James O'Brien meets Frank Skinner | LBC

[@timsaxon5825]

I was only lamenting the loss of Frank’s radio show this morning so this is a real treat.

[@devout666]

Blame Emily. Unbearable.

[@davecrewe9074]

Emily... !.. OK. ? Over to you in the studio .. your witness she did my head in

[@michaelmcdonald5175]

You probably know by now, but Mr Frank now has a Podcast with Emily and Pierre.

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

true but he also got rid of that alan bloke which i thought was pretty bad.

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

@@davecrewe9074 why? she's still on a podcast with him. don't like women speaking eh?

[@danmayberry1185]

Don't recall how I became a Skinner megafan here in Canada (unsuccessful in starting a "Skinheads" club for some reason) .. but 30+ years later, I'm still happy to drop everything and give him a listen.

[@rabbieburns2501]

one of the best British stand-up comedians of all time imho

[@worcestermark]

Always pleased to see you doing well Chris, I was your front of house manager when you were a volunteer box office worker for a while when we were both at the Triangle, doing our drinking at the Sack of Spuds, where you would often make us laugh.

[@barnaclefelching4079]

So much love for this unusual man

[@Tony-yp7ok]

Great chat. Frank needs to be back on the airwaves! His Saturday morning show was the funniest thing on the radio.

[@davidevans3227]

what was the show? he turns up on radio four/four extra from time to time but only in short stints...

[@SteveBurgess-lq5dk]

Fantastic interview, really enjoyed it.

[@RossPatzelt]

love listening to Frank talk. Such a chilled man. He is just awesome

[@user-lu8hl3bg4x]

Agree. Shame about James O'Brien. He grates on me so much!

[@jean6370]

I’m from West Brom and my sister an avid WBFc supporter. Always like Seeing Frank and happy of his success , but found out thing from this interview that I never knew, never mentioned his drinking and sobriety which I was surprised about. Well done Frank…nice hear from you.

[@janeingram7331]

I like the way you conduct your interviews. Very casual and respectful. Jane, Philadelphia

[@marionmclean3749]

Nice conversation. I like these Full Disclosure videos!

[@JasonRamasami]

This could have gone on for several hours for me. Thankyou.

[@tashussain560]

Really enjoyed this conversation between two exceptional people. Saw Frank's stand up show at the Leeds Playhouse recently which was brilliantly spontaneous and hilarious.

[@judithcressey1682]

O'brien exceptional only in the level of his thorough unpleasantness.

[@JonnyArtistic]

Approx 5:29 mins in: Yes!! That radio show was THE BEST moment of Saturday mornings. Honestly it really needs to cary on in some shape or form. With respect to Absolute, in my opinion, you let go of an absolute (excuse the pun) gem!!! Please, somebody keep this show going!

[@philipellis7039]

I live in Halesowen and my sons went to Halesowen college. Somewhat after Frank’s time there but nice to hear it get a mention!

[@III_Ed_B_III]

Fun time Frankie: a national treasure.

[@tonytcook]

James and Frank - loved this chat!!!

[@mrcolmun]

Frank is such a great communicator and this sort of thing seems so easy to him. Really miss the radio show already - such a great bunch of people. I hope they are given other avenues to continue

[@wildwoodjack]

Brilliant interview, really enjoyed watching this.Thank you 😊😊

[@danielmcelhatton1724]

I never tire of listening to Frank.

[@RichardRatner.1972]

Frank is brilliant. Glad he's back. So funny. Big love, kindest regards, Richard U.K

[@nealgriffin1480]

Saw him at Jongleurs in London with some London friends when I certainly didn't know him. As a Bham-born West Brom fan with a bit of inferiority complex at the time, the fact that he absolutely stormed it and crushed the opposition that night was immensely gratifying, and made me a fan ever since. Thanks Frank.

[@Petesey0]

I'm 44, my teenage years and beyond were spent laughing to Frank, I even enjoyed Shane 👀😂

[@paulcurran6747]

Got tickets to see Frank in Birmingham in November never seen him live,im sure he Will be great always been a great stand up,loved his radio show can't wait 👍

[@butti5734]

His stand up and compèring is amazing

[@zerog4261]

On the wireless...love that term. Im only 55 but one the last bastions of the endearing term

[@PazLeBon]

its now just wifi :~) still a bit like wi reless and also hi-fi, you should like it :)

[@thepiratesjersey]

There’s a huge vacancy in my Saturday morning routines now. Terrible decision to let Frank go in my opinion.

[@zerog4261]

Absolutely. Was a wee treasure

[@tjCAUk]

Frank would enjoy watching walkabouts of towns you've described so vividly + history ☮️

[@grahamarobinson]

Love Franks comedy long may it continue 😅

[@spaceo8568]

Yay!!! Frank Skinner!!! An INTERnational absolute pleasure! (I'm American) i still laugh at the blooper video he did with Tim Key on series 1 of Taskmaster.

[@tynebar]

Frank is the best!

[@alstuart8801]

loving the socks Frank

[@andrewbenson4439]

One of the very few genuinely naturally funny comedians around

[@ZeuzBluez]

Miss his television talk show. Eric clapton as his guest was my favourite. wish you the best, frank , and thanks for the laughs .

[@tjCAUk]

Frank + co. are very missed on podcast. Pls consider indy podcast, waiting w/fingers crossed ☮️. Frank you are my #1

[@nuschlerclark895]

I'm a US citizen. I've never heard of Frank Skinner. But I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation between James and Frank!! Two very intelligent adults with great comedic timing. I kept thinking that Robin Williams would have been great in this Convo except Robin would have had difficulty containing his high energy level. But he would have loved these two!

[@PazLeBon]

baddiel and skinner was a funny show back in the day

[@gohumberto]

Frank has what I'd call Comedy Tourettes. There's no gap between him hearing something and him coming back with something funny. He's hard-wired funny. I'm 100% as funny as Frank ...... if you give me about 12 hours to think about a funny reply. (My life is a series of "Why didn't I say that back then?" moments) and it's why my Standup shows would need to be 24 hours long, with very long silent pauses.

[@Tony-yp7ok]

L’esprit de l’escalier! I love that expression - “spirit of the stairs”, when you think of a perfect retort once you’ve left the room and you’re half way up the stairs 😂

[@Beansontoast93911]

It coming home ish⚽️

[@silversteel6312]

Great to see David looking fresh faced and 10 years younger post his Hammers management 👏👏👏

[@samworrell5202]

Love Frank, true legend

[@MatthewTipton2]

As always with Frank Skinner, so much honesty, intelligence and insight. Love what he said about the barrier presented by a West Midlands accent and getting people to look beyond that. Having grown up in Walsall and working in education, its still a very real misconception.

[@PazLeBon]

dunno why hes playing that nonsense victim card, was bigger brummies before and after frank. jasper and lennie and ozzy to name but 3, never heard them say such things. franks funny but an old man since 1990 lol

[@garethwilliams2897]

Completely agree Matt, think your from Aldridge like me and has been a barrier and misconception in my life aswell.

[@PazLeBon]

@@garethwilliams2897 maybe it's your spelling the problem?

[@johnristheanswer]

Regularly voted the most hated and unpleasant accent, I believe.

[@qt8099]

Just love Frank, if your ever in NZ look me up

[@mickcrill]

Love Frank😎

[@jamesburke2094]

Told Frank Skinner my best joke last year in London Nice man

[@davidevans3227]

any chance you can share the joke? 🙂

[@trevorclarey3336]

Frank Skinner the best comedian ever .

[@johnristheanswer]

Small pool of comedians in the Midlands isn't it ?

[@trevorclarey3336]

@@johnristheanswer Tony Hancock, Bill Oddie, Don Maclean,Joe Lycett, Lucy Davis, Billy Russell to name a few, ?

[@johnristheanswer]

One name from every decade. Haha. You forgot the "hilarious" Lenny Henry.

[@trevorclarey3336]

@@johnristheanswer Lenny Henry was never funny.

[@johnristheanswer]

@@trevorclarey3336 Correct

[@2e0wmghamradioandkayaking85]

Someone please give Frank a radio show, life is not the same without an occasional wailing of the A.E Housman alarm☹️

[@ivorsmith3999]

Avner the Eccentric is actually doing a workshop in Belgium!

[@bowlingarry]

Wes T Bromwich. It works for me 😂

[@italsounds001]

I remember Frank at a place in Bearwood and later at the MAC, then the compare for the comedy night that introduced some great comedians, what a laugh. There were lots of references to stuff in Birmingham, I remember one routine about the buskers that was hilarious.

[@zoymills9868]

Love the Dalek top

[@brianferguson7840]

The Monster Raving Loony party are changing its name to avoid accidental association with the Tories. And Count Binface has refused the offer of a coalition with Sunak for fear of "looking silly"

[@ajsimo2677]

😆👍

[@PazLeBon]

hehe

[@michaelharrison3602]

I was christened Walter stinky ring but people made fun of me so i changed it by deed poll to Dave Stinky ring it didn't make a difference 😅

[@nlole]

Hopefully this is a shoe in for LBC😊

[@jonridley]

His poetry podcast is awesome

[@mongolmcphee7791]

I agree

[@petercolledge2236]

Ah Frank, what a guy!

[@7732147]

These guys are putting Halesowen on the map!!!! Probly.

[@James1-9-7-8]

Fantastic interview! Was unsure about Skinner because along with Baddiel he seemed so laddie. However, his intellectual chops are clear.

[@mjpaynewales]

I'd watch a Skinner and Key poetry show. (Or individually)

[@dianefields6056]

Frank, in his socks with red toes and heels, swivelling his foot. This could turn into Haiku! I do like him. I met him only on KZbin, itv artist of the year.

[@bartpickford1836]

Liked Frank's Saturday show, but it didn't feel the same after Alan cochrane left

[@loydwilliams6693]

Me and Frank both have something in common… we were both threatened to be ‘knocked out’ by former TV host Mathew Kelly! Ah those were the days eh.

[@mongolmcphee7791]

You’ve got to follow up with that story. What happened?

[@loydwilliams6693]

@@mongolmcphee7791 Another time :) I can’t stand the man (MK).

[@BenjaminHackett-l1r]

I met Frank Skinner in Edinburgh one time and told him 'its never coming home' as a bit of banter, and he was just about crying, his jack the lad persona was just an act

[@johnristheanswer]

He's probably never heard that hilarious quip before.

[@taxi134-y1q]

These are the only times Jimbo manages not to interrupt every couple of seconds.Starstruck little chap that he is.

[@damianclifford9693]

Great episode, please consider inviting the polymath Iain McGilchrist on the show.

[@eyesonly7072]

This was hard to watch, Frank skinner is Fantastic. I just cannot stand James O’Brien!

[@perirgensolsson3673]

James who has ever been sacked from a bank?possibly the cleaning lady and at that level the rest get bonuses

[@winstoncorrigan4309]

🎶Funtime franky

[@davidevans3227]

there will be philosophers listening to this 🙂 ?

[@andrewmcewan8081]

there are very few students at the fringe at least back then there were .as it happens outwith term time .

[@tynebar]

eh?

[@andrewmcewan8081]

@@tynebar it's pretty self explanatory Edinburgh during term time lots of students as there are 2 or 3 universities and 4 or more colleges, they have holidays ,the students go home during those holidays, the fringe happens during those holidays. So speaking as someone from Edinburgh there is less students about ,by quite a large margin ,during the festival and the fringe.

[@7732147]

Seriously if you haven't read Frank Skinners autobiography then you should. As a piece of literature its way way above the rest.

[@seaniek9175]

Plus funniest book I've ever read

[@2gooddrifters]

Miss him on PAOTY and LAOTY.

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

I like that he's a public Catholic.

[@trevorfeelgood]

He has his shoes off 😮😅

[@frankhumbug]

I remember frank skinner (and sean hughes) on the just for laughs Montreal comedy festival and in particular frank doing a joke about unlocking a dogs jaw by putting his finger somewhere inappropriate (one of his hands as the dogs mouth and the other the finger insertion.)

[@PazLeBon]

i did that once during a dog fight. it works :) i dont think it was a joke

[@devout666]

Alun knew

[@usercarefree44]

I like Frank...

[@heritagehomesJapan]

Nice watch; could anyone see what it is?

[@kevinjackson9156]

Radio execs have turned radio into a bland grey sameness, too scared to take risks. Frank was a breath of fresh air and they don't like that at all.

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

I can never join the dots between this slightly sycophantic James O'Brien to the more bully-like figure he becomes when he talks to the public. I hope this is the real him.

[@Rich-ng3yy]

They will forgive you anything except unmerited success or success they think is unmerited, which is a rather different thing. Because there is only so much space for an actor or comedian or artist or musician or writer for every one that makes it thousands don't and so people applaud success but hate it when they think it blocks real talent.

[@lazlolazlolazlo]

Skinner sounds like a Kenneth Willims impression of a brum with Emphysema

[@davidsmith2440]

Sorry that Frank has been sacked. Another Ageist Radio Station

[@domb8448]

It looks rather uncomfortable. Table's too low, chairs seem unsupportive.. but decent conversation.

[@Padraigp]

100 percent. Weirdly canteen like chairs and the table is so low and odd looking. But it is radio so we can't see it so it's fine 😂

[@domb8448]

@@Padraigp Is it studio, cocktail bar or waiting for egg n' chips?

[@Padraigp]

@@domb8448 I feel like it's more we found this in a skip and added legs 🦵 😳

[@domb8448]

@@Padraigp What would be its IKEA name?

[@turntheblueiris4626]

James! Did you make Frank take his shoes off?

[@raqueldobson1]

Noticed that too… 😅

[@patrickmorris3721]

Toe jobs under the table. 🫣🤣🤡 what new 💥🤣

[@hugolindum7728]

O’Brian likes to present himself as a man of the people, keeping quiet that he went to the £50,000 a year Ampleforth College public school.

[@DreamsOfGaruda]

He mentions it a lot. Hardly a secret

[@stevestokes-li8xr]

Boing Boing Baggies !

[@DadgeCity]

How many people really resent other people's success? Surely fewer than Frank thinks.

[@taxi134-y1q]

Only one of a small number of contemporay British comics that are actually funny.

[@evertondod]

no shoes frank

[@davidevans3227]

under the chair

[@TC8787-yq7og]

Frank Skinner is great but people get envious over all sorts of things - not just success - anyone who does better than they do basically.

[@ghouston431]

Would love my hero, and he is, James to have taken Nicola Sturgeon for an interview. . But as they say there ye go. Show them a photo of a campervan and a party with forensics tents and ye ye go.

[@Paul-k6h]

Made up a guest so you could crowbar an anti SNP comment in,how sad of you.

[@happinesstan]

That thumbnail has annoyed me so much I had to come in just to stop it appearing. No offence Frank, but I can't spend one second listening to Jobbie. For the record, I've never begrudged Frank his success, and I find it hard to believe anybody would. Nobody deserves it more than him, I'd say, so I don't know where he's coming from. I have noticed he talks about his success, quite a bit, and it can be charming at times, but mostly it's just unrelatable, and frank was always a relatable comic. I look at Gervais, and Billy Connolly, as two comics who comment on their fame with success. Gervais was never relatable, so it's almost a natural progression for him, and Connolly always laughed at the craziness of it all, but he was talking about Hollyweird, and that's a different kind of success.

[@Vtwin_Superbikes]

Nice to see Frank has slipped off his neolithic labourers shoes.

[@christinemcneil4499]

Watch the Shaun Atwood and Jon Wedger interview. David Badiel and Frank Skinner are shown in a clip during that interview making a joke about Jimmy Saville. That ‘joke’ reveals just how well Saville’s heinous proclivities were known. What an excuse for a human being. Enjoy your retirement, Frank. May sleep escape you, like your one time comedy partner.

[@niguel4438]

Lowering your standards here Frank!

[@simac3880]

No, Frank. 'Reading poetry' for your podcast isn't 'like being an academic'. I think you're confused.

[@purehyperbole5727]

Pretty sure Skinner and his crew were expensive. So the maths will eventually get rid of him once the figures stop making sense. That is commercial radio.

[@PazLeBon]

what starnge thng to say. best hope england dont win euros then eh frank , unforgivable that would be

[@RoyWhearty]

What about racism, Frank?

[@PazLeBon]

not rom wba fans i imagine

[@timdale9123]

...anything but success". In a capitalist society, guess they would. How's its successor coming along?

[@Eddie_Booth]

Top groomer from Smethwick

[@JohnFord-c5l]

Why hasn't this man been cast as Dr Who..casting department BBC sort this out and wake up