Dave Broadfoot
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Dave Broadfoot is a Canadian comedian who was born on December 5, 1925 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In 1943, he joined the merchant navy serving until 1947. He gained experience for a professional career in theater by working community theatre, eventually gravitating towards comedy.
For ten years he was a writer and performer in the influential stage revue Spring Thaw. From 1973 to 1993 he was a member of the radio version of the Royal Canadian Air Farce. He retired from regular performing when the troupe moved to television, although he continued to appear on the show as an occasional guest star, including the TV series finale.
In addition to stand-up routines in the traditional format, Broadfoot creates routines based around a number of recurring characters including, most notably:
- Big Bobby Clobber, a professional hockey player who seemed to have taken a few too many hits or else was not very sharp to begin with.
- David J. Broadfoot, the Honourable Member of Parliament for Kicking Horse Pass, representing the New Apathetic Party. (Kicking Horse Pass is a mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies with a negligible population.)
- Sgt. Renfrew of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Broadfoot performed this character for the RCMP on a number of occasions, receiving a ‘promotion’ each time. As of 2004, he was an honorary Sergeant-Major.
Broadfoot also starred in the short-run sitcom XPM. Hw has received several ACTRA and Juno awards and is an Officer of the Order of Canada. He is the author of an autobiography, Old Enough to Say What I Want (ISBN 0-7710-1657-3). He retired in 2005.
Dave Broadfoot wrote a book called Sex & Security: A Frank and Fearless Political Testament. The book begins with, "There are no areas of political activity so misunderstood as Sex and Security, so let us put things into perspective". "Security can only come from within. Sex can only come from without. But that Sex and Security can cause scandals, can shake governments, is to my mind perverse in the extreme and very hard on the image of Parliament. When a politician pays $100 a night for a prostitute, he is not a security risk. He's a bad investor. "
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