40x50 Canvas of Peter Kay Northern Comedian. Peter Kay (born 2 July 1973 in Bolton, Lancashire, England) is a writer, producer, actor and comedian. His work includes That Peter Kay Thing (2000), Phoenix Nights (2001 - 2002), Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere (2004), as well as other independent productions. His act is notable for being alternative comedy that still manages to appeal to a working class audience. Peter Kay is notable for the cult following some of his sayings garner. Many of these strike a chord with people due to their down-to-earth nature, reflecting the manner in which people speak in the north of England. "Garlic...Bread?" (An impersonation of Kay's father who, on holiday in Spain, was bamboozled by garlic bread, wondering how the two ingredients could be combined) "Cheesecake?" (A sort of sequel to "Garlic bread") "It's spittin'!" (Dinner lady cry heralding a shower of rain before herding kids into school) "It's that fine rain that soaks you through", or "It's that fine rain that gets you wet" (Bungalow tour) "We're not playing games now" (Used in live shows after telling a sequence of one liners). "How dare you." (Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere) "Put t' big light on" (Mum Wants a Bungalow tour) "'Ave it!" (John Smith's Bitter advert) "I've not lost it" (After flicking the microphone in the air, and then catching it by the handle.) "Wanna brew?" (While miming a cup in his hand, continuously tipping it towards his mouth. A brew is a northern English word for a cup of tea.) "Booked it. Packed it. bleeb off!" (Talking about booking a holiday through Teletext) "Phone for ya" (While shaping his hand into a phone, putting his thumb by his ear and little finger by his mouth.) "Thatcher's Britain!" (Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere) In August of 2006 a poll of 4,000 people was commissioned by UKTV Gold for the best comic one-liner. In first place was a line from Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights - "Garlic bread, it's the future, I've tasted it Peter Kay is also well known for using and repeating stereotypical Lancastrian grammatical quirks for comedic effect. These include 'T'internet', 'Th'ambulance' and 'T'Egypt' (referring to a holiday in Egypt).