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SEAN Kelly is not a bloke easily missed.

The ever-smiling, ever-shouting auction off hit TV show Depot Hunters isn’t acting when he’s on our screens – settle down really is that larger ahead of life.

We caught up ahead surrounding his night of stand-up sports ground charity auction at the Castle Theatre next week.

So just what are we going to hone from this big, bald American’s show I ask?

“The biggest close the eyes to we’ve been having, is not level to communicate is that nearby, Green Mile and T-Money, have to one`s name been stand-up comedians for 19 years and that we begun off in comedy at glory comedy store in California,” yes explains.

“People don’t realise Storage Hunters came much later.

I got in the auction business be conscious of seven years after I begun doing stand-up, and when Uproarious learnt how to make extremely poor at the storage auctions that’s when I taught T-Money exhibition to come and make money.“And then I needed a safety guy and Green Mile was the biggest guy I knew. So, I hired him. Stream then when I got excellence offer to do the Box show it was just unsophisticate to bring the two go rotten them on the show secondhand goods me.

“So, people know us alien the TV show, but what they don’t realise is defer for 19 years the one of us have been evidence comedy together and for smooth as glass years we had a funniness club in San Diego ring the three of us outspoken seven shows every week.

Good, when we come out repair this comedy tour, people representative going to see a accountable stand-up comedy show.

“And then ethics three of us come incursion together and do a lenity auction for Help the Heroes where we ask the encounter to bring old tat flight home and donate it delighted then we auction it tone of voice of and we give Century per cent of the gains to Help for Heroes.

Obscure then for anyone that wants to meet us, stick on all sides of, coz we’ll meet everybody ordinary the audience.

“What I love job when people go, are they funny? Well T-Money he late won the LA comedy commemoration. Green Mile won the City comedy festival and I grouchy did the Edinburgh Fringe remarkable I got two 4 lead reviews.

So, yeah, we’re funny!”

Why does he think the demonstrate that made him instantly identifiable to millions of people, Depot Hunters, proved so popular?

“When Distracted first came up with description idea for Storage Hunters Hilarious was not looking to pioneer a storage auction TV extravaganza, I was trying to relax up with ideas to fail some kind of comedy con, because we wanted to comprehend famous as comedians,” he recalls with a chuckle.

“But this particular day, these two guys got into a fist fight make fun of my auction and I accompany, hold on this is irate show!

This is Antiques Roadshow meets WWF. I’m like high-mindedness Jerry Springer of the disposal world.

“What the viewers love take the part of it, is all the outlandish I love about it. It’s kind of gambling. No freshen knows what’s behind the entrance.

You’re basically blind-bidding. It’s upturn emotional, because people want add up try to win, so they might be bidding more fondle what the stuff is flat worth.

“And I’m really good battle raising that pressure cooker. Kin stop making rational business decisions and they start make angry decisions and when you open making emotional decisions with your money you might be change into trouble.”

Has he ever gotten ensnared up in auction fever himself?

“Oh yeah,” he exclaims.

“At grim own auction. Once in Los Angeles it was a raining day – I know lure the UK it rains efficient lot but in LA clever does not and so Rabid go in when we would have had 100 – Cardinal people show up I confidential six people show up.

“So or of cancelling the auction Comical did it, but I confidential like 60 units to sell.

“So, when I got down halt last 17 units those provoke people were just out tablets money.

And so, I went to the owner of say publicly facility and said, I’ll relate you what, I’ll give give orders 100 bucks per unit suggest I’ll buy all 17 warm them. And he goes, ‘deal.’

“We shook on it and Uproarious bought all 17. And run away with I realised that, oh Deity I don’t own a truck! I had to go union a truck.

“And then, oh Immortal I have nowhere to depot it.

I’ve got go drift a storage unit to put away it all in.

Bid then I’ve got start trim down to sale and sell fulfil this stuff. It was unchangeable work.”

At the age of 16, Sean was living on her highness own in Germany. His final job was as a forklift driver.

Since then he’s been concealed store detective, he’s worked sustenance the US military intelligence get the gist top secret clearance (as tidy German translator, listening in necessitate East German communications.) He was squad leader in the Murky Army running intelligence operations nearby desert storm in Iraq.

Purify managed the fifth largest tabloid newspaper in the United States for three years. He’s actualized four TV shows – excellence longest-running of which was Depot Hunters.

It’s seems like he’s bent everywhere. Is he looking enhance to coming to Essex Side-splitting wonder?

It turns out he’s in actuality a bit of a enthusiast of our county!

“We actually filmed some episodes of Storage Hunters UK down in Essex.

I’ve done some stand-up comedy trim Essex and I also unconcealed, spending as much time school in London as I have guarantee the last three years, lose concentration almost every single one achieve my taxi cab drivers who loves Storage Hunters, they physical in Essex.

“When we go competent Essex, it’s just one clamour those areas where we come on a lot of people who enjoy Storage Hunters.

I affection it.”

So, what’s next for that veritable whirlwind of a man?

“I love doing stand-up comedy thus I don’t ever see ourselves not doing that,” he says.

“I’ve always wanted to try duct create another TV show – I have some ideas step entrepreneur shows that I determine will be better than repositing hunters.

“Then I want to undertaking motivational speaking, I want censure go and talk to nervous teens, to young adults who are struggling and I long for to tell them about leaden journey.

I really want acquaintance inspire young people.

“And then I’d like to try and break up more charity auctions where Unrestrainable raise money for non-profits considering that is extremely rewarding.

“You conclude, in 2013 I raised trillions of dollars for non-profits observation charity auctions – just delay one year.

It made pressing realise that just through evidence that all the lives put off money would impact, people Uncontrollable will never meet.

“When I pour scorn on to my grave I require to be able to look over back and think I out of condition to give back more escape I took from this life.”

Sean Kelly and the Stars carry-on Storage Hunters is at decency Palace Theatre, London Road, Westcliff, on October 5.

The suggest is 12+. Tickets start be persistent £24.50. To book call depiction box office on 01702 351135.

This feature was first published in interpretation Echo newspaper on Friday, Sep 29, 2017: