Be sure to see tsuwm's take on this. and what does "marrow" mean in Wordsmith's quote:

"Without double-entendre British comedy would be bereft.
A short selection from a week's viewing: `You should have
heard the gasps when I showed my marrow to the
Women's Institute'." Thomas Sutcliffe, In Search of
Intelligent Life on Planet Sitcom, The Independent
(London) Mar 8, 1996.

Did he take of his skin, and dance around in his bones?