Chubby Brown bans dirty jokes in his house

Jun 13 2011 by Mike Lockley, Sunday Mercury

HE’S known as Britain’s bluest comedian.

But Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown has revealed he has BANNED swearing and dirty jokes in his family home – especially from his grown-up kids.

‘‘I don’t allow toilet talk in my house and I don’t allow any of my children to swear,’’ he said. ‘‘If they do, I knock them down. It’s about mutual respect, respect for your parents.”

The controversial comic, 66, is playing the Prince of Wales Theatre in Cannock, Staffordshire, on June 22 and 23.

Audiences can expect profanities aplenty, jokes that are shockingly politically incorrect and bad-mouth barracking for those souls brave enough to turn up late.

Cannock, a working class former mining town, has a special place in Chubby’s heart as he has played there 10 times.

“I hear you can get a house there, if you’ve got the right change,’’ he quipped.

“But they are a honest, working class people and know what they’re going to get from me.

“I love everyday people. Cannock, Wolverhampton, Stoke – the nicest people you could wish to meet. Down south they have a bit of an edge.”

I warmed to Chubby during our interview.

Yes, he can be foul-mouthed, but there’s a degree of honesty and self-deprecating humour shared by bar-room jokers the length and breadth of the Midlands.

In an era where most stars sift each answer for insensitive comments, Chubby speaks out with a candour and abandon usually shared only with close associates. After 43 years in the business, he still doesn’t care who he offends.

He wants it known his tranquil life away from the spotlight in the North Yorkshire village of East Harlsey, has been blighted by peacocks. “Have you seen peacock s**t? It’s black!” he protests.