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" he has caused offence by mocking various groups and individuals, including ethnic minorities, women, the Queen Mother (whose death occurred hours before the recording of his show Standing Room Only), and himself"
He has caused offence by mocking himself? No he hasn't; that's just a stupid attempt to say "it's ok to be racist as long as you laugh at yourself as well". I am removing it
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
Looks good to me! Brookie: A collector of little brown things 20:02, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
What has happened to chubby's home page?
One of the least funny comedians? POV??
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)
If Roy was born in 1945 was he really working mens clubs in the 1950's as stated ?
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)
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
I was born and brought up in that area - letters always said "Grangetown, Middlesbrough, Cleveland".
By the way - despite his and my surname being Vasey and both of us were born in Grangetown, we (Roy "Chubby" Brown and myself) aren't actually related - my dad's family came from Whitby! Arthurvasey (talk) 19:29, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
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)
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)
I know for a fact chubby brown lives in Fulstow not Tetney in lincolnshire (Oliver.smith88 21:46, 20 March 2007 (UTC))
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
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)
Have a look on youtube —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.19.19.71 (talk) 03:51, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
This article needs a photo to go along with the colourful physical description. Rees11 (talk) 15:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
There seems to be some argument over his DoB can anybody provide a reference?ARBAY (talk) 16:29, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Okay; I see that the tag has been removed. Here are my reasons for placing the tag regarding neutrality:
Just something I noticed when reading the article. If disputed neutrality is initself disputed, then at least try to make the wording more professional. Cheers? Ashnard Talk Contribs 11:43, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
There's a difference between the two not that you would know it from reading this article. Roy Chubby Brown is a comedy character as with Keith Lemon - played by Leigh Francis or Al Murrays pub landlord. While most of the references incorrectly use his comedy stage name - this one from the BBC [1] shows him using his real name Royston Vasey for a court appearance. A better distinction needs to be made between the two particularly for the personal life section. Fraggle81 (talk) 13:24, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
The article says he was born Royston Vasey (with a link that is no longer working). Is this true? Free BMD has a Roy Vasey registered in 1945 but no Royston Vasey. Southdevonian (talk) 15:04, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
not much I can do by way of proving this, but I thought you'd like to know anyway: he had piano lessons from my mother, & babysat me & my sister a couple of times. he was 'roy', short for 'royston'.
but I'm struggling to believe that there's no mention here or in the article of the co-opting of his name for the fictional town in 'league of gentlemen'; why's that, then?
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The result of the move request was: Page moved. (non-admin closure) sami talk 22:10, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
Roy 'Chubby' Brown → Roy Chubby Brown – The majority of DVD releases, etc, as well as the official website do not include quotes. See also WP:STAGENAME. --woodensuperman 16:40, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
He seems to have been banned from a council owned venue in Sheffield, according to GB News.
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The latest releases have been streaming / digital only. The live from the Joe Longthorne Theatre, Blackpool was a streaming release and was as far as I am aware not done with any kind of affiliation to Universal, perhaps someone could look at and update this. 2A02:C7E:449C:6A00:B805:170A:CB4A:6CD7 (talk) 22:22, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Brown is a character created by Vasey and there is a difference, The lead section is wrong but as it has some references thrown in that show he is Roy or Royston it has been reverted to that version. I would draw your attention to the fact this is a BLP and needs correcting. The whole article refers to him as Vasey. Please stop hiding behind huggle - saying that content was removed without explaining why, it was clearly put the first time in the edit summary that Brown is a character portrayed by Vasey then again with further explanation when reverted. Going straight to a block after 2 edits with an edit summary for "Vandalism" is seriously questionable. 2A02:C7C:7067:1500:F071:96C9:1760:99D3 (talk) 00:48, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
This article switches between referring to the subject as "Brown" and "Vasey" apparently at random. I don't know which is correct but it is confusing and off-putting, either it should use one or the other consistently or there should be a clear and obvious contextual distinction (e.g. perhaps using "Brown" when the context is him as a performer and "Vasey" at other times). Thryduulf (talk) 11:13, 8 May 2023 (UTC)