Talk:Roy 'Chubby' Brown

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1 Here we go
2 Good Call
3 Web site
4 Needs to be fixed
5 Small Edit
6 Age
7 Pronunciation of "fuck"
8 Place of Origin
9 Chubby
10 Management
11 where he currently lives
12 The documentary
13 His act
14 Photo please
15 DoB

[edit] Here we go

There is little evidence for parts of this piece (e.g. the 350,000 audience figure which has been removed). Also, it was of questionable neutrality. User:Mr_magoo 19:08, 25 May 2005

[edit] Good Call

Looks good to me! Brookie: A collector of little brown things 20:02, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Web site

What has happened to chubby's home page?

It seems to have moved to here so I have changed the link on the article page. The curate's egg 15:09, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Chubbysworld isnt the official site for Roy, but its pretty much the only site that still exists. Treevillan 00:04, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Needs to be fixed

One of the least funny comedians? POV??

[edit] Small Edit

Small edit to the first paragraph - namely putting 'spoon-basher' in quotation marks.

Midwinter 22:00, 12 November 2005 (GMT)

It could use clarification on who exactly is this "spoon-basher", as the article doesn't currently mention anything further about it. --212.94.80.106 14:06, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Age

If Roy was born in 1945 was he really working mens clubs in the 1950's as stated ?

[edit] Pronunciation of "fuck"

Brown pronounces the word 'fuck' as 'fook'. He stated in a documentary that he does this to make his repeated use of the word seem more cheeky and less offensive.

This doesn't seem to make sense. He's from Middlesbrough, of course he pronounces it "fook". How (and to whom) would the normal Northern pronunciation make word seem less offensive, and anyway why would he care about that given that his whole act is a deliberate celebration of "offensiveness"? Unless some kind of source can be produced for this alleged comment in "a documentary" the sentence should be removed. Flapdragon 00:47, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

completely disagree with this strange idea that all Northerners say "fook". Whenever someone quotes the Gallagers or The Beatles they say "fook". These people say fuck! Fuck fuck fuck! Brown says fook, they say fuck. I suppose it could be less offencsive in the same way that Father Ted uses "Feck"--Crestville 19:13, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Indeed, everyone knows that Northerners say "fuck", whereas Southerners say "fack" (as in "fack you, you facking cant!") - just see any edition of Viz magazine. 217.155.20.163 18:59, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Place of Origin

Oh I love the fact that Chubby's place of birth has been changed from Middlesbrough to Redcar & Cleveland (even though Redcar & Cleveland didnt even exist at the time of his birth). He was born in Grangetown, part of the Eston Urban District (a district is JUST an area of Council and not a TOWN), Under the Local government of Middlesbrough, part of the Middlesbrough Urban area. He was/is anything but Redcar and/or Redcar and Cleveland for that matter.

Also, on a recent visit to Scarborough I saw him live, he made a joke about the estate he was born in, at Grangetown, in Middlesbrough!! If he says hes from Boro than I agree. Grangetown is omly part of "Redcar & Cleveland" for the purpose of council and local government, its is Physically merged/connected/co-existant etc. with Middlesbrough. It is Middlesbrough regardless of administrative boundaries. --dj_paul84 20:10, 16 August 2006

[edit] Chubby

Not a bad article so far, but glaring inconsistencies when compared with his autobiography. I'll attempt some cleanup later. Everybody... your homework for tonight is to read this fascinating book! 82.42.100.116 14:09, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Management

Maybe this will serve as a reminder to myself, but something needs to be added about his change of management from George Forster to Handshake Group. 82.42.100.116 14:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] where he currently lives

I know for a fact chubby brown lives in Fulstow not Tetney in lincolnshire (Oliver.smith88 21:46, 20 March 2007 (UTC))

[edit] The documentary

Since the documentary this page seems to be filled with a lot of biased language. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.21.211.125 (talk • contribs) 17:11, 9 May 2007

[edit] His act

This article says that Brown's material is highly racist and sexist. Is this really true? I have never seen his act but I understand he is considered controversial mainly because he is incredibly rude, not because he is a racist. It would be good to have this clarified or at least explained. 81.104.5.90 16:40, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo please

This article needs a photo to go along with the colourful physical description. Rees11 (talk) 15:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DoB

There seems to be some argument over his DoB can anybody provide a reference?ARBAY (talk) 16:29, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Sourced. IMDb may not be great, nor comedycentral, but it's the best we've got. Bear in mind we are satisfied with IMDb for most Hollywood actors. --Rodhull andemu 16:37, 11 June 2008 (UTC)