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David William "Hughesy" Hughes (born 26 November 1970) is an Australian stand-up comedian, radio and television presenter.

Early life

Born and raised in the regional town of Warrnambool, Victoria, Hughes has said that he drank heavily as a teenager and young adult, often "getting locked up, you know, not for being violent but I just used to fall asleep on the road and stuff, you know." (External Link

)He has since become a teetotaler.
He moved to Perth, Western Australia in the early 1990s, where he got his start in stand-up comedy, while working casually as a labourer. During this time he developed his style of ad-lib performance, often making jokes about downbeat, self-deprecating, embarrassing or socially awkward subjects, such as life on the dole and losing his virginity at a brothel. This approach proved to be reasonably successful with Perth's relatively small comedy audiences, and Hughes moved to Australia's "comedy capital" of Melbourne, in the mid-1990s, where his career took off.

Comedian

Hughes co-hosted the ABC comedy talk show The Glass House along with Wil Anderson and Corinne Grant. It was axed in 2006 amid political controversy.(External Link

) He is recognisable for his larrikin personality, drawling Australian accent and deadpan comedic delivery. His catch cry gig-starter is variations on "Seriously" or "You know what, guys? I'm not happy tonight... " or "I'm angry tonight..." or occasionally, the surprising "I'm happy tonight...".
He took this angry persona onto Australian television show Rove in 2007, with a weekly "Hughesy Loses It" segment. In 2008, this has evolved to a weekly agony aunt segment, "Help Me Hughesy".(External Link

) Since 2001, Hughes has co-hosted the breakfast shift from 6am to 9am on Melbourne's Nova 100 breakfast program on weekdays, "Hughesy & Kate", with Kate Langbroek.
He is a regular performer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and his performances are often sold out.
In the past, he's worked on national radio station Triple M, and had guest spots on television programs The Fat, Rove Live, The Panel, Thank God You're Here and others. Some of his performances have been recorded for CD, such as Dave Hughes Whatever and DVD "Dave Hughes Live".(External Link

) In the AFL season he's a part of the Network Ten Saturday night show Before The Game alongside Peter Helliar.
   Hughes has also appeared in a series of television commercials for Australian car manufacturer Holden.
   He is represented by Token Artists.
   During the 2007 Logie Awards, which he co-hosted with Adam Hills and Fifi Box, Hughes referred to radio shock-jock Kyle Sandilands as a "massive dickhead" to applause and laughter from the audience. Later that year, Sandilands - being interviewed on Enough Rope with Andrew Denton - said he "hates Dave Hughes" and that "If I saw him I'd punch him in the throat". (External Link

) Hughes retorted by releasing an official apology, which said in part that Hughes was "sincerely and deeply sorry that Kyle Sandilands is a massive dickhead" and "Massive dickheads have the same rights as normal people". (External Link

)

Personal life

Hughes is a supporter of the Carlton Football Club (External Link

). He has stated in an interview in the Weekend Australian Magazine, that three things make him happy, "The audience laughing at my jokes, Carlton winning the footy and my wife, Holly, smiling."
Hughes married Holly Ife, a reporter for Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper, on December 31 2006 at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne. They have a cat Teddy and a dog Barkly, adopted from Save-A-Dog in Glen Iris(External Link

).
He also owns the nightclub Fix, Docklands in Melbourne with Chris Tarrant and Nick Daffy.
In recent years, he's been a vocal opponent of development of the Triangle Site in St Kilda (External Link

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