Ellie Laine

Ellie Laine
Occupation	Comedian
Years active	1980s
Known for	Sexually explicit stand-up comedy in the 1980s; appearances on British panel shows
Notable work	Blankety Blank, Celebrity Squares, A Question of Entertainment

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 while 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 (1987). The Joke's on Us: Women in Comedy from Music Hall to the Present Day. Pandora Press. p. 11. ISBN   978-0863581199.
2. A Question of Entertainment. Season 1. Episode 16. 14 August 1988. BBC1.
3. Celebrity Squares. Season 5. Episode 3. 22 January 1993. ITV.
4. Celebrity Squares. Season 5. Episode 6. 12 February 1993. ITV.
5. Blankety Blank. Season 10. Episode 11. BBC1. 4 December 1987. BBC.
6. Blankety Blank. Season 11. Episode 3. BBC1. 7 October 1988. BBC.
7. Blankety Blank. Season 12. Episode 17. BBC1. 5 February 1990. BBC.
8. "unknown". Penthouse. January 1988.{{cite magazine}}: Cite uses generic title (help)^{[ full citation needed ]}
9. "Racing Presenters". Channel 4.