First thoughts: From stand-up to sermonising In A Comedian's Prayerbook, Frank Skinner asks some big questions and cracks a few jokes, even if some parts have an Old Testament feel, writes Noel Baker Frank Skinner has gone from mucking about in the nineties on the ‘Fantasy Football’ sofa to producing a prayer book. His personal conversations with God incorporate wry observations that wouldn’t seem out of place in a comedy club. Sat, 24 Jul, 2021 - 20:00 A Comedian's Prayerbook Hodder & Stoughton, €12 When Frank Skinner was spending much of the Nineties mucking about on the Fantasy Football sofa with his mate, David Baddiel, it was hard to imagine that one day he'd produce a prayer book. And yet, like a phoenix from the flames, here we are.