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Robert Popper Biography

Birth Name:
Robert Darren Popper
Birth Place:
London, England
Profession
Writer

Fast Facts

  • Wrote the bestselling books The Timewaster Letters, Return of The Timewaster Letters and The Timewaster Diaries
  • Uses the pseudonym Robin Cooper
  • Career began in the television industry when working for The Comic Strip under Peter Richardson
  • Made his first appearance as a comedian on The Eleven O'clock Show as Simon Michael Simon
  • Created, wrote and produced Channel 4's Friday Night Dinner
  • Is responsible for a minor hoax regarding Gordon Brown in February 2010 known as "Tangerinegate
  • " Wrote on the fourteenth season of South Park with Matt Stone and Trey Parker
  • Specifically on the final four episodes of first half-season