Blindboy (Host)

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7,390 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 1 Sep

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The Blindboy Podcast · A cultural history of Englishman, Scotsman and Irishman Jokes · 1 Sep 2026 podcast

Whether you're Irish or English or Caribbean, you're just peasants. voice-verified

Standing in the way of the class solidarity, the ultra-wealthy. voice-verified

With those jokes, I learned that they were called chicken in the basket humor. voice-verified

In the comedy industry, about 15 years ago. voice-verified

ago when I was I was a professional comedian fifteen years ago, I used to do Edinburgh Festival and all that shit. voice-verified

And I'd speak to older English comedians and they'd use the term Oh, that joke was a bit chicken in a basket and I'd ask 'em, What the fuck does that mean? voice-verified

Who was it? voice-verified

Alexi Sale, absolutely lovely fella, an English comedian. voice-verified

Actually, he'd he probably wouldn't even be like being called English, he'd identify more as Liverpool. voice-verified

A lot of Liverpool people who see themselves as completely separate, they're just Liverpool. voice-verified

He's an old school communist, and he would have been, quite literally in the 1980s, part of like a a younger wave of comedian who created a new type of stand. voice-verified

Of comedy that was opposed to the working men's club one-liner tradition. voice-verified

I'd pince with him a couple of times when I was in London or in Edinburgh. voice-verified

Very kind to me when I was in my twenties and figuring out the entertainment industry. voice-verified

And he was the one who told me about this chicken in a basket humour, that all the working men's clubs used to have these comedian circuits, and those shitty one-liners were called chicken in a basket humor. voice-verified

humor. voice-verified

Cause chicken and chips in a basket was the food that was being served in the 70s at these working men's clubs. voice-verified

And I'd never heard I'd never actually heard anti-Irish jokes. voice-verified

Until I went to to London in the early 2010s. voice-verified

And I'd be going to different comedy clubs. voice-verified

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