Richard Marsland
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Richard Marsland (a.k.a. Armitage Shanks[1]) is an Australian comedy writer, actor, comedian and radio personality.
He is best known for his work on television shows, for example The Glass House and Rove Live. He is now the "panel guy" and contributor on the Australian radio program Get This on Triple M.
[edit] On Air Nicknames
- A frequent source of jokes on the show is the never ending variations of nicknames given to him by the Get This hosts. They also often refer to his Wikipedia page and the constant battle between Wikipedia moderators and users expanding the list and vandalising the page.
- His 'self-assigned' nickname, used as a pseudo-stagename is "Armitage Shanks" (the name of a manufacturer of bathroom fixtures and plumbing supplies)
- His favourite nicknames are "Marslando Calrissian" and "Dikipedia"
- His least favourite is "Mars Bar"
[edit] References
- ↑ Get This on Triple M, accessed October 20, 2006.
