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Jethro is the stage name
Stage name

A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musician, and professional wrestling....
 of British
United Kingdom

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 stand-up comedian
Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience, with the absence of the theatrical "fourth wall". A person who performs stand-up comedy is known as a stand-up comic, stand-up comedian or more informally stand up....
 Geoff Rowe, based at Lewdown in Devon. Rowe was born in 1948in St Buryan
St Buryan

St Buryan is a village and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the villages of St. Buryan, Lamorna, and Crows-an-wra and shares boundaries with the parishes of Sancreed and St Just in Penwith to the north, Sennen and St Levan to the west, with Paul, Cornwall to the east and by the sea in...
, a small village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in west Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
.

After leaving school, Jethro was apprenticed as a carpenter and then worked as a timber man in a tin mine. However, aged eighteen he joined the St. Just
St Just in Penwith

St Just is a town and civil parish in the district of Penwith, Cornwall in England, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the town of St Just and the nearby settlements of, Pendeen and Kelynack and is bounded by the parishes of Morvah to the north-east, Sancreed and Madron to the east, St Buryan and Sennen to the south and by the sea in...
 and District Operatic Society and, in addition to his bass
Bass (musical term)

Bass , when used as an adjective, is used to describe Pitch s of low frequency or range . Played in an musical ensemble/orchestra, such notes are frequently used to provide a counterpoint or counter-melody, in a harmony context either to outline or juxtapose the progression of the chord s, or with Percussion instrument to underline the rhyth...
 voice, locals found he had a talent to make an audience laugh.






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Jethro is the stage name
Stage name

A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musician, and professional wrestling....
 of British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 stand-up comedian
Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience, with the absence of the theatrical "fourth wall". A person who performs stand-up comedy is known as a stand-up comic, stand-up comedian or more informally stand up....
 Geoff Rowe, based at Lewdown in Devon. Rowe was born in 1948in St Buryan
St Buryan

St Buryan is a village and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the villages of St. Buryan, Lamorna, and Crows-an-wra and shares boundaries with the parishes of Sancreed and St Just in Penwith to the north, Sennen and St Levan to the west, with Paul, Cornwall to the east and by the sea in...
, a small village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in west Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
.

After leaving school, Jethro was apprenticed as a carpenter and then worked as a timber man in a tin mine. However, aged eighteen he joined the St. Just
St Just in Penwith

St Just is a town and civil parish in the district of Penwith, Cornwall in England, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the town of St Just and the nearby settlements of, Pendeen and Kelynack and is bounded by the parishes of Morvah to the north-east, Sancreed and Madron to the east, St Buryan and Sennen to the south and by the sea in...
 and District Operatic Society and, in addition to his bass
Bass (musical term)

Bass , when used as an adjective, is used to describe Pitch s of low frequency or range . Played in an musical ensemble/orchestra, such notes are frequently used to provide a counterpoint or counter-melody, in a harmony context either to outline or juxtapose the progression of the chord s, or with Percussion instrument to underline the rhyth...
 voice, locals found he had a talent to make an audience laugh. He began visiting the pubs of Cornwall to sing and joke and was quickly hailed as Cornwall's top comic
Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laughter. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy....
.

Television

Jethro made his TV debut on the Westward Television
Westward Television

Westward Television was the first ITV franchise holder for the South West England from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. After a difficult start, Westward provided a popular, distinctive and highly regarded service to its region, until public boardroom squabbles led to its franchise not being renewed by the Independent Broadcasting Author...
 program - 'Treasure Hunt' playing a pirate co-host.

In addition to his appearances on stage and video, Jethro has made a record nine appearances on TV shows hosted by Des O'Connor
Des O'Connor

Desmond Bernard O'Connor, Order of the British Empire is a England television personality and singer. A former talkshow host, he was the presenter of the long running Channel 4 gameshow Countdown until late-2008....
. His first appearance was on the Des O'Connor Tonight show in 1990, followed by a return for the Christmas Eve show later that year – the first time a comedian had been invited back during one series. He also appeared five times on Jim Davidson
Jim Davidson (comedian)

Jim Davidson Order of the British Empire is an England comedian, actor and television presenter. Despite controversies surrounding aspects of his act and personal life, he has been made an officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to entertainment, particularly of British Soldiers in conflict zones....
’s Generation Game
The Generation Game

The Generation Game was a United Kingdom game show produced by the BBC in which four teams of two compete to win prizes.The show was based on the Dutch TV show Een van de acht, "One of the Eight", the format devised in 1969 by Theo Uittenbogaard for VARA Television....
 show, twice giving a demonstration of how to make a Cornish pasty
Pasty

A pasty , less commonly known as tiddly oggy or tiddy oggy, and sometimes as pastie in the United States, is a filled pastry case, commonly associated with Cornwall, United Kingdom....
. Jethro was also involved in one of the show's longest sequences of out-take
Blooper

A blooper is a short sequence of a film or video production which is a deleted scene, contains a mistake made by a member of the cast or crew. These bloopers, or outtakes as they are also called, are often the subject of television shows or are occasionally revealed during the Closing credits sequence at the end of comedy films....
s, removed due to his and Davidson's uncontrolled fits of laughter but later shown separately. Davidson has said that he regards Jethro as his favourite storyteller, one of his great stories being Train don't stop Camborne
Camborne

Camborne was once one of the richest mining areas in the world and is located in north Kerrier, Cornwall in the United Kingdom, forming the western end of the greater Camborne, Pool, Cornwall and Redruth conurbation....
 Wednesdays.

He has hosted two shows of his own, The Jethro Junction, on HTV
HTV

HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales and West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England, owned and operated by ITV plc from studios in Cardiff and Bristol....
 and in December 2001 appeared in front of Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known as the Commonwealth realms: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Canada, Monarchy of Australia, Monarchy of New Zealand, Monarchy of Jamaica, Monarchy of Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Monarchy of the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sain...
 for the Royal Variety Show.

Other

Jethro lives in Lewdown on the border between Cornwall and Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
 and in March 1995 walked the 100 miles or so from Land's End
Land's End

Land's End is a Headlands and bays on the Penwith peninsula, located near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the most Extreme points of the United Kingdom tip of the southern mainland ....
 to Lewdown to raise money for the Bristol Cancer Open Scanner Appeal. He gave a show each night at a local venue and in total managed to raise £20,000.

His great loves are his horses which he shows all over the country and with whom he has won most major prizes, including Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena

Wembley Arena is an indoor arena in Wembley, London, UK. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium. It was built for the 1934 British Empire Games by Arthur Elvin, and originally housed a swimming pool, as reflected by its former name, the Empire Pool....
. He also runs his own venue, Jethro's Club, where he performs each year for charity. He was one of the directors of troubled channel Sound TV
Sound TV

Sound TV was a free-to-air television channel following the tradition of the variety show, which has not been popular in Britain since the 1980s....
. He also performed at Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major Historic counties of England clubs which make up the England domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset....
 at the benefit dinner of England batsman Marcus Trescothick
Marcus Trescothick

Marcus Edward Trescothick Order of the British Empire is an English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club, and represented England national cricket team in 76 Test cricket and 123 One Day Internationals before his official retirement on 22 March 2008....
.

Jethro played over 100 games for the Pirates Rugby Team, now better known as the Cornish Pirates
Cornish Pirates

The Cornish Pirates are a British professional rugby union team who play in National Division One of the England rugby union league, and are the premier Cornish rugby club....
. His rugby interest was nurtured at Cape Cornwall School (a then primitive rugby academy in the far west of Cornwall!) under the guidance of Derek Small who helped produce other famous Pirate characters such as Colin ‘Dumbo’ Dymond and Graham ‘Granite’ Waters. He played in St. Just’s first-ever match back in 1967 and then in 1970 had his first spell with the Pirates. Jethro played his 100th match for the Pirates in 1974-75.

Stand-Up Releases


Video Releases

  • 1993: A Portion Of Jethro - Slightly Naughty
  • 1994: From Behind The Bushes - Live!
  • 1995: Live! What Happened Was...
  • 1996: Not For The Vicar...
  • 1997: The Beast of Bodmin Moor
  • 1998: Go You Ahead Hmmn...!


Video & DVD Releases

  • 1999: Ready For Battle!
  • 2000: Says Bull'cks to Europe!
  • 2001: Rule Britannia!
  • 2002: Only For The Barmy!
  • 2003: Stark Raving Bonkers!
  • 2004: Off The Wall - Live


DVD Releases

  • 2005: Live In Cuckoo Land
  • 2006: Live From The Madhouse
  • 2007: Live At Jethro's - Back Of Beyond
  • Oct 2008: A Giant Portion of Jethro


Trivia

  • Jethro played Rugby
    Rugby football

    Rugby football may refer to a number of sports through history descended from a common form of football developed in different areas of England....
     for Penzance
    Penzance

    Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK.Granted various Royal Charters from 1512 onwards and Incorporation in 1614, it has a population of 20,255 and is currently Penwith's principal town....
     and Newlyn Senior First Team for 10 years 1967 to 1977 as prop forward. One of Jethro's teammates at the time was Brian 'Stack' Stevens
    Brian 'Stack' Stevens

    Claude Brian 'Stack' Stevens is a former Cornish rugby union player who played for Penzance and Newlyn RFC , Harlequins and represented England 25 times at international level between 1970 to 1975....
     who went on to become one of English Rugby’s most famous players.
  • Jethro has released an earlier video called Befor We Start, but this was only on sale at his shows. The title of this video is taken from JeThRo's trademark opening of his shows "Befor(e) we bloody start"
  • Jethro is a skilled marksman. He is a regular competitor in DTL competitions at A class standard. He has been mentioned numerous times in the CPSA's Pull! Magazine as one of Cornwalls most prominent shooters.


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