Editing Arj Barker (section)

==Career==
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Barker started his career in comedy after graduating from high school in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://legarage.melbourne/have-the-last-laugh-melbourne-international-comedy-festival/|title=Have the last laugh at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival - Le Garage|website=legarage.melbourne|access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marinij.com/article/zz/20090807/NEWS/908079971|title=LYAO with Arj Barker|website=marinij.com|date=10 March 2006 |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref> His first gigs were at a café called Caffe Nuvo in downtown [[San Anselmo, California|San Anselmo]] where he hosted stand-up night every Sunday throughout the early 1990s.<ref name="Comedian Arj Barker Reflects on Marin Upbringing"/> Barker appeared on ''[[Premium Blend]]'' in 1997, followed by appearances on the shows ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' and ''[[The Glass House (2001 TV series)|The Glass House]]''. He twice hosted ''[[Comedy Central Presents]]'', first on September 20, 2000, and again on March 31, 2006. Barker was featured in Comedy Central's animated series [[Shorties Watchin' Shorties]]. He appeared on the Australian show ''[[Thank God You're Here]]'' on October 18, 2006, September 19, 2007, and June 17, 2009.

Barker co-wrote and performed in ''[[The Marijuana-Logues]]'', an [[Off-Broadway]] show in New York City, with [[Doug Benson]] and Tony Camin. The title of the show was a parody of ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]''. [[NBC]] gave Barker the lead role for sitcom ''Nearly Nirvana'', originally scheduled for 2004. However, Barker was replaced in the lead role by the show's creator, Ajay Sahgal, and the show never aired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/television/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000681766|title=The Vine: NBC finds new 'Nirvana' lead|author=Andreeva, Nellie|date=21 October 2004|access-date=17 May 2010|work=www.hollywoodreporter.com|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>

Barker appeared in the [[HBO]] sitcom ''[[Flight of the Conchords (TV series)|Flight of the Conchords]]'', playing Dave.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hbo.com/conchords/cast/arj_barker.html|title=HBO: Arj Barker as Dave: Flight of the Conchords}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/television/andrew-ryan/conchords-fly-back-for-one-last-tv-season/article1563810/|title=Conchords fly back for one last TV season|access-date=17 May 2010|author=Ryan, Andrew|date=10 May 2010|publisher=CTVglobemedia Publishing Inc| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100514123823/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/television/andrew-ryan/conchords-fly-back-for-one-last-tv-season/article1563810/| archive-date= 14 May 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Barker has been successful in Australia for a number of years since first appearing at the [[Melbourne International Comedy Festival]] in 2000, and presently resides there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12440525|title=The Joe Rogan Experience feat. Eddie Ifft; Podcast 77|access-date=3 February 2011|author=Rogan, Joe|date=February 2011|publisher=Ustream.tv}}</ref> At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2019]], he won [[ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release|Best Comedy Release]] for ''[[Organic (Arj Barker album)|Organic]]''.<ref name="ARIA 2019 Wins">{{cite news | url = https://www.ariaawards.com.au/News/2019/2019-ARIA-Award-Winners-Announced | title = 2019 ARIA Award Winners Announced | publisher = [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) | date = 27 November 2019 | access-date = 29 November 2019 }}</ref>

During the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Barker attracted widespread media attention in Australia for, while on stage in front of a live audience, demanding a mother breastfeeding her 7-month-old baby to leave and have her ticket refunded. Barker claimed the baby was interrupting his train of thought.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flux |first=Elizabeth |date=2024-04-22 |title=‘Focus is a delicate thing’: Arj Barker defends decision to boot mum with baby from show |url=https://www.theage.com.au/culture/comedy/arj-barker-asks-mum-with-baby-to-leave-his-show-20240422-p5flk0.html |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-22 |title=Comedy figure says it should be 'a given' that babies aren't brought to gigs, after show ejection sparks debate |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/arj-barker-comedian-melbourne-comedy-mum-baby-ejected/103756182 |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>