Your listening to Frank Skinner's podcast from Absolute Radio.

This is the Frank Skinner Show. I'm Emily Dean and I'm standing in for Frank today because he's walked.

He hasn't, he's currently in the boat and we wish you better, you glorious Birmingham.

I'm not alone today. I haven't gone Greta Garbo. I'm joined by two men who are both,

what I'm going to call, surprisingly nice looking for a comic.

Oh, okay, is that? I'll take that back, Andy. No, I'll take it.

It's Alon Cochran and Gareth Richards. You can tweet us on at Frank on the radio or you can email the show by the Absolute Radio website.

Hi, Alan, hi Gareth. Morning. I mean, as a demographic, the population of comedians has improved as I candy goes over the rest.

I would say a decade. Who's the guy who I don't know?

I don't know. He's uncomfortable about putting people into the attractive and unattractive category.

Well, it's actually in these times. He's on some boys. He's considered the stat.

I think he was a game changer. I think when he came along, Andy was actually funny.

Oh, it can be done. Well, I think he's made it hard for the rest.

Because before him, you could have what I believe Russell Howard calls good looking for a comic.

Right. Yeah, yeah. And unfortunately, that's all gone out the window now.

It's just looking. Anyway, we might get in terrible trouble.

From the ugly comics that are up there asleep now, the many, many ugly comics.

No, I've been through all then. I have something.

I know different subjects. So Frank's not ill, isn't he? That's why he's not ill.

I don't know about my Birmingham like that. So I need some advice from you both.

Oh, God. If that's okay, I think you're quite good on advice both of you.

I'm the right place. Bit of an expert in life.

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