HE'S billed as being too outrageous for TV and his live show even has a warning slapped on it to ward off the easily offended.

But when I touch on the subject of sacred cows in comedy, Roy Chubby Brown said it's up to the individual stand up to 'edit themselves'.

That said, there are subjects that are off limits, even for him, a comedian who still courts controversy at the age of 70.

He said: "There are quite a few things I don’t like people telling jokes about at all. I’m not comfortable with telling jokes about sick or disabled children and so on because they can’t defend themselves. It's not fair."

Roy said while nobody's ever walked out of one of his gigs, he's had rowdy people, their bravado and boisterousness fuelled by too many pints and shown the exit door.

So what can we expect from his current show, Sex, Drugs and Sausage Rolls, coming to Altrincham Garrick?

He said: "Anything that’s in the papers, current affairs at the moment and all the usual standard stuff I do. If you cant make a joke out of all the doom around you nowadays, then you’d just cry wouldn’t you?"

Apart from his loud stage suits, Roy always wears a flying helmet and goggles on stage. All this combines to give him an unmistakable look, but where did the idea for the colourful suits come from?

Roy said: "In 1969 I would be booked for lots of stag dos and the men would have a tendency to spit at me and throw beer over me.

"So my first actual suit for shows was made from beer towels that you find on a bar top. I really liked it. I liked the bright colours and how it was like patchwork. I then thought, wouldn’t it be great to have a whole suit like this so that’s where it came from, I have them made especially, I’ve got six!"

- Roy Chubby Brown's Sex, Drugs and Sausage Rolls show comes to Altrincham Garrick on June 11 at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from 0161 928 1677.

RICK BOWEN