Robert Pearson (3)

ROBERT MICHAEL PEARSON was born in the UK in 1961. His parents decided to move to Australia for a better life for their two children Robert & his sister Julie in 1971. A short trip by ship stopping at ‘every BLOODY port’ between Southhampton UK and Sydney. As Robert remembers; ‘ When you’re 10 years old, there’s not a lot to do onboard’. Robert doesn’t speak much about his school years as it wasn’t his favorite subject but being the class clown was. Rather than get beaten up by bullies, he made em’ laugh instead, not knowing that years later it would be a major part of his life! So school was more of a learning ground for his craft. ‘Thank you bullies!’. He started entering Talent Quests after a bet with his dad. ‘My dad still owes me the ten dollars’, Robert said. In 1982, he was asked to join The Four Kinsmen. George Harvey, his long-time friend and other half of ‘Pearson & Harvey’, had joined a year earlier. Over the next 30 years, Robert would develop his own style of comedy. He and on-stage partner George became incredibly attuned to each other, knowing instinctively what the other was going to do before they did it, making them one of the finest double acts Australia has produced. (from web link below)