The Helmet Rides Again
Roy Chubby Brown · 1991 · VHS — PolyGram Video (UK)
A straight-to-VHS barrage of intensely blue British pub jokes.
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Royston Vasey’s second major video release under the Roy Chubby Brown moniker cements the formula that made him an illicit-feeling success in the UK. Effectively banned from broadcast television for his reliance on slurs and obscenities, Brown leaned entirely into the straight-to-VHS market. He walks on stage in a patchwork suit, moccasins, and a leather flying helmet, delivering a 55-minute barrage of intensely blue pub jokes.
By 1991, PolyGram Video recognized a lucrative audience for uncensored dirt, turning Brown’s annual tapes into a multi-million-pound cottage industry. The Helmet Rides Again catches the comic near the start of that boom, feeding a live crowd the exact sort of smut they couldn’t get on regular television.