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Since then, he seems to have done some serious soul searching. In his 2001 autobiography, Skinner acknowledges the incident but glosses over it, even defends it from accusations of racism. It wouldnвЂ™t be too much to say weвЂ™re both deeply ashamed.вЂќ And weвЂ™ve said that to each other without any Guardian journalist to impress. Looking back, it was a bullying campaign. People started to send in loads of pictures of pineapples, and so it ran and ran and ran. вЂњI canвЂ™t look back on it now without seeing it as bullying. This racial aspect isnвЂ™t the entire story, either, he admits. or someone there didnвЂ™t say what the fuck is happening?вЂќ But when Dave walked out from makeup that night, I still donвЂ™t know why one or both of us вЂ¦. I know why we took the piss out of him, because IвЂ™d watched him on Match of the Day missing several goals, so a sketch about him being unable to put a piece of paper into a bin worked. вЂњI spoke to Dave about it recently, from a how-the-fuck-did-that-ever-happen point of view. Skinner and his partner, Cath Mason, at the South Bank awards in London in 2016.

One day, Baddiel even blacked up as Lee for a sketch, complete with a pineapple to represent his hair. Take Skinner and BaddielвЂ™s treatment of Jason Lee, the black Nottingham Forest player whose lack of form on the pitch led to merciless mocking on Fantasy Football League and the popularising of a terrace chant about his haircut (вЂњHeвЂ™s got a pineapple on his headвЂќ). He readily admits that he has made some terrible mistakes in more than 30 years as a comic. But then other things we did get fined for I look at now and think it was unfair. And I watched that back recently and I thought, no, no, that was homophobic вЂ“ they got that wrong. It went to Ofcom and they found it not to be homophobic. On the chatshow, I did a weekly song as Bob Dylan and there were some complaints that was homophobic. вЂњI donвЂ™t sit and watch my own things, but occasionally IвЂ™ve seen bits, and most of it, I can honestly say, IвЂ™d still do,вЂќ he says. How does Skinner look back on that era?Дavid Baddiel and Frank Skinner promoting their show Fantasy Football League in London in September 1997.

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Soon he was hosting his own long-running TV chatshow, and becoming a key figure in 90s вЂњnew ladвЂќ culture thanks to Fantasy Football League, the television show in which he and comedy partner David Baddiel sat around in a living-room set taking the piss out of footballers. But within a couple of years he had won EdinburghвЂ™s prestigious Perrier prize.

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It was only as he turned 30 and started telling jokes on stage that he realised all those wasted years were full of authentically grim material that was perfect for comedy. Known to his friends and family as Christopher Collins (he stole his stage name from a member of his dadвЂ™s dominoes team), he drank away most of his 20s, wondering what he was good at and where his life was heading.

Growing up in Smethwick, an industrial town west of Birmingham, he had never thought of comedy as a viable career. вЂњThat was my outlet then, doing a sort of improvised standup in the pub. As a teenager he used to bring props to the pub, or to the factory where he worked, to make people laugh: clingfilm dipped in beer might look like dangling snot after a fake sneeze a Vicks inhaler up one nostril might work for a gag about ivory hunters. Skinner has been funny for as long as he can remember. вЂњI hope itвЂ™s not William Hartnell!вЂќ The actor who played the First Doctor, after all, would be 114 by now.

вЂњIвЂ™m guessing he means Capaldi?вЂќ Skinner ponders, looking at me for confirmation. As the fan left, Skinner heard him say to his mate: вЂњHe used to be in Doctor Who.вЂќ On the way here he says he was spotted by a fan, who stopped to ask how he was doing. Skinner meets me in a coffee shop near his north London home. But I think itвЂ™s been good for me to keep questioning what I say. EveryoneвЂ™s got their own standards and restraints. вЂњHe said IвЂ™d never play at the venue again вЂ“ and then he launched into a load of racist material and brought the house down. вЂњI donвЂ™t think thereвЂ™s ever been a time when you could just say anything.вЂќ He recalls an early comedy show вЂ“ this must have been in the late 80s вЂ“ where the host apologised to the crowd after Skinner had performed some risque sexual material.

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вЂњI do wonder what all the fuss is about,вЂќ he says, dismissing the idea that modern comedians have their free speech stifled. Rather, itвЂ™s a comedic journey through his attempt to de-smutify his brain for the modern audience, a kind of personal challenge: can he even be funny without talking about penises? ItвЂ™s only a loose, lighthearted theme, but it still feels refreshing in a world where many comics seem to think their sole purpose is to say the most offensive thing possible. 30 Years of Dirt is not, then, a compendium of SkinnerвЂ™s best sex gags вЂ“ of which there have been plenty over the years.

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