List of Custer's Last Stand-up characters

## Jamie Custer

Jamie Custer's ambition is to become the most famous stand-up comedian in the world. He wants to be like his comic heroes - Robin Williams, Lenny Henry and Ardal O'Hanlon. Jamie spends all of his spare time trying to perfect his comedy routines and he performs for anyone who's prepared to listen.

His younger sister, Susie, looks up to Jamie but his older sister, Roxie, is constantly annoyed by his comic antics. Jamie's best friend, Dallas O'Rourke, is determined to make his dream come true. He knows that Jamie will do just about anything to make it to the top!

## Billy Custer

Billy Custer is Jamie's Dad. He works in the Complaints Department of the local council. He is a failed drummer and a big fan of the Beatles. His big hero is the Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr because Ringo is the best drummer in the world and because he is the narrator of the "Thomas the Tank Engine" animations.

Billy is trapped in the 1960s and wants to return the Custer family home to its 1960s glory. His biggest challenge is to convert the inside loo to an outside loo. The family look on in horror as Billy slowly but surely attempts to give the Custer home a well-earned 1960s makeover.

## Mary Custer

Mary Custer is the long-suffering mother in the Custer household. She is bringing up the family on her own as her husband Billy opts out to live in his 1960s dream world. She holds down a full-time job at the local supermarket and keeps the peace at home during the never-ending battles between Roxie and Jamie.

Mary is not at all happy about Jamie's obsession with comedy. She would prefer him to spend all of his spare time studying so that he can get a proper job when he leaves school. Her ambitions for Jamie are a constant annoyance to her son. Jamie's determined to prove his mother wrong and become a success in his chosen profession - stand-up comedy.

## Roxie

Roxie is Jamie's older sister. She thinks Jamie is a family embarrassment and at one point asks him to leave their school! This just makes Jamie work all the harder at becoming a success. The two of them constantly row at home and Mum always has to act as the peacemaker. Jamie hates Roxie's boyfriends and is not slow at letting them know this. He can't see what they find attractive about his older sister? But what he hates most about Roxie is that she changes boyfriends as often as he changes his comic routines!

## Susie

Susie is Jamie's 10-year-old sister. She loves her older brother. Jamie tries out most of his new material on Susie. She is his best critic, although Jamie does not actually realise this. Susie lives in her own dream world with her best friend Mr. Paws - her favourite teddy bear.

Susie and her teddy bear follow Jamie's antics on his quest for stardom. While Jamie cannot convince his parents to help him with his career, Susie is bemused by their parents' inability to understand that Jamie is serious about his comic ambitions. Even though he has embarrassed her in public, Susie is proud of her older brother.

## Dallas

Dallas is Jamie Custer's best friend. Jamie convinces him that he should become his manager and that together they will reap the rewards of Jamie's comic success. Dallas buys into the dream - hook, line and sinker! He convinces Pete Maguire, the owner of Bray's only comedy club, to open a junior comedy circuit, so that Jamie can have somewhere to perform.

Dallas sees himself as a mover and shaker. In fact, he manages to take on new acts and this creates its own conflicts with Jamie. But through it all he stands by his main act and best friend - Jamie Custer.