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Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Jeff Innocent

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.5567 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Jeff, AKA Racist Grandad by the internet, is in the studio and his Five Brilliant Things are a wonderful trip across a rich and colourful life. In case you’re not aware, Jeff is one of the UK comedy circuit’s top acts but for decades was unknown outside the clubs. Now, after all that time, he has become Insta-famous. This wonderful episode of the show takes in 60s reggae record hunting, working on a dog track and the dos and don’ts of wearing a dead man’s silk pyjamas.  Jeff has recorded his latest special and it’s on Youtube for all to enjoy. He is best tasted live, of course; to watch his Special and find links to get to Jeff’s live shows including future tours, you need to keep your eyes on https://www.jeffinnocent.com And in our extra show just for our Patreon crew, Jeff tells the most astonishing story about the wildest behaviour of his youth. It’s a bit more strong flavoured than the main show this week but a fascinating, utterly absorbing story that has to be heard to be believed… Click this link to join or find out more: patreon.com/RussellHoward   And now the moment we’ve all been waiting for, the obligatory over-long indulgent sign-off. The business is completed, and now almost as a point of spite you have to wade through this unnecessary punishment of words. Here you still are, reading on, maybe in the hope that at the end there will be a reward for your continued presence, your efforts. You’ve got an inkling that it will fade to nothing but you’re still here. That stupid part of your brain that contains hope is urging you to continue without stopping to consider what even could the reward be? What would be worth all this waste of time? Is there anything? Reader: there was nothing. Until next time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, my friends, welcome to the show. Today I'm joined by one of Britain's best stand-up

0:12.6

comedians. He's a legend of the circuit, and now, who saw this coming? A TikTok sensation!

0:19.5

It's Jeff Innocent, and these are his five brilliant things.

0:27.0

So Mike, how old are you? Well, I was 69, 17 February, yeah. Wow, is this. Yeah. And you

0:33.1

Well, I started late, you see, so you do. It's all late. late it's all been late late in life for me

0:38.6

41 when I did my first gig

0:40.7

you're one of the first comics I saw alive

0:42.7

how mad is that? Yeah yeah it was at the

0:44.8

there was a comedy club in Bath

0:49.1

that was run by Adrian

0:51.0

Do you ever do that? You must have done that

0:53.4

Because I must... What was it called? Cadets,. Cadillacs. You know, it was like a nightclub, sort of like dipped? Sure it was Bath and not Bristol Brath? It was, it was Bath. It was Bath and it was the era when you were doing the, me and my brother went to see you and you were doing the Cockney doll. Do you remember that bit? Leave it.

1:13.2

Oh, leave it with all that drink and all that. Yeah. Yeah. So, wow. But it was, it's so funny that

1:18.6

you say you started late because you felt very fully formed straight away. Like, I remember when,

1:27.4

when I first started, there were these whole host and I would say you, kind of sort of, Andrew Maxwell was another, Will Smith, you know, but had these kind of like iron tight 20s.

1:39.3

Right.

1:40.3

Sure, sure.

1:41.3

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:43.3

And you were kind of one of them.

1:45.0

Yeah.

1:46.0

But it felt like you just had your persona down part.

1:49.0

Well, I think maybe because...

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