Ellie Laine

Ellie Laine is a comedian best known for her sexually explicit stand-up comedy and her appearances on panel shows in the 1980s.

In the 1980s, Laine performed sexually explicit stand-up comedy in working men's clubs whilst wearing suggestive clothing, discussing sex in "graphic and earthy detail".^[1]

In popular culture

• Laine made one appearance on A Question of Entertainment,^[2] two episodes of Celebrity Squares,^[3][4] and three episodes of Blankety Blank.^[5][6][7]
• She also made an appearance in one volume of Penthouse magazine.^[8]
• One episode of John McCririck's Morning Line involved her divulging to the viewers that the most interesting thing in McCririck's trousers was its label, and her insistence that McCririck prove otherwise.^[9]

References

1. Banks, Morwenna; Swift, Amanda (1988). The Jokeʼs on Us: Women in Comedy from Music Hall to the Present Day. Pandora Press. p. 11.
2. "A Question of Entertainment". 1. 14 August 1988. BBC1.
3. "Celebrity Squares". 5. 22 January 1993. ITV.
4. "Celebrity Squares". 5. 12 February 1993. ITV.
5. "Blankety Blank". 10. BBC1. 4 December 1987. BBC.
6. "Blankety Blank". 11. BBC1. 7 October 1988. BBC.
7. "Blankety Blank". 12. BBC1. 5 February 1990. BBC.
8. "Penthouse". January 1988.
9. "Racing Presenters". Channel 4.