someone else to be on stage and do the show for me but I couldn’t find anyone and everyone kept bailing out on me so I had to cross the line,” Morley says while on the phone in Wales. In the 1990s, Simon Morley had earned a reputation as one of Australia’s most prominent comedy promoters having worked with the likes of Mick Molloy and Glenn Robbins.īut in 1998 Morley was ready to put his hard-earned reputation on the line to star in a brand-new live comedy show – ‘Puppetry Of The Penis’.
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