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  Mark Trevorrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mark Trevorrow is an Australian comedian, television host and media personality.
Openly gay, Trevorrow has developed the flamboyant alter ego "Bob Downe" - a cheesy, safari suit-wearing lounge singer - and the distinction between the two personae is often blurred, with Trevorrow and Downe both making appearances at events and hosting television programs.
Trevorrow has appeared on the Australian series of Good News Week, often joining with host Paul McDermott in a sing-along of an Australian song at the end of the episode.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mark_Trevorrow   (214 words)

  
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Trevorrow was the third boy in a family of four raised by conservative Methodist school-teacher Alan and his wife, Dorothy.
Trevorrow is handsomer than Downe, with close-cropped dark hair just beginning to silver, now he's 43, and the long, fine hands of a piano player.
Trevorrow first met comedian Gina Riley at a party at comedian and now radio star Wendy Harmer's place when they were both in their teens, and they work together still.
www.theage.com.au /cgi-bin/common/printArticle.pl?path=/articles/2002/04/08/1017206301856.html   (2369 words)

  
 Tangawarra Home > Bob Downe Home
Mark Trevorrow was born on the 4th of February 1959.
The character Bob Downe is famous for wearing funky clothing from the 70s, claiming to drive his mother's apple green Austin Kimberly with brown upholstery, and he is said to live in Murwilliumbah with his mother.
Mark Trevorrow has hosted several Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras broadcasts.
www.geocities.com /tangawarra/bob.html   (407 words)

  
 Mark Trevorrow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mark is a regular guest on GNW Night Lite and the audience loves him because they always know that when Mark is on the show, they are going to get a brilliant song during the show.
Mark is not just a comedian but also a respected singer, if you go to one of his shows when he is Bob Downe, you will see a number of songs performed.
McDermott and Trevorrow are long time buddies since the Doug Anthony All Star days when Mark used to be a guest on DAAS Kapital.
www.angelfire.com /co2/aussiecomedians/MarkTrevorrow.html   (232 words)

  
 Mark Trevorrow
Mark Trevorrow has spent 20 years of his life routinely being called "Bob," but he doesn't think that's strange at all.
That's because Mark is the creator of iconic Australian character Bob Downe, a man who is the personification of all that was great about regional daytime TV in the 70s.
Mark originally started his career as a copyboy with the Sun News-Pictorial, before he co-founded the cabaret comedy group, "The Globes." In 1984, he formed a comedy duo with Cathy Armstrong, in which Bob Downe was born.
www.abc.net.au /queensland/conversations/stories/s1556646.htm?queensland   (376 words)

  
 Print Article: Mark Trevorrow, The Studio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
You see, Downe's creator, Mark Trevorrow, has come out, so to speak, leaving his alter ego supposedly "having a long rest in the country" before he explodes back onto the boards for next year's 20th anniversary tour.
After all this time, however, Downe is inevitably part of the real Trevorrow, and he was periodically spotted in the glint of a smile or an eye.
Trevorrow was in the Studio to sing, but really he is a member of that endangered species, The Entertainer.
www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/07/02/1056825449368.html   (350 words)

  
 The Advertiser: Mark Trevorrow [01mar04]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Trevorrow, who describes himself as a "show queen" recognisable by fixations on legendary songwriters such as Stephen Sondheim and Noel Coward, performs an homage to the musical greats of the 20th Century, largely arranged by himself and pianist and musical director John Thorn.
Trevorrow is a gifted entertainer and this shines through in numbers such as All That Jazz from Chicago and The Joker, now famous for its place in the opening titles of Kath and Kim.
Trevorrow's between-track banter is witty and his anecdotes occasionally fascinating, but his voice is not enough to bring me back again.
www.theadvertiser.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5936,8834119^31848,00.html   (242 words)

  
 Mark Trevorrow aka BOB DOWNE - What The Papers Say
Mark Trevorrow chats with Paula Stafford, inventor of a pre-bikini before WW2, who has contributed to the formative image of the Gold Coast as a place of sun, surf, sand and fun, and Al "The Suntan Man" Baldwin, a Gold Coast institution who shows how golden a tan can be.
Mark Trevorrow has mastered the art of torrential gush with teeth, but a non-committal Thumb is a sign that things have improved.
Trevorrow is a snappy interviewer and is perfectly cast, bringing his own experiences (and gayness) to the show without being overbearing or egotistical.
www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~ambermb/articles2004.htm   (17204 words)

  
 Penguin Books Australia - What's New
Mark Trevorrow was born in Melbourne in 1959, attended Murrumbeena State and High Schools (1964-76), then joined the Sun News-Pictorial as a copyboy in 1977.
In 1984 Mark joined Vogue Australia in Sydney as staff writer, and partnered Cathy Armstrong in a comedy duo in which Bob Downe was born.
Mark Trevorrow continues to commute between London and Sydney, and has also appeared at Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival and the Auckland Comedy Festival.
www.penguin.com.au /authors/author-author-profile.cfm?AuthorId=0000001817   (222 words)

  
 Mark Trevorrow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mark called upon old friend and collaborator, musical director John Thorn, to co-arrange and lead a superb jazz trio.
Mark's performing career has been built around interpretations of popular song - first with The Globos, his '60s revival cabaret group (1980-86), and then Bob Downe (born 1984, still going strong).
The songs on IT'S ABOUT TIME - Mark performs the entire album in concert - are merely a continuation of the journey, this time with the irony, pastiche and histrionics ironed out.
www.bobdowne.com.au /mark.htm   (346 words)

  
 Bob Downe, a.k.a. Mark Trevorrow!
Australian humourist and cabaret star Mark Trevorrow and his comic alter-ego Bob Downe (a loudly-attired caravan-dwelling entertainer from Murwillumbah) have achieved cult acclaim in both their homeland and the U.K., often appearing alongside Julian Clary and Lily Savage.
Trevorrow was born with the Sun, Mercury and Chiron all grouped together within a closeknit stellium in Aquarius.
With Trevorrow having been born in the Chinese Year of the Earth Dog, no surprise that his alter-ego Bob loves to gallivant about in earthy-toned hush puppies.
astroqueer.tripod.com /charts/marktrevorrow.html   (1020 words)

  
 Mark Trevorrow :: ABC South Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bob Downe was born outside a café in Sydney’s Glebe in the mid-eighties and has been Mark Trevorrow’s alter ego for the past 20 years.
The year that Mark edited the school paper at his high school in Melbourne suburb of Murrumbeena, he pushed through thirty editions for the year and changed the format somewhat.
Mark explained to Late Afternoons presenter Joseph Thomsen that seeing the response of seven to eight hundred students helped him understand how powerful a role the media can play in society.
abc.net.au /cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?.../sa/stories/s1248697.htm   (446 words)

  
 Queer Radio Review: Mark Trevorrow - "It's About Time" CD
Representative of the cabaret shows Mark has been staging for the last year or more, the CD also reflects his enthusiastic penchant for Frank Sinatra, the performer.
Mark has also chosen a very gay-friendly song-list for his first true “Mark Trevorrow” album (e.g.
Yul Brynner famously mimed it, in drag, in a homophobia-challenging scene from the 1969 Peter Sellers film "The Magic Christian", but Mark Trevorrow's version is passionate, sly and decidedly male to male.
www.queerradio.org /ReviewMarkTrevorrow.html   (242 words)

  
 POST IMPRESSIONS ONLINE: On Stage
Mark Trevorrow is an ex-journalist who has reinvented himself as slick '70s, variety show star, Bob Downe.
While Mark was biding his time he formed a comedy partnership with Cathy Armstrong and, in a sketch parodying the cult American television show Entertainment Tonight, Bob Downe was born.
Mark grew up in Melbourne in the heyday of Graham Kennedy, Bert Newton, Don Lane, Bruce Mansfield, Denise Drysdale, Ernie Sigley, Barry Crocker - an endlessly talented group whose job it was to chat, entertain, do sketches, songs, dance and generally have a good time in front of live audiences.
www.postnewspapers.com.au /20000715/impressions/on_stage.shtml   (563 words)

  
 The Advertiser: You can't keep a good man Downe [24feb04]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mark Trevorrow has ditched the garish costumes, big teeth and bad hair to perform songs from his first album recorded as, well, Mark Trevorrow.
Trevorrow will present five shows with the John Thorn jazz trio at the Regal in Rundle Park at 8pm from today.
Trevorrow said the compilation of jazz, pop and show tunes gave him a chance to explore "emotions I can't go to in a comedy show".
www.theadvertiser.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5936,8774557^30782,00.html   (374 words)

  
 Vivienne Clore represents Mark Trevorrow
Bob Downe, one of Australia’s most enduring and favourite comedy characters, is the creation of comedian and writer Mark Trevorrow.
Mark is currently busy promoting his new CD in Australia - his first recorded as Mark Trevorrow.
He is bringing himself over to Edinburgh this Summer to perform as Mark for the first time.
www.vivienneclore.com /articles/Mark_914826_51.html   (87 words)

  
 Prestigious Award Recognizes Research by Fisheries Scientists into Climate and Fish Abundance
Mark Trevorrow received the A. Wood medal for his work in oceanographic and fisheries acoustics in the Ocean Science and Productivity Division.
Trevorrow’s research relates to climate change and associated ocean conditions, as well as new techniques for detecting and counting fish.
Trevorrow’s approach uses sonars looking horizontally, both from vessels and on shore, to cover a much larger swath of water.
www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca /pages/release/p-releas/1999/nr9963_e.htm   (362 words)

  
 Mark Trevorrow - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Mark Trevorrow - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Mark Trevorrow is an Australian comedian, television host and media personality.Openly gay, Trevorrow has developed the flamboyant alter ego "Bob Downe" - a cheesy, safari suit-wearing lounge singer - and the distinction between the two personae is often blurred, with Trevorrow and Downe both making appearances at events and hosting television programs.
Mark Trevorrow, Australian media personalities and Australian comedians.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Mark_Trevorrow   (186 words)

  
 Comic Attitude: Mark Trevorrow aka Bob Downe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Apart from his stage shows, which are a must on your to-do list, Mark and his alter ego Bob Downe also give the land of televison a good going over.
Mark has been performing his solo shows at many comedy festival's over the years.
Before Mark ventured into the performance ranks he had the ambition and drive to become a journalist.
www.users.bigpond.com /belindapayne/mark.html   (307 words)

  
 Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mark Trevorrow is a Research Scientist within David Farmer's Acoustical Oceanography group, with expertise in the areas of:
Trevorrow, M., 1998: Observations of internal solitary waves near the Oregon coast with an inverted echo sounder, J.
Trevorrow, M., and Y. Tanaka, 1997: Acoustic and in-situ measurements of freshwater amphipods (Jesogammarus annandalei) in Lake Biwa, Japan, Limnol.
pulson.seos.uvic.ca /people/mark   (637 words)

  
 The Way We Were - Reviews - www.theage.com.au
Mark Trevorrow and Belinda Green on The Way We Were.
It is testament to the charisma and star power of Mark Trevorrow that he plays host to this quotidian melange and still manages to come up smelling of roses.
The dread beast of nostalgia television, The Way We Were is a hit-and-miss affair, desperately needing the camp warmth of Trevorrow (otherwise known as his alter-ego, Bob Downe) to keep the mix of archival footage, personal observation, guests and the occasional song humming along.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/08/04/1091557903562.html   (163 words)

  
 MOSH!! - Mark Trevorrow - OPERA HOUSE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mark Trevorrow, creator of Bob Downe, finally responds to a question put to him repeatedly over the years - "When are you going to sing as yourself?" - with his debut song set of pop, standards, jazz and show tunes.
Mark will throw in the chat for free, and even though he's always been happy to chat amongst himself he will let the occasional special guest pop up for a yak and a warble.
I was dying to go to a MArk show not a Bob show.
mosh.server101.com /vb/printthread.php?t=1253   (467 words)

  
 Mark Trevorrow Pics - Mark Trevorrow News - Mark Trevorrow Information
Mark developed the character 'Bob Downe' in the mid-1980's (Edit)
Mark is openly gay and 'came out' when he was 19 years old (Edit)
Mark's alter-ego, 'Bob Downe' is known as the 'Prince of Polyester' (Edit)
www.tv.com /mark-trevorrow/person/54612/summary.html   (97 words)

  
 MOSH!! - Mark Trevorrow Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
But it is so intrinsic to who Trevorrow is. His alter ego, Bob Downe, burst out of his closet and hosted the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on television, where he famously pashed Sir Ian McKellan.
The next year, he was off to the Edinburgh festival and by 1990 he had moved to London to make it on British television.
Although Bob Downe hosted three UK TV specials and met the Queen at a Royal Variety Show, it wasn't enough for Trevorrow and he returned after eight years.
mosh.server101.com /vb/showthread.php?t=3051   (1072 words)

  
 The Doorway - Perceptions - Bob Downe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mark Trevorrow is better known as his alter-ego "Bob Downe", an Aussie gay icon.
Bob Downe is such an endearing creation, a profoundly optimistic goon, as proud of his sexuality as he is of his fictional Queensland mother, Ida.
One of the things that astonishes Mark is that there’s this genuine rumour around Australia — young people come up to him all the time and ask if he's really gay or not.
the.doorway.tripod.com /perceptions/nonhet/bobdowne.htm   (167 words)

  
 www.JohnWaters.info Official Fan Site. Career By Decade - 2000s. The Way We Were.
She has also seen Mark Trevorrow's worst excesses.
John Waters talks rebellion and long hair at school, the flight to Australia, being a jackeroo and being given a part in the very radical new musical Hair, where he began his acting career - not that he knew it then.
Deborah Conway, always an individual, talks hair and closes the show with a performance of Hair from the musical, with original cast member John Waters and host Mark Trevorrow.
www.theaussiejohnwaters.homestead.com /waywewere.html   (242 words)

  
 Celebrity Speakers - The Christine Maher Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Born in Melbourne in 1959, Mark Downe was co-founder of the cabaret comedy group The Globos, who released two Australian Top 20 hit singles Tintarella di Luna (1982) and The Beat Goes On (1983).
In 1988 Mark took Bob Downe to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe where he was an instant success.
The same year Mark debuted a new cabaret show, singing as himself for the first time with a jazz trio at the Black Cat Cabaret in Melbourne.
www.celebrityspeakers.com.au /speaker_bio.asp?Speaker_Index_Text=373   (429 words)

  
 Overnights :: I thought I would remember :: Backyard
Mark spoke with Luke Collins, an Australian journalist living in New York and author of 'Away Game'.
Mark Trevorrow spoke with Margaret Boston, who has spent many years tracing her family tree, both in the UK and Australia.
Mark spoke with Carol Sinclair — author of IBS Low Starch Diet.
www2b.abc.net.au /guestbookcentral/list.asp?guestbookID=186   (985 words)

  
 Bob Downe
Mark Trevorrow has an incredible range and he sings it better than Sinatra.
The Olympics, the Mardi Gras and Y2K all get a go this time round.Of course the songs are brilliant as always.
From the opening number of "Kung Fu Fighting" to the showstopper "Greatest Love of All", Mark Trevorrow shows of his incredible range,its just a shame that as Bob he has to constantly mangle the good bits.
www.angelfire.com /ego2/comedy/downe.html   (357 words)

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