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Chick Blaine 💙

@chickblaine.bsky.social

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Humorist, Comedy Enthusiast and Air Fryer Escapologist. Walsall, UK (middle bit). **** 4 stars and a handful of sage & onion POULTRY DIGEST

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Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · Sep 12

Spent ages looking in the wrong section of the bookshop for a beginner's guide to recording financial information.

There's no Accounting for Dummies.

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Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · 2d

Thrilled to have won the West Midlands Prune Eating Championships.

That'll be two years running.

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Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · 4d

Tonight I will be showing a bunch of celebrities around the Rutland Beer Tray Museum in the first episode of Celebrity Tray Tours.

#LunchPun #Jokes

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Mostly Comedy @mostlycomedy.bsky.social · 5d

Brand new #MoreThanMostlyComedy ahoy, featuring an interview with the actor and improviser @jamespayton.bsky.social (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Captain America: The First Avenger, Tim Burton's Wednesday, and more).

Listen now. NOW! #MostlyComedy podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

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Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · 6d

Sea Sponges can absorb 20 times their own weight in water.

Let that sink in for a minute.

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Mostly Comedy @mostlycomedy.bsky.social · 8d

As they are in crisis, we will collect for Garden House Hospice Care at future shows. You can also now donate when booking.

But why wait? Give directly here:
www.ghhospicecare.org.uk/crisis-appeal
youtu.be/ALaqT5ONVmY

Crisis Appeal

YouTube video by Garden House Hospice Care

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Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · 8d

So, it seems we are here again. Just eight months after we petitioned, protested and marched, Walsall Council are once again reviving their plans to sell off our historic Leather Museum. This excellent article details the story so far ⬇️ #SaveWalsallLeatherMuseum

Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 9d

News | Outcry after council signs off plan to relocate Walsall Leather Museum – local campaigners believe decision was pushed through without proper consultation

Outcry after council signs off plan to relocate Walsall Leather Museum - Museums Association

Local campaigners believe decision was pushed through without proper consultation

www.museumsassociation.org

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Richard Pulsford is at Faversham Fringe on 18th October @richardpulsford.bsky.social · 9d

This weekend is the start of this year's wonderful @favershamfringe.bsky.social. I will be performing two of my shows, both on 18th October, at The Guildhall.

One-liner show. Tickets: bit.ly/4fzQn6D

Autobiographical, Yorkshire Dad, Immigrant Mum. Tickets: bit.ly/41vlJp4

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Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · 8d

The very idea of a sitcom set in a grim Victorian prison seemed to some (like Kenneth Williams) to be a misstep. Who on earth would want to spend time in that environment? Ultimately, Ronnie Barker's performance helped make Porridge a triumph that I will happily keep returning to. 2/2

Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · 8d

Ronnie Barker, who passed away 20 years ago today, was a true master of all aspects of TV comedy. My one-time tutor, the late great Ian Davidson, once told me jokingly that 'Ronnie B thought he could do everything better than everyone else... and he was usually right'. 1/2

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 9d

"She said, "I've left my culottes on the Underground, it was trainee day at the bikini waxers and I've got a raging case of pre-menstrual tension," all this in a voice loud enough to blow the froth off the top of a Horlicks two tables away!"

Patricia Routledge RIP x

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wisQ...

Kitty 2 - With Patricia Routledge - BBC

YouTube video by maxinebendix

www.youtube.com

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Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · 9d

Sad to hear of the passing of Dame Patricia Routledge, one of our finest comedy and character actresses. Such an amazing career which included bringing to life one of THE great comedy creations, Hyacinth Bucket, and starring in a Broadway musical with Vincent Price 😞

Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · 9d

Some people don't like comedy ventriloquism.

But I'm prepared to stick my hand up and say it's gag-gificient.

#LunchPun #Jokes

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David Ephgrave @davidephgrave.bsky.social · 10d

It's #Hitchin @mostlycomedy.bsky.social’s seventeenth birthday in three weeks. Bring cake.

Mostly Comedy @mostlycomedy.bsky.social · 10d

Just three weeks until 23rd Oct's 17th anniversary #Hitchin #MostlyComedy. Featuring @comedylopez.bsky.social (QI, HIGNFY), @amygledhill.bsky.social (Live at The Apollo, WILTY), & @davidephgrave.bsky.social ("as smooth as they come" - BBC).

Book now. Bring cake. www.ticketsource.co.uk/mostly-comedy

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Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · 9d

Who could fail to remember when Leyline High channel-hopped? Catch up from the start if you've missed it. There's fandom and there's Leyliner fandom.

Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · 10d

In our latest episode we discuss the legendary Leyline High episode Harvest Scare-stival from 1984. (You remember? It's the one with the Corn-on-the-Cob Monster that kills the dinnerlady?)

And we also get onto the subject of our favourite autumnal hymns. 🍂

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Emma Purshouse @emmapurshouse.bsky.social · 11d

If you're coming to @waterstoneswton.bsky.social on Friday night to hear me read it'll be great to see you. Here's a review of the new collection...
londongrip.co.uk/2025/09/lond... I am chuffed

London Grip Poetry Review – Emma Purshouse – londongrip.co.uk

londongrip.co.uk

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Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · 11d

After years of running a Driving School, and grabbing a quick sandwich in the front of the car, I've finally decided to take a back seat roll.

#LunchPun #Jokes

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Mostly Comedy @mostlycomedy.bsky.social · 11d

NEWS! 4th Dec’s #Hitchin #MostlyComedy features the legendary @arfursmith.bsky.social, @rachelparris.bsky.social (QI, WILTY), BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist, Andy Storey, & @davidephgrave.bsky.social ('Devastatingly witty' - EdFest Mag).

Presale/general sale 4th/6th Oct. www.mostlycomedy.co.uk

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Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · 12d

NEW LEYLINE HIGH REWIND IN YOUR PODCAST FEED LATER TODAY!

Uploading 3:30pm (home time)

This month: a Harvest Festival Special!

Leyline High Rewind graphic. A school locker full of strange items, a glowing skull, an ancient leather-bound book and some tentacles. To the right, a sign with the text "7: Harvest Scare-stival (1984)"

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Dame Agnes Guano @agnes-guano.bsky.social · 12d

Spectacular tricks and illusions via the medium of vinyl with The Magic Circle Record – “LEARN HOW TO FLOAT A SAUSAGE”

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Emma Purshouse @emmapurshouse.bsky.social · 12d

Tomorrow evening (30th September) I'll be reading from my new collection of poetry at Press Books and Coffee in Hednesford. It's a smashing independent bookshop. It'd be great to see you if you can make it along. Here's the ticket link...
www.pressbooksandcoffee.co.uk/event-detail...

An Evening with Emma Purshouse | Press Books & Coffee

Join us at Press Books and Coffee for the launch of Unsung, the new poetry collection by Emma Purshouse, published by Offa’s Press.

www.pressbooksandcoffee.co.uk

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Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · 13d

My new venture, making hand-woven Hearth Rugs, got off to a promising start.

But suddenly my business partner decided to do a runner.

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Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · 15d

Post a happy TV theme you like...

Infectiously Jaunty 🩺
youtu.be/v-aDxSrFm1c?...

Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · 16d

The only time I played golf, the ball kept ending up several feet beyond the hole.

And that's putting it mildly.

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Chick Blaine 💙 @chickblaine.bsky.social · 17d

UK bee and other pollinator populations are dropping rapidly. This is partly due to how many pesticides we use – but it doesn’t have to be this way 🐝
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ACTION: Sign the petition and tell the UK government to protect our pollinators.

The UK’s pollinator numbers are dropping heavily - we need the UK government to step in and protect them.

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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 18d

The Zombie School Cup Final episode was a landmark episode, particularly the bit when Biffo's arms came off in goal.

Leyline High Rewind @leylinehighrewind.bsky.social · 18d

We asked Leyline High fans for their favourite episodes.
Do you remember any of these? 👇

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