Ity and Fancy Cat

ITY & FANCY CAT ARE JAMAICAN COMEDY'S MOST AWESOME TWO-SOME…

But who is Ity and who is Fancy Cat?

Ity is Ian M. Ellis and Fancy Cat is Alton H. Hardware.

Together, they are two talented, confident yet un-assuming men who have known each other since childhood days in Trench Town, long before they became a household name in Jamaica. As an established professional performing arts unit, they've been together longer than all the other famous Jamaican comedy duos before them, and they have been consistent purveyors of side-splitting laughter throughout the Caribbean as well as the Diaspora in North American and Europe for two decades.

They are outrageously hilarious and courageously irreverent, and under the guidance and mentorship of veteran writer, educator and comedian Owen Blakka Ellis they have grown into unquestionably the hottest comedy act currently operating out of the Caribbean. The duo is an absolutely 'must have' item on any stand comedy show of repute anywhere in Jamaica and the Caribbean and they have a left floods admiration and storms of laughter in their wake in performances in many major cities all over the world.

They do much more than stir humour and evoke laughter however, as the entertainment journey of this electrifying duo also makes for an encouraging and inspirational narrative on many other fronts.

They grew up in the tough inner city neighborhood of Trench Town. They have witnessed and experienced trauma and tragedy. Yet, they've dedicated their lives to spreading laughter and levity. Ellis and Hardware grew up around guns, crime, drugs and other negative options, yet they've kept firm focus on living positive, fun-filled and inspiring lives. They've never been in trouble with the law, never been in a fight, and never had to 'flash a knife or fire a gun'. Also, neither of them drinks any form of alcoholic beverage or smokes anything at all!

They both love soccer and in their early teens they played together on the Minor League team for Boys Town. They harbored hopes of going on to play for Jamaica of course, but those hopes never materialized. However, they got to combine their facility with humour and their affinity for football with the enviable distinction of being the first comedians in Jamaica to be employed as 'commentators' on Jamaican television during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.