Which comedy duo had a Number one hit with The Stonk in 1991?
"his character Mr. Bean – performed on drums. Joe Griffiths and Mike Moran contributed on keyboard. A UK number-one single for one week in March 1991, it is their sole chart single but raised £100,000 for Comic Relief. The B-side was entitled ""The Smile Song"", which was written and performed by the comedian Victoria Wood. As well as their 1991 single ""The Stonk"", the duo also appeared as their characters ""The Two Rons"" in a firework safety campaign run around Guy Fawkes Night, in trailers that were run for several years in the late 1980s/early 1990s, in slots often directly"
"Hole in the Wall Gang (comedy) The Hole in the Wall Gang is the name of a comedy group from Northern Ireland, who came to prominence in the mid-1990s with the extremely popular satirical comedy ""Give My Head Peace"". The line up consists of Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn, Marty Reid and Michael McDowell, all of whom were born in 1964. They were originally known as the ""Hole in the Wall Theatre Company"", before adopting the name Hole in the Wall Gang when they moved to television. In 1992, the group won a UK Sony Award for Best Radio Comedy for"
"revealing an alternative and lighter sound to the band. ""Don't Stop"" (1996), and ""Famous in the Last Century"" (2000) consisted almost entirely of cover versions, (with the only exception being the title track to the latter). The former brought some chart success for Quo with covers of Fleetwood Mac's ""Don't Stop"" and The Beach Boys' ""Fun, Fun, Fun"". The band became involved in an acrimonious dispute with Radio 1 after the station refused to include the ""Fun Fun Fun"" single on the radio station's playlist. In 1993, Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt attracted a crowd of over 25,000 when they"
"York-based radio personality Howard Stern, who played the duo's tracks on the air. The pair gained notoriety from their exposure on the popular ""The Howard Stern Show"", and released their first album, ""The Jerky Boys"", in 1993. The album topped the Billboard charts and was eventually certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The duo released the double platinum, ""The Jerky Boys 2"" in 1994, followed by ""The Jerky Boys 3"" in 1996, ""The Jerky Boys 4"" in 1997, ""Stop Staring at Me!"" in 1999, and ""The Jerky Tapes"" in 2001. In 1995, the duo appeared in"
"and was filmed as a one-hour TV special directed by McG and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. Stephen Lynch from New York developed a following with several Opie and Anthony appearances which led to two specials on Comedy Central. He performed on Broadway with the production of ""Grease"". With over 12 million albums sold, song parodist ""Weird Al"" Yankovic remains the highest-selling comedy act in history, with his 2014 album ""Mandatory Fun"" having debuted at #1 on the ""Billboard"" 200, the first comedy album to do so since Allan Shermans ""My Son, the Nut"" in 1963. Rock has been the"
"Comedy (Paul Kelly & The Messengers album) Comedy is a double album recorded by Paul Kelly & the Messengers and originally released in 1991. It peaked at No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart and remained in the top 50 for 12 weeks. ""Comedy"" reached the top 30 on the New Zealand Albums Chart. It was released via Mushroom Records in Australia and New Zealand, and via Doctor Dream Records in the United States. Track 9, ""Take Your Time"" is used in the 1997 Australian comedy feature film, ""The Castle"". This was the last album released before the partnership of"
"Abbott and Costello Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s. Their patter routine ""Who's on First?"" is one of the best-known comedy routines of all time in the world, and set the framework for many of their best-known comedy bits. While they had crossed paths a few times prior, the two comedians first worked together in 1935 at the Eltinge Burlesque Theater on 42nd Street in New York City, which"
"as writer. The Nimmo Twins The Nimmo Twins are a sketch comedy duo from Norfolk, UK comprising Owen Evans and Karl Minns. Formed in 1996 in Norwich, they first came to national attention after their show ""Posh Spice Nude"" was a sell-out success at the 1997 Edinburgh Festival. Appearances on BBC One's ""Stand Up Show"" followed and they became regulars on Radio 4's ""Loose Ends"" programme with Ned Sherrin. They returned to Edinburgh in 1998 and 1999, selling out in critically acclaimed shows both years. They toured Britain, played Paris, New York and two sell-out years at the Singapore Comedy"
"from their early 1990s peak. Most recently, the track ""And Then She Smiles"" has been used as the theme song for the television programme 'Stella' on Sky1. Compilations that feature ""Can You Dig It?"" are: The Mock Turtles The Mock Turtles are an English indie rock band, formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester in 1985, who enjoyed some success in the early 1990s. Their song ""Can You Dig It?"" which was released in 1991, charted in the UK top 20 in 1991 and again in 2003. Led by former Judge Happiness singer Martin Coogan, older brother of actor/comedian Steve Coogan, the"
"the UK on 12 March 2012 by Network. It was classified ""12"" by the BBFC. In 1991 Hale & Pace released a charity single in aid of Comic Relief. ""The Stonk"", based on a fictitious dance craze, was co-written by Hale and Pace along with Joe Griffiths. The single was produced by Queen guitarist Brian May, who was also featured on the track. Other musicians performing on the single, besides Brian May playing keyboards and guitar, were David Gilmour and Tony Iommi on guitar, with Neil Murray on bass guitar. Cozy Powell, Roger Taylor and Rowan Atkinson – appearing as"
"for awards for their comedy as well as their singing. They recorded two comedy albums as Lester ""Roadhog"" Moran and the Cadillac Cowboys, and one-half of one side of the album ""Country Music Then and Now"" was devoted to satirizing small-town radio stations' Saturday morning shows. They earned the number one spot on the Billboard chart four times: for ""Do You Know You Are My Sunshine?"" in 1978; ""Elizabeth"" in 1984; and in 1985, ""My Only Love"" and ""Too Much on My Heart"". Since forming, the Statler Brothers have released over 40 albums. The Statler Brothers purchased and renovated their"
"Canadian Comedy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Comedic Play for ""Anything"". Mump and Smoot Mump and Smoot are a Canadian clown duo created by Michael Kennard and John Turner, and directed by Karen Hines. Also referred to as 'clowns of horror', they've produced interactive, improvisational plays aimed squarely at adult audiences. Kennard and Turner met in Toronto in 1986 in Second City workshops, where they discovered a mutual talent for improvising with gibberish dialogue. While at Second City, they met Karen Hines, who has directed all their shows. Kennard and Turner also studied under Richard Pochinko in a new"
"Kelly & the Messengers was dissolved. All songs written by Paul Kelly, except where noted. Comedy (Paul Kelly & The Messengers album) Comedy is a double album recorded by Paul Kelly & the Messengers and originally released in 1991. It peaked at No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart and remained in the top 50 for 12 weeks. ""Comedy"" reached the top 30 on the New Zealand Albums Chart. It was released via Mushroom Records in Australia and New Zealand, and via Doctor Dream Records in the United States. Track 9, ""Take Your Time"" is used in the 1997 Australian"
"many extra projects over the years most notably a web series 'Toilet Humour', which ran for 21 episodes in 2009 and was resurrected briefly for 5 episodes in 2012. They also co-hosted a professional wrestling podcast called Wrestling Voice Radio from 2010-2014, featuring interviews with Stone Cold Steve Austin, Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Chris Jericho and more. The Luke & Duane Show The Luke & Duane Show were an Irish comedy rock duo from Cobh, County Cork, that consisted of members Duane Doogan & Luke Barry who gained popularity with their song ""Just Take Care, Spike Your Hair (The"
"The Mock Turtles The Mock Turtles are an English indie rock band, formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester in 1985, who enjoyed some success in the early 1990s. Their song ""Can You Dig It?"" which was released in 1991, charted in the UK top 20 in 1991 and again in 2003. Led by former Judge Happiness singer Martin Coogan, older brother of actor/comedian Steve Coogan, the band began to pick up attention around 1990, with tracks such as ""Lay Me Down"" and ""And Then She Smiles"" on the Imaginary label. It was ""Can You Dig It?"", however, which gained them wider"
"Lee and Herring Lee and Herring were a British standup comedy double act consisting of the comedians Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. They were most famous for their work on television, most notably ""Fist of Fun"" and ""This Morning with Richard Not Judy"" but had been working together on stage and on radio since the late 1980s. As with many double acts, Lee and Herring performed as contrasting personalities: one mature and duplicitous (Lee) and the other puerile and cheeky (Herring). As with several other double acts, Lee and Herring had a certain irony to their style and constantly checked"
"Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a comedy double act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. The team was composed of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). They became well known during the late 1920s through the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous bully Hardy. The duo's signature tune is known variously as ""The Cuckoo Song"", ""Ku-Ku"", or ""The Dance of the Cuckoos"". It was played over the opening credits of their films and has become as emblematic of the duo as their"
"Bananas Comedy Club Bananas Comedy Club are two venues for stand-up comedy: the original founded in 1986 in Poughkeepsie, New York and the other opening its doors in 1988 in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. Top comedians in the business have stopped by throughout the years including Jackie Mason, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Rita Rudner, Jamie Foxx, Tim Allen, Brian Regan, Jeff Dunham, Sinbad, Caroline Rhea, Pat Cooper, Paul Reiser, Tommy Davidson, Rich Vos, John Pinette, Jim Breuer, Robert Klein, Patrice O'Neal, Bobcat Goldthwait, Glen and side kick Barbara and many more. Both clubs are still open as of September 2009."
"and the Beanstalk. They also made several appearances in the comedy ""Last of the Summer Wine"". Cannon and Ball Tommy Cannon (born Thomas Derbyshire, 27 June 1938) and Bobby Ball (born Robert Harper, 28 January 1944), known collectively as Cannon and Ball, are an English comedy double act best known for their comedy variety show ""The Cannon and Ball Show"", which lasted for nine years on ITV. The duo met in the early 1960s while working as welders in Oldham, Lancashire. They started out as singers working the pubs and clubs of Greater Manchester and switched to comedy after being"
"Stoopnagle and Budd Stoopnagle and Budd were a popular radio comedy team of the 1930s, who are sometimes cited as forerunners of the Bob and Ray style of radio comedy. Along with Raymond Knight (""The Cuckoo Hour""), they were radio's first satirists. Musician Wilbur Budd Hulick and former broker-lumberman Frederick Chase Taylor (1897-1950) were both announcers at Buffalo station WMAK (now WBEN) in 1930. The great-grandson of British-born Aaron Lovecraft of Rochester, New York, Taylor was a first cousin of author H. P. Lovecraft. Hulick and Taylor came together as a team when a transmitter failure kept the station from"
"from their 1965 breakthrough with ""I Can't Get No Satisfaction"" via classics like ""Under My Thumb"", ""Miss You"", ""Sympathy For The Devil"" and ""Honky Tonk Women"" to their then most recent hit ""Start Me Up"" in the Autumn of 1981. The medley had first been released on the ""Superstars"" album in its full side-long, twenty-seven titles and sixteen-minute format. The heavily edited five-minute seven-inch version only featured ten of the Stones titles while the near ten-minute twelve-inch single included seventeen; the only mix of ""The Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band in the World"" medley to have been re-issued on CD"
"Stuckey and Murray Stuckey & Murray is a comedy music duo from Brooklyn, New York. Andy Stuckey and Jon Murray met when they were NBC Pages in New York City in the early 2000s. They formed the group in 2001 and have produced two full-length albums, ""Destination: Rock Bottom"" and ""Mythical Fornication"". Destination: Rock Bottom was recorded over a weekend in Austin, Texas and Mythical Fornication was tracked in Brooklyn, NY. Two of the duo's songs from their album Mythical Fornication are featured in the independent film, Stuck Like Chuck. Stuckey & Murray's videos have acquired approximately 20 million hits"
"sang 'My Sharona' by the Knack but with better lyrics. The Ryan and Amy Show The Ryan and Amy Show is a Vancouver-based Canadian sketch comedy duo composed of Ryan Steele and Amy Goodmurphy. They have toured Canada and the United States including doing Sketch Fest in Montreal and Vancouver as well as Just For Laughs. The group produces sketch comedy shorts that are distributed via YouTube and on their website, but have appeared on other sites as well such as Funny or Die. Goodmurphy and Steele have starred together in many television shows including the YTV show ""The Funny"
"careers—Dennis as a panellist and presenter and Punt as a screenwriter. Their more prominent works include long-running radio shows ""It's Been a Bad Week"" (BBC Radio 2) and BBC Radio 4 shows ""The Party Line"" and the currently running ""The Now Show"". They also contribute to the satirical hit panel game ""Mock the Week"". Punt is a programme associate while Dennis is a regular panellist alongside Frankie Boyle and later Chris Addison. In 1992 they went on the road themselves and toured the UK with a show called 'Punt And Dennis - The Milky Milky Tour'. The name of the"
"Cannon and Ball Tommy Cannon (born Thomas Derbyshire, 27 June 1938) and Bobby Ball (born Robert Harper, 28 January 1944), known collectively as Cannon and Ball, are an English comedy double act best known for their comedy variety show ""The Cannon and Ball Show"", which lasted for nine years on ITV. The duo met in the early 1960s while working as welders in Oldham, Lancashire. They started out as singers working the pubs and clubs of Greater Manchester and switched to comedy after being told comics earned an extra £3 a night. They have continued to work as a comic"
"Stone and Stone Stone and Stone is an American comedy duo consisting of twin brothers, Adam and Todd Stone (born on March 22, 1983). Adam and Todd Stone were born in New York City. They attended Wesleyan University together and graduated in 2005. While at Wesleyan University, the brothers developed a variety show combining their individual performance skills into a single act. During their sophomore year, the brothers gave their first performance as ""Stone and Stone"". Adam and Todd Stone portrayed recurring roles as The Henchman in ""Penelope Princess of Pets"", a comedic online series developed by the comedy duo"
"in Las Vegas. Stone and Stone Stone and Stone is an American comedy duo consisting of twin brothers, Adam and Todd Stone (born on March 22, 1983). Adam and Todd Stone were born in New York City. They attended Wesleyan University together and graduated in 2005. While at Wesleyan University, the brothers developed a variety show combining their individual performance skills into a single act. During their sophomore year, the brothers gave their first performance as ""Stone and Stone"". Adam and Todd Stone portrayed recurring roles as The Henchman in ""Penelope Princess of Pets"", a comedic online series developed by"
"reached No. 1 in the UK and No. 2 in the US. The accompanying Voodoo Lounge Tour lasted into the following year and grossed $320 million, becoming the world's highest-grossing tour at the time. Mostly acoustic numbers from various concerts and rehearsals made up ""Stripped"" which reached No. 9 in the UK and the US. It featured a cover of Bob Dylan's ""Like a Rolling Stone"", as well as infrequently played songs like ""Shine a Light"", ""Sweet Virginia"" and ""The Spider and the Fly"". On 8 September 1994, the Stones performed their new song ""Love Is Strong"" and ""Start Me"
"aired ""Nichols and May: Take Two,"" an hourlong documentary about the duo. Nichols and May Nichols and May was a Grammy Award-winning American improvisational comedy duo act developed by Mike Nichols (1931-2014) and Elaine May (born 1932). Their three comedy albums reached the Billboard Top 40 between 1959 and 1962. Many comedians have cited them as key influences in modern comedy. “You can't get any better than they were,"" TV host Dick Cavett remembered, ""They were one of the comic meteors in the sky.” Nichols and May met as students at the University of Chicago in the early 1950s. They"
"Tik and Tok Tik and Tok are the robotic mime and music duo of Tim Dry and Sean Crawford. They began performing together with Shock, a rock/mime/burlesque/music troupe in the early 1980s with Barbie Wilde, Robert Pereno, L.A. Richards and Carole Caplin. Shock's first record ""Angel Face"", with production by Rusty Egan and Richard James Burgess, was a modest dance floor hit. In 1981, Shock co-starred with Ultravox at the 'People's Palace Valentine's Ball' at the Rainbow Theatre. Shock went on to support Gary Numan at his Wembley Arena shows in April, 1981. They eventually broke up and reformed as"
"The cult-classic mockumentary ""This Is Spinal Tap"" (1984) includes a memorable scene where the parody band gets lost backstage just before performing at a Cleveland rock concert (origin of the phrase ""Hello, Cleveland!""). ""Howard the Duck"" (1986), George Lucas' heavily criticized adaptation of the Marvel comic of the same name, begins with the title character crashing into Cleveland after drifting in outer space. Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett play the sibling leads of a Cleveland rock group in ""Light of Day"" (1987); directed by Paul Schrader, much of the film was shot in the city. Both ""Major League"" (1989)"
"Mump and Smoot Mump and Smoot are a Canadian clown duo created by Michael Kennard and John Turner, and directed by Karen Hines. Also referred to as 'clowns of horror', they've produced interactive, improvisational plays aimed squarely at adult audiences. Kennard and Turner met in Toronto in 1986 in Second City workshops, where they discovered a mutual talent for improvising with gibberish dialogue. While at Second City, they met Karen Hines, who has directed all their shows. Kennard and Turner also studied under Richard Pochinko in a new field of what he called Canadian clowning. On May 13, 1988, Mump"
"primary funding source. After the collapse of their just renewed deal at Paramount Pictures, Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer moved their production company to Hollywood Pictures in January 1991. The division issued primarily inexpensive comedies for the first six years with a few box office flops films, amongst them ""Holy Matrimony"", ""Aspen Extreme"", ""Super Mario Bros."", ""Swing Kids"", ""Blame It on the Bellboy"", ""Born Yesterday"" and ""Guilty as Sin"". The division only had one box office success, ""The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"", and one critical success, ""The Joy Luck Club"", which did not out weigh the general anemic box"