The comedian immigrated to Australia with his parents as a teenager and lived in Bassendean before moving to Melbourne.
The Irish funnyman Dave Callan actually grew up in Bassendean so his a ridge-didge basso boy, he came out from Ireland back when he was a teenager. 'I grew up in Perth. I went to Edith Cowan University. I tell Bassendean people that and they say, what couldn't you get into TAFE'?... Hey, you know what? Compared to the rest of the country Perth people are really good looking, like they're 20 per cent better looking than the rest of the country. Oh, apart from the people of Midland of course. the first time I went there I thought, 'What's happened here? Has there been a chemical spill?' Oh my God, it's like the Star Wars cantina!'
(a video of Dave at Melbourne Comedy Gala Festival 2003)
Another West A
ussie comedian and MC is a fella called John Robertson.... 'Everything you need to know about Perth you can see on the road. We move slowly, but we won't let you pass us and we're capable of having a traffic jam with only two cars and a red light'.Kieran Butler 'The rest of australia is living off the back of your mine
rals and natural resources. Come to think of it you should probably just secede from Australia, form your own independent country. One bonus is you could have Fremantle and the West Coast Eagles playing off in the Grand Final every year, but it would make the rest of the season pretty boring: 'Who are we playing this week?... Fremantle!'(Kieran at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2006)