"Sue Perkins Susan ""Sue"" Elizabeth Perkins (born 22 September 1969) is an English comedian, broadcaster, actress, and writer. Originally coming to prominence through her comedy partnership with Mel Giedroyc in ""Mel and Sue"", she has since become best known as a radio broadcaster and television presenter, notably of ""The Great British Bake Off"" (2010–2016) and ""Insert Name Here"" (2016–present). She was ranked sixth in ""The Independent on Sunday""s 2014 Rainbow List. Perkins was born on 22 September 1969 in south London, where she grew up in Croydon with her two younger siblings and parents. Her father worked for a local"
"of series two of Miranda Hart's self-titled sitcom ""Miranda"" as a life coach. Giedroyc was a panellist on the Channel 5 programme ""The Wright Stuff"" in 2007, 2008 and in February 2010. She plays Mrs V, the owner of the Y café, in CBBC programme ""Sadie J"" and is also the voice of Mist in ""Mist: Sheepdog Tales"", shown on Channel 5's morning show ""Milkshake!"". Giedroyc was reunited with Sue Perkins in 2010 to host the cookery competition ""The Great British Bake Off"", on BBC Two from 16 August 2010. Later, in an apparently syndicated newspaper interview, Giedroyc admitted that"
"Comic Relief"" alongside Sue Perkins on BBC One. Also in 2017, Giedroyc competed in the fourth series of ""Taskmaster"" against Lolly Adefope, Hugh Dennis, Noel Fielding and Joe Lycett. Since June 2017, Giedroyc has presented Saturday night entertainment series ""Pitch Battle"" for BBC One. She also presented daily BBC Two game show ""Letterbox"" for 15 episodes. On 23 July 2017, it was confirmed that Giedroyc and Perkins would host a new version of ""The Generation Game"" for BBC One. In November 2017, she co-presented ""Children in Need"" for the first time. In December 2017 she hosted an episode of ""Have"
"Geoffrey Perkins Geoffrey Howard Perkins (22 February 1953 – 29 August 2008) was a British comedy producer, writer and performer. Best known as the BBC head of comedy (1995–2001), he produced the first two radio series of ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" and is one of the people credited with creating the bizarre panel game Mornington Crescent for ""I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"". In December 2008 he posthumously received an Outstanding Contribution to Comedy Award. Perkins attended the Harrow County Grammar School, alongside Nigel Sheinwald, Michael Portillo and Clive Anderson, with whom he ran the debating society. Taking"
"Percy Dovetonsils Percy Dovetonsils is a fictional character created and played by television comedian Ernie Kovacs. It is probably the best remembered of Kovacs' many TV incarnations. Percy was always introduced with a sweeping flourish of harp music as a ""poet laureate"" who appeared onscreen as a bizarrely effeminate ""artiste"" with weirdly slicked hair (including two carefully placed spit-curls on his forehead) and extraordinarily thick eyeglasses that appeared to have eyes painted on the backsides of the lenses. He would appear seated in a chair wearing a zebra-patterned smoking jacket, and reading from an oversize book lying open in his"
"husband's work until her death in 2008. When found, the tape was mislabeled as film and had no music background; it was only audio of Kovacs as Percy reading his poetry. Percy Dovetonsils Percy Dovetonsils is a fictional character created and played by television comedian Ernie Kovacs. It is probably the best remembered of Kovacs' many TV incarnations. Percy was always introduced with a sweeping flourish of harp music as a ""poet laureate"" who appeared onscreen as a bizarrely effeminate ""artiste"" with weirdly slicked hair (including two carefully placed spit-curls on his forehead) and extraordinarily thick eyeglasses that appeared to"
"Robin Parkinson Christopher Robin Parkinson (born 25 October 1929, Coventry, Warwickshire) is a British actor most known for his comedy roles. He appeared as the second actor to portray Monsieur Ernest Leclerc in 22 episodes of ""'Allo 'Allo!"" (series 7–9), after the death of original portrayer Derek Royle and was a familiar face of comedy in the 1970s and 1980s. His various appearances included ""Dad's Army"", ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"", ""Terry and June"", ""The Young Ones"", ""The Kenny Everett Television Show"", ""Shelley"", ""The Dick Emery Show"", ""On The Buses"", ""The Liver Birds"" and ""Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?"""
"Robin Parkinson Christopher Robin Parkinson (born 25 October 1929, Coventry, Warwickshire) is a British actor most known for his comedy roles. He appeared as the second actor to portray Monsieur Ernest Leclerc in 22 episodes of ""'Allo 'Allo!"" (series 7–9), after the death of original portrayer Derek Royle and was a familiar face of comedy in the 1970s and 1980s. His various appearances included ""Dad's Army"", ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"", ""Terry and June"", ""The Young Ones"", ""The Kenny Everett Television Show"", ""Shelley"", ""The Dick Emery Show"", ""On The Buses"", ""The Liver Birds"" and ""Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?"""
"March 2010, Perkins appeared in a three part mini-series on BBC Two, ""A Band for Britain"", in which she attempted to revive the fortunes of the Dinnington Colliery Band. In 2010, Perkins and Coren presented ""Giles and Sue Live the Good Life"", a celebration of the 1970s BBC series ""The Good Life"", where they were challenged to live a self-sufficient lifestyle. Later that year, Perkins was joined by Mel Giedroyc to present ""The Great British Bake Off"". The series is a cookery competition with each episode looking at a different aspect of baking which they co-hosted for seven seasons. In"
"Perkins, who replaced Melvin. He married his wife, Etta Perkins in 1946, who managed the behind-the-scenes audio and lights production. The Le Roy Brothers Marionettes (1939–1955) was one of the most celebrated and requested vaudeville acts in America, showcasing the top vaudeville stars. The marionettes which astounded audiences in disbelief included lifelike comedians and actors: humorous Danny Thomas, Jimmy Durante performing with piano, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis; and drummer Gene Krupa whose drums would explode from being played with .38 caliber blanks going off, amongst other favorite characters such as the original woman on the moon, breakaway detaching fluorescent"
"Musical, Best Choreography, and Best Orchestration. ""Urinetown"" has been performed around the world and in hundreds of American cities. His most recently produced play is ""Pig Farm"", which premiered at The Roundabout Theatre in New York City in June 2006. He has appeared on stage with and written for the Neo-Futurists and Cardiff-Giant. He holds a degree in political science from the University of Chicago where he was a member of Off-Off Campus. He and Halliday have two children, India and Milo. Greg Kotis Greg Kotis is a New York-based playwright, who specializes in dark, disturbing comedies with socially relevant"
"Vic Reeves James Roderick Moir (born 24 January 1959), better known by the stage name Vic Reeves, is an English comedian, artist, actor and television presenter, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer as Vic and Bob. He is known for his surreal sense of humour. In 2003, Reeves and Mortimer were listed in ""The Observer"" as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. In a 2005 poll to find the ""Comedians' Comedian"", Reeves and Mortimer were voted the eighth greatest comedy act ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. After school, Reeves undertook an apprenticeship"
"""The Naked Lunch"", after which they took their show ""Planet Pussycat"" to the Edinburgh Festival. Giedroyc recalls of their early partnership: ""We got on extremely well. We did some very lame gigs performing sketches with two guys, and Sue would compere. But because she was a year younger than me we never knew each other well until after college. We both got very shit degrees, and I failed to get into every drama school, so I gave her a ring and said, 'Do you want to write stuff for ""Week Ending""? The pair's television breakthrough came on the ""French &"
"laconic quips after disposing of a villain. One-line joke A one-liner is a joke that is delivered in a single line. A good one-liner is said to be pithy - concise and meaningful. Comedians and actors use this comedic method as part of their act, e.g. Jimmy Carr, Tommy Cooper, Rodney Dangerfield, Norm Macdonald, Ken Dodd, Stewart Francis, Zach Galifianakis, Mitch Hedberg, Anthony Jeselnik, Milton Jones, Shappi Khorsandi, Jay London, Mark Linn-Baker, Demetri Martin, Groucho Marx, Dan Mintz, Emo Philips, Tim Vine, Steven Wright and Henny Youngman and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Many fictional characters are also known to deliver one-liners, including"
"Programme and to ""The IT Crowd"" for Best Situation Comedy dedicated their awards to Perkins. Geoffrey Perkins Geoffrey Howard Perkins (22 February 1953 – 29 August 2008) was a British comedy producer, writer and performer. Best known as the BBC head of comedy (1995–2001), he produced the first two radio series of ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" and is one of the people credited with creating the bizarre panel game Mornington Crescent for ""I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"". In December 2008 he posthumously received an Outstanding Contribution to Comedy Award. Perkins attended the Harrow County Grammar School, alongside"
"England in 1992 shortly after his 70th birthday. Raymond Hitchcock (author) Raymond John Hitchcock (9 February 1922 – 23 February 1992) was an English novelist, screenwriter, and cartoonist, He is best remembered for his novel ""Percy"", which was the basis for a 1971 film of the same name. Several of his earlier books were light-hearted sexual farces; his later titles included several thrillers. He was the father of English musician Robyn Hitchcock. His daughter Fleur is a children's author. Hitchcock was born in Calcutta, India in 1922 to English parents. At age 22, one of his legs was wounded during"
"Boston, and he credits both experiences with influencing his style. He has also indicated that he prefers subtler material over more confrontational approaches. While he includes material about race in his act, he has indicated that it is not the central focus of his material. His delivery style has been characterized as ""likeable"" and ""matter-of-fact."" Dwayne Perkins Dwayne Perkins (born March 21, 1971) is an American stand-up comedian from Brooklyn, New York, currently residing in Los Angeles. He is best known for his appearances on ""Conan"", Comedy Central, and as a regular correspondent on ""The Jay Leno Show"". In August"
"the limelight. During 1985, he re-recorded ""Blue Suede Shoes"" with Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom of the Stray Cats, as part of the soundtrack for the film ""Porky's Revenge"". In October 1985, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Dave Edmunds, Lee Rocker, Rosanne Cash and Ringo Starr appeared with him on stage for a television special, """", which was taped live at the Limehouse Studios in London. The show was shown on Channel 4 on January 1, 1986. Perkins performed 16 songs, with two encores, in an extraordinary performance. He and his friends ended the session by singing his most famous"
"Live]]""), then there are sitcoms, for example [[Friends]], [[Porridge (TV series)|Porridge]] and [[Father Ted]], as well as popular panel shows like [[QI]], [[Spicks and Specks (TV series)|Spicks and Specks]] and [[8 out of 10 Cats]]. Comedy is increasingly enjoyed online. Comedians with popular long-running podcasts series include [[Ricky Gervais]], [[Richard Herring]] and [[Scott Aukerman]]. Comedians streaming video of their standup include [[Bridget Christie]], [[Louis C.K.]] and [[Daniel Kitson]]. Many comedians publicise their work and build an audience through social media, especially [[Twitter]]. There are many established formats for jokes. One example is the [[pun]] or double-entendre, where similar words are"
"One-line joke A one-liner is a joke that is delivered in a single line. A good one-liner is said to be pithy - concise and meaningful. Comedians and actors use this comedic method as part of their act, e.g. Jimmy Carr, Tommy Cooper, Rodney Dangerfield, Norm Macdonald, Ken Dodd, Stewart Francis, Zach Galifianakis, Mitch Hedberg, Anthony Jeselnik, Milton Jones, Shappi Khorsandi, Jay London, Mark Linn-Baker, Demetri Martin, Groucho Marx, Dan Mintz, Emo Philips, Tim Vine, Steven Wright and Henny Youngman and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Many fictional characters are also known to deliver one-liners, including James Bond, who usually includes pithy and"
"Ernie Kovacs Ernest Edward ""Ernie"" Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian, actor, and writer. Kovacs' visually experimental and often spontaneous comedic style influenced numerous television comedy programs for years after his death. Many individuals and shows, such as Johnny Carson, David Letterman, ""Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In"", ""Saturday Night Live"", ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"", Jim Henson, ""Max Headroom"", Chevy Chase, Conan O’Brien, ""Jimmy Kimmel, Captain Kangaroo"", ""Sesame Street"", ""The Electric Company"", Pee-wee's Playhouse, The Muppet Show, Dave Garroway, Andy Kaufman, You Can't Do That on Television, Uncle Floyd, and many others have credited Kovacs as"
"Dwayne Perkins Dwayne Perkins (born March 21, 1971) is an American stand-up comedian from Brooklyn, New York, currently residing in Los Angeles. He is best known for his appearances on ""Conan"", Comedy Central, and as a regular correspondent on ""The Jay Leno Show"". In August 2012, he was selected by ""Rolling Stone"" magazine as one of their ""Five Comics to Watch"". In October 2015, he was the artist-in-residence at the Rotterdam International Comedy Festival. After emceeing events in college, Perkins began performing at the Uptown Comedy Club in Harlem. After graduation, he moved to Boston in 1994. While performing at"
"was an extremely shy person, especially in the company of women, and was never open about his bisexuality. According to the posthumous biography ""Split Image"" by Charles Winecoff, he had exclusively same-sex relationships until his late 30s, including with actors Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter; artist Christopher Makos; dancer Rudolf Nureyev; composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim; and dancer-choreographer Grover Dale. Perkins has been described as one of the two great men in the life of French songwriter . Perkins reportedly had his first heterosexual experience at age 39 with actress Victoria Principal on location filming ""The Life and Times of Judge Roy"
"Your Mind Up"" along with John Barrowman. She starred as one of the presenters in the show ""Eurobeat: Almost Eurovision!"" at the Edinburgh Fringe and subsequently in the West End at the Novello Theatre. Giedroyc played the Fairy Liquid in a production of ""Jack and the Beanstalk"" at London's Barbican theatre in December 2007. She appeared in a children's sketch show for the BBC ""Sorry, I've Got No Head"". In 2010, Giedroyc was a celebrity guest team captain on ""What Do Kids Know?"" with Rufus Hound, Joe Swash and Sara Cox on Watch and also appeared in the first episode"
"1967, and they remained part of her private collection until her death in 2008. The tapes were labeled as movie material and were thought to be such until further examination proved they were Kovacs as Percy reading his poems with no music background. The album was finally released in 2012. Kovacs was inducted posthumously into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia's Hall of Fame in 1992. Ernie Kovacs Ernest Edward ""Ernie"" Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian, actor, and writer. Kovacs' visually experimental and often spontaneous comedic style influenced numerous television comedy programs for years"
"Giles Coren Giles Robin Patrick Coren (born 29 July 1969) is a British food writer and television presenter. He has been a restaurant critic for ""The Times"" newspaper since 1993, and was named Food and Drink Writer of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2005. He has co-starred with comedian Sue Perkins in ""The Supersizers..."" series and with social historian Polly Russell in the ""Back in Time for..."" series. Coren has been involved in a number of controversies, including breaching a privacy injunction, making derogatory remarks about his family members and being accused of anti-Polish sentiment, which led"
"and modern comedy for double acts. As the two leading double acts of the day, Morecambe and Wise and the Winters brothers enjoyed a playful rivalry—the Winters themselves mocked the slight edge Morecambe and Wise had over them in popularity while Morecambe, when asked what he and Wise would have been if not comedians, replied """"Mike and Bernie Winters"""". Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the traditional formula was shunned by The Two Ronnies, who completely dispensed with the need for a ""straight man"", and Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, two Oxbridge-educated comedians who used the double act to deliver satire"
"voted it the ""Best British TV Sketch Show of 2008"" in ""The Comedy.co.uk Awards"". According to Enfield and Whitehouse, the title sequence is a self-referential joke at the fact that the pair are ""a pair of old timers out of touch with the modern world"", while, they claim, sketch comedy is a ""young man's game"". The second series used fewer celebrity characters than the first series. A third series was confirmed by Paul Whitehouse on the sketch show ""Horne & Corden"". The show had a new producer as the producer, Geoffrey Perkins, died in 2008, ""shortly before the second series"
"series in 2017. Giedroyc hosted the Sky1 primetime game show ""Relatively Clever"", which began on 3 April 2015. In May 2015, Giedroyc joined Scott Mills in commentating the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 for the United Kingdom. It was broadcast on BBC Three. Since 2016, Giedroyc has presented the ""Eurovision You Decide"" programme. In 2017, Giedroyc co-presented the Saturday night BBC show ""Let It Shine"" – including three live shows – alongside Graham Norton. The judges are Gary Barlow, Martin Kemp and Dannii Minogue. She narrated ""The Secret Chef"" for ITV and co-presented ""Let's Sing and Dance for"
"Edmondson) rips apart the title page after the first ten seconds of the opening credits of this show while criticising it, saying, ""It's so bloody nice! Felicity 'Treacle' Kendal and Richard 'Sugar-Flavoured Snot' Briers! They're nothing but a couple of reactionary stereotypes, confirming the myth that everyone in Britain is a lovable middle-class eccentric. And I hate them!"" Giles Coren and Sue Perkins joined for a 6-episode series ""Giles and Sue Live the Good Life"", broadcast to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the original series, where they recreate the conditions by which two city-dwellers attempt to adjust to country life,"
"of the show and his parody on it, even participating in an online drive to save the program during its first cancellation. Perkins was also spoofed on ""Saturday Night Live"", first by Harry Shearer reporting on the Walter Keane art exhibit in 1980; and then by Darrell Hammond, who played Perkins as a sarcastic alcoholic while hosting ""Biography"". Jack Perkins (reporter) Jack Perkins (born December 28, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American reporter, commentator, war correspondent, and anchorman. He has been dubbed ""America's most literate correspondent"" by the Associated Press. Perkins received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political"
"my own idiom of speech."") Prufrock is a Pierrot transplanted to America. Another prominent Modernist, Wallace Stevens, was undisguised in his identification with Pierrot in his earliest poems and letters—an identification that he later complicated and refined through such avatars as Bowl (in ""Bowl, Cat and Broomstick"" [1917]), Carlos (in ""Carlos Among the Candles"" [1917]), and, most importantly, Crispin (in ""The Comedian as the Letter C"" [1923]). As for fiction, William Faulkner began his career as a chronicler of Pierrot's amorous disappointments and existential anguish in such little-known works as his play ""The Marionettes"" (1920) and the verses of his"
"online in 2006. Opened for Sam Kinison, Pauly Shore and Richard Jeni. Toured twice with Andrew Dice Clay. Appeared as the comedy relief in several Easyriders Videos as well as appearances on ""The Dennis Miller Show"", ""Late Night with Carson Daly"", ""Caroline's Comedy Hour"", ""Evening at the Improv"", ""The Pat Sajak Show"" and Showtime. Willy Parsons Willy Parsons (born September 18, 1959 in San Diego, California) is also known as Wild Willy Parsons. A stand-up comedian and an actor. He has been in several movies including ""The Guardian"", directed by William Friedkin, and ""Nothing to Lose"", directed by Steve Oedekerk."