   john henry michael "rove" mcmanusgabriella coslovich, 1 july 2006. "is rove too nice?". sunday morning herald, retrieved on 15 august 2009 (born 21 january 1974) is an triple award winning australian gold logie award winning television presenter, producer, comedian and media personality. he is the host of the comedy talk show rove la and was the also host of the self-titled variety show rove, while he is also the co-owner of the production company roving enterprises with partner craig campbell. ==early life== mcmanus was born in perth, western australia to john and coralie mcmanus. mcmanus attended orana catholic primary school before going through grades 8â12 at corpus christi college. he acquired the nickname "rove" as a child, from his sister."rove mcmanus", enough rope abc tv, 9 june 2003. retrieved 6 october 2013. ==performing career== ===live comedy=== mcmanus is a long established exponent of stand up comedy, touring nationally and also appearing internationally at major events such as the 2010 just for laughs festival in montreal and as the host of the 2013 international comedy gala. in 2005 and 2008 mcmanus undertook live stand-up comedy shows, touring australian capital cities as well as wellington and auckland in new zealand. during the tour he returned to melbourne each tuesday to film rove live. ===television=== mcmanus's first recorded television appearance was as a child, when he appeared in the abc television series, 'kaboodle' as 'marty', in an episode called 'marty makes a move'. in 1997 mcmanus began hosting the loft live, which was produced by rmit university
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