The subject matter may be light, but Skinner blows many younger, more innovative comics out of the water
Frank Skinner in Vicar Street: ‘You don’t get these jokes from the young comics. This is a craftsman at work’Comedian Frank Skinner became a household name during the heady days of 1990s lad culture and Three Lions.
‘I feel that it is possible to become Irish in a way it would never be possible to become German or to become Japanese’The former English literature scholar likens them evocatively to Catherine shouting “let me in!” at the windows in Wuthering Heights. “That’s what knob jokes are like in my life,” he laments.
He explains that the current comedic climate is more akin to that kids’ game where you’re trying not to touch the wire in case it buzzes. Yet you never get the impression that Skinner is bitter that the boundaries of taste have shifted. In fact, it seems like he’s more than happy to move with them. Skinner’s crowd work is magnificent, and he appears genuinely at ease as he weaves in and out of well-told stories and gags punctuated by amusing tangents and digressions on everything from Cristiano Ronaldo’s six-pack to a surreal moment with Tim Rice and DIY veterinary skills.
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