At the height of alternative comedy, when the stand-ups of the s were being swept from our screens and our consciousness, Brown — real name, famously, Royston Vasey — built a huge following despite never appearing on TV. Brown was as unfashionable a comedian as you could get, but — perhaps as a precursor to current hand wringing about Brexit and Trump — was also hugely popular with working-class audiences who increasingly felt that the opinions of the middle classes and metropolitan chin-strokers were running roughshod over their own concerns and tastes. So he would sell out tours, his live videos were bestsellers — much to the bemusement of Guardian readers — and he has maintained a devoted following to this day. His feature film UFO is widely dismissed as one of the worst British films ever made but was massively popular with audiences who would never read Sight and Sound. For both sides of the Chubby divide, trying to understand the other is much like trying to read a book written in Japanese without any knowledge of the language.
3,000 complain as Roy Chubby Brown gig's axed by 59 protests
Roy Chubby Brown: Birthday, Age, and Zodiac
Serve the food you really want to eat by signing up for our tips and recipes and never be bored by your cooking again. A Lincolnshire butcher has said he often serves stand-up comedian Roy Chubby Brown - and there is one particular choice that seems to be his favourite. John Woolliss is the owner of Woolliss and Son Butchers in Louth and said that he has served several well-known faces, including the comedian, whose real name is Royston Vasey. Roy Chubby Brown is a divisive character, best-known for his comedy served up in his infamous clown-like stage costume, with colourful language to match. He said: "He's been in, his wife comes in more often than him, she's lovely.
Roy Chubby Brown Is a comedy character portrayed by the English stand-up comedian Royston Vasey whose act consists of offensive humour, high profanity , forthright social commentary and outspoken disdain for political correctness. He left home at the age of fourteen, spent time living rough, and moved from job-to-job, at one point joining the Merchant Navy. He became homeless and for some time slept in a fishing boat in Redcar. In , he said "I was more or less living off scraps. When he saw Ken Dodd perform live, he thought he was so good it inspired him to try comedy himself.
The controversial comedian was set to perform in Lancaster in August, but the show was axed after a petition received 59 signatures from residents who wanted the live event to be cancelled. They have decided on your behalf that the Chubby show in Morecambe in August can no longer go ahead and has to be cancelled. Lancaster City Council cancelled the performance after a petition from locals called from him to be banned. Mark Davies, the chief executive of the local council released a statement to announce their decision to support the petition.
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