SURREALLY manic comedian Charlie Chuck returns to Keighley, tomorrow.

Charlie last appeared at the Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, in September last year.

He is back at the venue to make some mirth during a performance starting at 7.30pm.

Exchange boss JM Harris said: “Charlie is the type of guy you would walk away from booked put him on stage and you’ll not be able to stop laughing.”

The stand-up comic with wild curly hair achieved fame in the 1990s as Uncle Peter on TV comedy show The Smell Of Reeves & Mortimer.

Charlie, real name David Kear, started as a drummer with bands in the 1970s, including a stint with the Small Faces, and time with the Amazing Bavarian Stompers, who performed on children’s TV show Tiswas.

In the late 1980s he turned to comedy, in the persona of Charlie Chuck, and got his break on Jools Holland’s TV show The Happening.

He later appeared on the talent show Sky Star Search where he was spotted by DJ James Whale, who invited him to appear on several editions of his late-night TV and radio show.

According to Wikipedia, Charlie’s long-running stage act has often involved the destruction of a drum kit and was peppered by references to fantasy characters including One Eyed Dog, Cakey Pig and a Donkey.

The shouts of "Donkey!" and "Woof! Bark! Donkey!" from the stage act became his 'Uncle Peter' catchphrases on the Reeves & Mortimer TV shows.

Singer Paul McCartney for Charlie on TV and invited him to perform at one of his birthday parties.

Charlie Chuck has also appeared in TV ads for Cadbury’s Double, at Edinburgh Fringe as Scrooge, and at the Madness, Glasgow International comedy Festival with fellow northern cult legend Frank Sidebottom.

Visit exchangearts.co.uk or call 01535 661591 to book tickets for tomorrow’s show.

In 2001, he appeared as his Charlie Chuck character in a series of TV ads for Cadbury's Double Decker chocolate bars.[2] In 2002 he appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe in a comedy show Charlie Chuck is Scrooge,[3] very remotely based on the Charles Dickens character and, that same year, his company Charlie Chuck Productions also staged Scots comic Ian Watt's one-man Fringe show John Laurie, Frazer & I, which he directed as David Kear.[4] In 2004, he guest-starred in the Edinburgh Fringe show Nudge.[5] In 2006, he appeared as one of the acts in a 5-hour-long memorial tribute show[6] at London's Hackney Empire theatre in memory of his mentor the late Malcolm Hardee.

He also appeared at the 2008 Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival with fellow northern cult legend Frank Sidebottom.[citation needed] In 2011 he narrated the audiobook You Only Live Once Thank Goodness written by Chris Wade.[citation needed]