"Saunders"". Janette was born on 16 May 1947 in Queenzieburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland, and Ian on 26 March 1947 in Glasgow. The two met in 1966, and were married in 1969. The Krankies began their career as a comedy duo performing as various characters and working the comedy circuit. In 1978, they got their big break when they were given a spot on the Royal Variety Performance. During the 1980s, the duo were given roles in several television shows, including the BBC's stalwart children's entertainment series ""Crackerjack"" (1980–1982). Other appearances included ""The Krankies Klub"" (1983–1984), ""The Joke Machine"" (1985), ""The Krankies"
"Vienna, Graz, Karlsruhe, Sarnen, Bochum and more. Their two short videos, ""Kids and Crowns"" (2012) and ""Ben"" (2013) have both been official selections at comedy and underground film festivals like the Laugh Sabbath Film Festival at NXNE and the Sled Island Film Festival. The Sufferettes were nominated for their first Canadian Comedy Award in 2014 as Best Improv Troupe. Johnson has served as co-producer for Toronto's Catch23 Improv on-and-off since 2002. She has also served twice as artistic director for the sporadic Catch23 Tournament of Wonders, an invitational improv tournament and festival held in Toronto. As an individual performer, Johnson"
"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"
"Straitjacket (comedy duo) Straitjacket were a comedy duo from North East England, who wrote original comedy sketches. A lot of their material was transferred to the screen by the original three members: Tom Bennett, Keith Dickinson and Ian Todd. Keith left the group in July 2007, leaving Tom and Ian to continue as a duo until October 8 when they split to pursue solo ventures. The original three were reunited after a long period apart and decided to do their own brand of comedy with a blend of darkness, randomness and the surreal. This original blend of comedy helped establish"
"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"
"somewhere near Lee and Herring."" ""ThreeWeeks Edinburgh Review"" ""Catch them before they hit the big time"" ""The Crack"" Straitjacket (comedy duo) Straitjacket were a comedy duo from North East England, who wrote original comedy sketches. A lot of their material was transferred to the screen by the original three members: Tom Bennett, Keith Dickinson and Ian Todd. Keith left the group in July 2007, leaving Tom and Ian to continue as a duo until October 8 when they split to pursue solo ventures. The original three were reunited after a long period apart and decided to do their own brand"
"Fergus Craig Fergus Craig (born 19 April 1980 in Sunderland) is a British stand-up comic and actor in theatre, television and radio. He studied at the University of Manchester. Fergus is one half of the popular double act ""Colin & Fergus"" with actor and writer Colin Hoult. Between 2004-08 they performed regularly on the London comedy circuit. They performed three shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, ""Colin & Fergus"" '04, ""Colin & Fergus 2"" '05 and ""Rutherford Lodge"" '06. In 2006 Fergus played Alan Bennett in """", a play by Chris Bartlett and Nick Awde on the life of Peter"
"On 14 December 2009, they once again were on the Paul O'Grady show for the pantomime special of ""Sleeping Beauty"", in which Janette played a hooker and Ian played a rampant camel. The duo appeared on ITV's daytime show ""Loose Women"" on 25 February 2010. During the 2010 panto season, the Krankies made a re-appearance in Scottish pantomime alongside John Barrowman at the SECC for Aladdin. They appeared as the Police, with Janette parodying Susan Boyle and Lady Gaga, and making an appearance as Wee Jimmy Krankie. The Krankies returned alongside Barrowman in 2011 and soon became SECC veterans. After"
"Ian Smith (comedian) Ian Smith (born 13 September 1988) is an English stand-up comedian and actor, best known for his role on the BBC's The Ark and co-presenter on Dave's ""The Magic Sponge"". Smith started his acting career with appearances in all six episodes of Popatron, a sitcom produced by Charlie Brooker's Zeppotron for BBC Two as part of its BBC Switch brand. Alongside fellow comedian Rob Beckett and former footballer Jimmy Bullard, Smith hosts UK television channel Dave's comedy-football podcast ""The Magic Sponge"" - an irreverent look at the lives of professional footballers. His largest role to date came"
"live performances. During the Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under Tour, the band began doing meets with fans, and small, free public performances. These soon became known as ""Twitnics"", a portmanteau referring to the use of social networking to plan and promote these small performances, as well as their picnic-like nature. EPs: Singles: Studio Albums: Additionally, Tom and Jen directed Sophie Walsh Harrington's ""Damsel in Shining Armour"" show at the 2011 Adelaide Fringe Festival, which won the Best Cabaret award. The Jane Austen Argument The Jane Austen Argument are an Australian musical duo from Melbourne, Victoria. Formed in 2010 by Tom"
"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"
"stood on stage and told stories about their love lives. It was here she was spotted by comedian PJ Gallagher who brought her into stand up comedy. Joanne supported Gallagher on his stand up tour 'Concussion' around Ireland in 2015, she was then signed by Irish comedy agency Lisa Richards. McNally and Gallagher went on to write and star in a comedy show 'Separated At Birth', co-written with director Una McKevitt about their adoptions. Separated at Birth sold out Vicar Street in May 2015 and went on a national tour around Ireland. The two were guests on The Late Late"
"Alive"" tour ran until the end of 2008, and then resumed in Australia in the summer of 2009. In 2009, they were jointly awarded the BAFTA Fellowship. Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders met in 1978 while they were students at the Central School of Speech and Drama and began their career to collaborate on several comedy projects. They came to prominence in the early 1980s for performing at the London alternative comedy club ""The Comic Strip"", which also gave its name to its eponymous television series and the informal grouping of so-called ""alternative comedians"". French and Saunders were featured on"
"The Alternative Comedy Experience The Alternative Comedy Experience is a stand-up comedy show that premiered on 5 February 2013 on the Comedy Central channel in the UK. It features live comedy shows, filmed in July 2012 at The Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh, and behind-the-scenes interviews. Created and produced by Colin Dench and curated by Stewart Lee, ""The Alternative Comedy Experience"" sees performances from a variety of critically acclaimed stand-up comics, including Tony Law, David O'Doherty, Paul Foot, Simon Munnery, Josie Long, Henning Wehn, Stephen Carlin, Isy Suttie, Glenn Wool, Andy Zaltzman, Eleanor Tiernan, Bridget Christie, Boothby Graffoe, Maeve Higgins,"
"Jedward John and Edward Grimes (born 16 October 1991), collectively known as Jedward, are an Irish singing and television presenting duo. They are identical twins and first appeared as John & Edward in the sixth series of ""The X Factor"" in 2009, generating a phenomenon of ironic popularity described as ""the Jedward paradox"". They finished sixth and were managed by Louis Walsh, who was their mentor during ""The X Factor"". Jedward have released three albums: ""Planet Jedward"", ""Victory"", and ""Young Love"". The first two went double platinum in Ireland. They have released nine singles, including ""Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)"","
"Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon are a British comedy writing team. They were head sketch writers on BBC Radio 4’s ""Jo Caulfield Won’t Shut Up"" and BBC1′s ""Live and Kicking"", and also wrote the TV comedy shows ""Slightly Filthy"" (LWT) and ""The Ornate Johnsons’ Edwardian Spectacular"" (BBC4). Yet their main work is in the theatre. Their plays include ""Spy"", ""Moonlight over India"", ""Eurovision"", ""Seven Studies in Salesmanship"",""The Opinion Makers"", ""Those Magnificent Men"" and the multiple award-winning ""Big Daddy Vs Giant Haystacks"". The author and illustrator Philip Reeve, a friend and collaborator, has written: 'Two of"
"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"
"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 Pit"" with Roman Danylo, The Face of Furry Creek, CBC's"
"Jan Hunt Jan Hunt (born 15 February 1938) is a British comedienne, actress and Music Hall performer, who appeared on BBC television series ""Crackerjack"" with Michael Aspel, Ed Stewart, Peter Glaze and Don Maclean in the 1970s. She would often be seen playing an old lady in dramatisations, involving her donning a grey wig and glasses and putting her hand on her hip to suggest a bad back. Her later career included playing Ellie May in ""Show Boat"" (Adelphi Theatre London 1971) in which she first performed her trademark ""spoons"" routine. She frequently performed at London's Players' Theatre, and on"
"faces on it.<ref name=""rte2009/1105""></ref> ""The Irish Independent"" called Jedward ""tone-deaf twins"", even though the pair were voted more popular than The Beatles in a teenage poll. Comedian Oliver Callan has parodied them on his RTÉ 2 show ""Nob Nation"". Their 2017 court case was later the subject of a stage musical starring comedians Kevin McGahern and Tony Cantwell. Studio albums Jedward John and Edward Grimes (born 16 October 1991), collectively known as Jedward, are an Irish singing and television presenting duo. They are identical twins and first appeared as John & Edward in the sixth series of ""The X Factor"""
"copy of the Necronomicon in existence'; 'Due to some legisaltive anomaly, all court sessions in Hove are conducted in Jamaican patois'); Etiquette with Hetty Kwet; Edward de Bonehead's Lateral Thinking Puzzles; and 'Ask Uncle Nick', an agony column hosted by local resident, Nick Cave ('Strewth!'). Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon are a British comedy writing team. They were head sketch writers on BBC Radio 4’s ""Jo Caulfield Won’t Shut Up"" and BBC1′s ""Live and Kicking"", and also wrote the TV comedy shows ""Slightly Filthy"" (LWT) and ""The Ornate Johnsons’ Edwardian Spectacular"" (BBC4). Yet their main"
"Janis McGavin Janis McGavin is an Australian actress and comedy performer, best known for her roles in the popular television series ""Comedy Inc"" and ""Balls of Steel Australia"". McGavin trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. After graduation she joined the cast of Channel Nine's Comedy Inc. This Logie-nominated, AFI award-winning television series screens internationally and is currently airing on The Comedy Channel in Australia. In 2009, McGavin played Leanne, the lead love interest in the kooky 80s-inspired comedy series The Urban Monkey with Murray Foote. It aired on ABC2 and has built a cult following. She has"
"and Jonathan Cake) was piloted in 2012 on Sky Living. Jacquetta May Jacquetta May is a British writer, actress, and theatre director. She co-founded the award-winning new writing theatre company Plain Clothes Productions, commissioning, producing and directing for the company. She directed ""Her Sister Tongue"" at ""Lyric Theatre"" in 1997. Born in Kent, she went to Bristol University and worked as a theatre actress for 10 years before moving into TV, appearing at the National Theatre, The Royal Exchange and Liverpool Playhouse amongst others. Theatre roles include Eliza Doolittle in ""Pygmalion"", Adriana in ""The Comedy of Errors"", Olivia in ""Twelfth"
"Joke Singh Nishant Tanwar (known by his pseudonym Joke Singh, born 7 November) is an Indian comedian and actor. He began performing in Gurgaon in 2009. He started off his career working at NDTV, when he found his passion in stand up comedy at an open mic event. Apart from corporate shows, he has performed and conceptualized many comedy specials like ""Comedy in Diversity"", ""Two and a Laugh Men"", and ""Third World Comedy"" and is the founding member of IPL (Improv Premier League), Delhi's foremost improv comedy troupe. Tanwar first worked at NDTV as an editor. When stand up comedy"
"BBC TV's ""The Good Old Days"", notably as Marie Lloyd. Her Paper Moon Theatre Company continues to provide Music Hall and Variety shows throughout the UK. Hunt is an honorary patron of The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America. Jan Hunt Jan Hunt (born 15 February 1938) is a British comedienne, actress and Music Hall performer, who appeared on BBC television series ""Crackerjack"" with Michael Aspel, Ed Stewart, Peter Glaze and Don Maclean in the 1970s. She would often be seen playing an old lady in dramatisations, involving her donning a grey wig and glasses and putting her"
"a 3-actor play which had its London premiere in January 2016 at the Park Theatre. ""Saving Jason"" a new black comedy which had its London premiere at the Park Theatre in 2016. ""Duets"" an award-winning romantic comedy for a cast of two actors that has been performed in 20 countries. ""Celebrity"" filmed for Polish TV as ""Rodzinny Show"" and performed on stage in Sweden, Denmark, the Czech Republic and Canada. ""Just the Ticket"" a one-woman comedy, which had its world premiere at Australia's Ensemble Theatre in February 2011. ""Curtain Up!"" an all-female comedy, currently playing at the Divadlo Palace in"
"Cameron Monaghan Cameron Riley Monaghan (born August 16, 1993) is an American actor and model. Beginning with his professional career as a child model at the age of three, and child actor at the age of seven, Monaghan is best known for his role as Ian Gallagher on the Showtime comedy-drama series ""Shameless"". He has also appeared as twin brothers Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska, characters similar to The Joker in the Fox crime series ""Gotham"". Monaghan was born in Santa Monica, California, the only child of Diane Monaghan, an insurance claims specialist and single mother. He and his mother relocated"
"Courtney Act Shane Gilberto Jenek (born 18 February 1982), better known under the stage name Courtney Act, is an Australian drag queen, pop singer, entertainer and reality television personality. Jenek first came to prominence, as Courtney, competing on the first season of ""Australian Idol"" in 2003. After the show she released their debut single, ""Rub Me Wrong"", which peaked at No. 29 on the ARIA Singles Chart. In 2003, while auditioning for Australian Idol, he also became the first queer contestant to openly appear on a reality TV talent show. In 2014, Jenek was one of the runners-up in season"
"French and Saunders French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act. Widely popular in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, the show was given one of the highest budgets in BBC history to create detailed spoofs and satires of popular culture, movies, celebrities and art. The duo continue to film holiday specials for the BBC, and both have been successful starring in their own"
"Jo Neary Joanna Neary is a British comedian, writer and actress. Her solo, character-based stage shows include ""Youth Club"" and ""Joanna Neary Is Not Feeling Herself"", which received a Perrier Best Newcomer award nomination in 2004. She has also appeared in the TV shows ""Time Trumpet"", ""Angelo's"", ""That Mitchell and Webb Look"", ""Skins"" series three, ""Dogface"", ""Man Down"" and, as the jumpy necrophiliac Judith, in ""Ideal"". Radio credits include acting as an ensemble member of the cast in the first series of the ""Count Arthur Strong Radio Show"", as well as appearing in numerous series of ""Out To Lunch"". Harry"
"Steel"" for the week. In the show, she takes in the character called ""Fame Whore"" who goes to the public claiming herself to be a celebrity (with the stage name ""J'anus"") and does many outrageous publicity stunts. Janis McGavin Janis McGavin is an Australian actress and comedy performer, best known for her roles in the popular television series ""Comedy Inc"" and ""Balls of Steel Australia"". McGavin trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. After graduation she joined the cast of Channel Nine's Comedy Inc. This Logie-nominated, AFI award-winning television series screens internationally and is currently airing on The"
"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"
"Shirley and Dino Corinne Benizio (""Shirley"", born 1962) and Gilles Benizio (""Dino"", born 1957), are a French comic duo known by their stagename Shirley et Dino. Gilles was born on June 1, 1957 in Villerupt in Meurthe-et-Moselle and Corinne on February 12, 1962 in Dugny, Seine-Saint-Denis. The couple met at university in 1982, married in 1985, and made their debut the same year with the stage name ""Achilles Tonic"". In several of their shows, the duo depicted touching stories about unsuccessful naïve clowns. In 2002 they released a partially autobiographical movie 'Cabaret Paradis'. In 2009 they have played the Baroque"