Howard Read
Howard Oliver Drinkwater Read is a British writer, comedian, and animator best known for his work with his animated sidekick, Little Howard. His other creations include an angry manager with a conversational style and the worldview of Bernard Manning, Roger T Pigeon, and H:BOT 2000, a robot from the future. Each of these characters interacts with both Big Howard and each other. Howard Read is also known for his on-stage human Guess Who? act: the audience guesses who he has drawn on a large pad of paper, sitting down as their questions exclude those of a  certain appearance until only one person is left standing. In 1993, Howard Read invented NikNakNoodles - an amalgamation of Golden Wonder's Pot Noodle and Golden Wonder's other oddly-flavored product, Nik Naks. Unfortunately, the product was never mass-produced. Read is a regular contributor to Robin Ince's Book Club. Read also went on to work as a writer for the Disney XD series "Counterfeit Cat" and is also a writer for the new "Danger Mouse" series on CBBC. Little Howard. Little Howard is a sketched cartoon child aged 6 who is a "standing-up comedian". He appears on  a laptop or projection screen except on his own TV show, interacting either with Big Howard, the audience, or with other animated characters (including the pigeon Roger, his manager, and H:BOT 2000 (named as MOTHER on Little Howard's Big Question), a computer). He is adept at interrupting Big Howard, dealing with hecklers and doing tarot readings with a pack of Top Trumps. His favorite food is fish and chips and he is currently learning the ukulele. Edinburgh Festival Fringe. "The Big Howard and Little Howard Show" was nominated for a Perrier Award at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe . In 2005, Read staged his own "Comeback Special" where he performed his first solo Festival show.