My real name is Bob Davis, but for some reason, I got the name Jasper while playing football at the local rec when I was nine years old, and it just stuck. Years later, when someone asked 'Jasper who?' I just said 'Carrott' - but I have no idea why I came out with that particular word.
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My heart was always in my mouth when I started on a new routine.
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I started to develop my comedy skills when I became resident singer at the Boggery Folk Club in Solihull. My career blossomed from there, and I became a big draw on the folk-club circuit.
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I was never the class clown, and I've no idea where the comedy came from.
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When I hit the scene, there was Billy Connolly and Max Boyce. It was all mother-in-law and Irish jokes, and we broke the mould. Now there are thousands of comedians out there, and I don't think I can be above it all.
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After leaving school, I got a job in a department store not dissimilar to Grace Bros in 'Are You Being Served?'
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I have realised that my time has come and gone. I'm not bitter, just a realist.
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I used to be a columnist for 'Golf Monthly' and have contributed articles for national newspapers based on the humour that is in abundance in the game, which is more than can be said of tennis.
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I have that working class fear of having nothing. I've always got one eye on what's in the bank.