Frank Skinner has admitted his son thinks he’s not as funny as Alan Carr.
Frank Skinner has admitted his son thinks he’s not as funny as Alan Carr
The 66-year-old stand-up and former ‘Room 101’ presenter has Buzz, 11, with his talent agent partner Cath Mason, 54, and admitted he thinks most of the UK might agree with his boy’s assessment of his comedy.
He told The Times: “I don’t think he’s the only person in Britain who would say that.
“If there was a grand vote, Alan Carr would probably win. But it’s quality, not quantity, I’m after.”
Frank added he isn’t convinced Alan or anyone else beats him in the comedy stakes.
He said: “(Alan) is funny. But I can’t put my hand on my heart and say that he's funnier than me.”
When asked who he thought was funnier than him, Frank replied: “Nobody that I know.”
Frank added he was including his former TV comedy partner David Baddiel I that, adding: “There’s no one I laugh at as much as I laugh at me.”
The comic also told how he has gone years without a laughing fit so intense he was left struggling to draw air.
He said: “I haven’t had one (of those) for years. When I look back, one thing about them is they’re basically untransmittable because if you tell someone what you were laughing at, they always gaze back blankly because it’s often more to do with fatigue or something else that’s going on.
“You’re broken down generally and then laughter finishes the job.”
Frank’s latest stand-up show is called ’30 Years of Dirt’, and he says it is a reference to how his X-rated material still “hangs over me”.
He said: “I think the title is simply saying, ‘I’ve been doing this for 30 years and I’m trying to get more sophisticated but (that material) still hangs over me.’”
Tagged in Alan Carr David Baddiel Frank Skinner