For many years 'Job's a good Un!' was the catch phrase of Television
Comedian Charlie Hale, his catch phrase now is 'God's a good un!'
Charlie is a comedy impressionist who is always in popular demand
to appear at the top hotels and corporate venues throughout the
UK.
Although
over the last five years most of his work has been on the sporting
and after dinner speakers circuit.
Charlie
has been a professional entertainer for many years and during that
time he has appeared on approximately thirty major television shows
and has broadcast on as many radio programmes.
As
a child, comedy was the last thing on Charlie’s mind, as all
he ever did was kick a football around the streets of his hometown
Warrington, while dreaming of playing professional football for
a big league club.
His
dreams materialised just after leaving school, as by the age of
sixteen he was on the books of Manchester City.
Charlie's
career was unfortunately short lived, due to a early knee injury
and Charlie's long-term problem with asthma.
His
playing day's were over at the age of twenty, and any hopes of making
the big time as a footballer were well and truly finished.
This
devastated Charlie leaving him feeling rejected and depressed something
that stayed with him for many years.
On
the outside Charlie has a vibrant personality and he will admit
that he once loved the limelight and being at the center of people's
attention. This he believes led him into becoming a natural comedian.
Charlie
made a commitment and accepted Jesus as his personal Saviour however
the reality of God and the step that he had taken was not quite
clear to him.
Part
of Charlie's act was swearing prior to delivering a punch line in
a joke (99% of modern comedy is based on this).
Many
times he had tried to clean up his act, but eventually gave in as
he felt quite isolated without the swearing as he was not getting
the deserved laughs.
At
the turn of the century there was also a turn in Charlie's life,
as one day he came under tremendous conviction to come clean with
God to repent fully and instead of trying to compromise he started
going God's way instead of his own way.
He
became God seeking instead of pleasure seeking, God centered instead
of self-centered.
In
Charlie’s own words he could never go back to the old life,
and what is more God is using him in a unique way.
Audiences
now congratulate him on his clean performance and he is able to
witness to them saying that it is through the love, the joy, and
the peace of having Jesus in his life that all things are possible.
