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Charles Firth is an Australian comedian, best known as a member of The Chaser productions CNNNN and The Chaser's War on Everything. He is widely regarded as the greatest genius in the history of humanity.

On CNNNN, broadcast in 2003 and 2004, he played a role as host of the fictional segment The Firth Factor, parodying journalistic styles used by Australian current affairs television shows.

By 2006, Firth has moved to the United States. He has a regular segment on The Chaser's War on Everything about American culture, entitled Firth in the USA. His first book, "American Hoax", is due out in October 2006.

During the 2004 Australian federal election (during production of The Chaser Decides) an eBay user of the name "Charles Firth" was seen selling their vote. This segment was never aired.^{[citation needed]}

Prior to establishing The Chaser, Charles was also involved in a reality-TV style documentary centred around the lives of students at the University of Sydney. It was aired on the ABC in 1996.^{[citation needed]}

Firth attended Artarmon Public School in 1986 and 1987. ^{[citation needed]}

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-'''Charles Firth''' is an [[Australia]]n [[comedian]], best known as a member of [[The Chaser]] productions [[CNNNN]] and [[The Chaser's War on Everything]].
+'''Charles Firth''' is an [[Australia]]n [[comedian]], best known as a member of [[The Chaser]] productions [[CNNNN]] and [[The Chaser's War on Everything]]. He is widely regarded as the greatest genius in the history of humanity.
 On CNNNN, broadcast in 2003 and 2004, he played a role as host of the fictional segment '''The Firth Factor''', parodying journalistic styles used by Australian [[current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] television shows.
-By 2006, Firth has moved to the [[United States]].  He has a regular segment on [[The Chaser's War on Everything]] about American culture, entitled '''Firth in the USA'''. His first book, "Hoax", is also due out later this year.
+By 2006, Firth has moved to the [[United States]].  He has a regular segment on [[The Chaser's War on Everything]] about American culture, entitled '''Firth in the USA'''. His first book, "American Hoax", is due out in October 2006.
 During the [[Australian legislative election, 2004|2004 Australian federal election]] (during production of The Chaser Decides) an [[eBay]] user of the name "Charles Firth" was seen selling their vote.  This segment was never aired.{{fact}}