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Anyone else see the documentary on C4 about him last night?

I have to confess that I failed to raise even the smallest of smiles to a single thing he said.

I always thought the birth of alternative comedy in the 80's would have nailed the coffin lid shut on this brand of outdated 'humour'. Apparently not, unfortunately.

'Fat Bastard'? 'F*cking fat, racist, sexist, homophobic, wanker' would be more appropriate.

In reply to wcdave:

Ever see Roy Chubby Arse in the Viz films? Just about summed him up.

In reply to wcdave:

He did a gig in Bradford about 2 weeks after the fire at Valley Parade. Apparently he told the audience something along the lines of "I heard you had a barbeque, but you forgot to invite me".


Several of the locals waited to say hello by the stage door afterwards........

In reply to John Rushby: Standard for roy, did something similar in his home town right after the 'cleveland sex abuse' furore, walked on stage, 'f*cking hell, there's a lot here, I thought you'd all be at home playing with your kids'.

In reply to wcdave: Here's a useless bit of trivia..didn't he used to be an arm-wrestling champion or something similar?

I think he used to invite people to come on stage and have a go...very rarely lost.

His humour is somewhat niche to say the least, but I did here him tell one funny once. He said that the wife had asked her to 'give her 12 inches and make it hurt' so he knobbed her three seperate times and then punched her in the mouth. Made me laugh, until the wife hit me for it.

At the end of the day, we all know who he is and what he is. If you're offended by him then you've probably gone out of your way to see him as he's not exactly mainstream. So in essence, you've gone out of your way to be offended by him. Who's the bigger fool?

In reply to wcdave:

i think he is very funny. but strangely his stage character of chubby brown couldn't be farther from the real person he is. a well spoken, polite, maybe shy even, bloke. maybe you should remember that it is just 'acting' and it is just a show. if you don't like him don't watch him?

In reply to catt: Did you watch the show?

While in terms of disposition, he was far less aggressive and confrontational offstage, agreed.... but there were occasions where the views expressed by Royston Vasey seemed very very similar to those of his "acting" alter ego.

In reply to wcdave:
He did let himself down a bit with a few comments he made whilst offstage but at least he says what he thinks which is a lot more than a lot of people. The world is politically correct in the extreme and we need people at the other extreme to show we still ahve the right to say what we think.
Perhaps he is a product of his environment. Im from the same area as he was brought up and I know many people with the same views. I even met him once a lot of years ago before Id seen any of his stuff and he struck me as decent and normal. We must also bear in mind that what we see on television is not always an accurate representation of true life, things are often edited to make a point or make them more interesting.

In reply to ICE: pmsl, very funny.

In reply to wcdave: Yep, saw it last night. I think he is hilarious. I have one of his DVD's. Never seen him live, but have been to the Embassey club a few years ago to see Bernard Manning, also a very funny guy.

In reply to smart guy: You're not supposed to laugh . he used to pop into comet stockton when he needed new telly or fridge, I was telling him about features and benfits of a washer when one of the sales managers came upto him all clever like asking for his autograph, chubby clocked him as management, looked him in the eye and said 'no, now f*ck off', and carried on talking to me.

In reply to wcdave:

One of the wife's friends and hubby had the unfortunate instance of meeting him socially at the house of someone they knew.

They reported that he was as obnoxious in real life as he is on the stage.



However I still laugh at one of Chubbys best 'cleaner' ones

"Women have got no brains -- because they've not got bell ends to keep them in!"

In reply to wcdave:

Friend of mine used to be a professional singer, went on tour with Chubby as his warm-up act - he tells this story.

Apparently when Chubby started out he was a little bit risque, but nothing too bad. Then decided to go all-out really blue to make a name for himself. He'd been booked for a gig for some sixth-form school - they assumed he wouldn't be too over the top. Up on stage, he tells his first joke, very blue, there's stunned silence in the audience. He looks over his shoulder, there's a statue of Jesus on the cross hung on the wall behind him. So he says, "I suppose that f*cker died here as well !". Apparently he had to be ushered out of the building pretty sharpish.