Comedy on DVD: laughing all the way to the bank

Who is Australia’s most successful comedian? If you’re going on DVD sales, it’s quite possibly Carl Barron, whose first DVD has now gone platinum 15 times, his second 11 times, and his third DVD nine
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Who is Australia’s most successful comedian? If you’re going on DVD sales, it’s quite possibly Carl Barron, whose first DVD has now gone platinum 15 times, his second 11 times, and his third DVD nine times (as per the ARIA definition of platinum being a DVD that has sold 15,000 units).

Barron himself is unsure of the exact figure.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts