Comedy and Bio

Scott Angrave is a college graduate, a former accountant, and a "not-so-perfect" English gentleman. Since 1987 he has spent approximately seven months out of every year touring the United States making fun of the people that inhabit his "home away from home". "There are so many things you take for granted in America. Everyday things you do and say – just normal to you, but strange to someone from another country. It's my job to point out the funny side of being in America – looking at things from the outside in." Nothing is spared in search of ridicule.

Angrave pokes fun at American food, American holidays (particularly the 4th of July), the American language, as well as his homeland and the differences between the two countries. "Without a doubt, I get more requests to do the "word-play" bits than any other. There are literally hundreds of words in the English language that mean different things to me than they do to you." Over the past twenty-five years, Angrave has appeared regularly in Las Vegas and Atlantic City and headlined comedy clubs on both sides of the Atlantic as well as Canada and the Caribbean. He has performed at military bases across the US on the "Comics on Duty" tour and been part of the USO Celebrity Worldwide Tour.

He has been seen dozens of times on national TV in the US and Canada and was a regular on the John Boy & Billy syndicated radio show. In recent years, he has cut back on touring, preferring to work mainly private events and stay home to raise his children. Even so, he still pops up as a bogus "expert" at corporate events around the country, having played for such companies as British Airways, Alamo Rent-a-Car and Hardees. In short, he has entertained just about everyone from the age of seventeen upwards – from college students to corporate executives to senior citizens. When asked if he would ever return to England full-time he replies, "Not unless they get a big umbrella over the whole country."

Angrave's view on driving on the other side of the road:
"When I first came over here, I would be driving on the right hand side of the road but, just out of instinct, I'd reach down with my LEFT hand for the gear stick, grab hold of the door handle, and fall out of the car!"

The American prison system:
"Some states are removing the television sets from the prisons. I think we should give them a television set, but only one television channel. And that channel should be… The Preview Guide - just let them know what they're missing!"

The immigration system:
All immigrants into this country have to fill out a psychological questionnaire. Question 92 actually reads, "Are you mentally insane?" I'm looking at that thinking, "Even if I am… How would I know?" So I wrote, "No… Yes he is!" They don't like comedians at the immigration office.