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Flanagan and Allen were both also members of the Crazy Gang and worked with that team for many years concurrently with their double-act career. [ 1 ] Flanagan and Allen's songs featured the same, usually gentle, humour for which the duo were known in their live performances, and during the Second World War they reflected the experiences of ...
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.
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A double act (also known as a comedy duo) is a form of comedy originating in the British music hall tradition, [1] and American vaudeville, in which two comedians perform together as a single act, often highlighting differences in their characters' personalities.
Flanders and Swann were a British comedy duo and musicians. Michael Flanders (1922–1975) was a lyricist, actor, and singer. He collaborated with Donald Swann (1923–1994), a composer and pianist, in writing and performing comic songs.
Patrick Fyffe and George Logan devised the Hinge and Bracket act after they met performing at the Escort Club in Pimlico, London. Fyffe had already gained experience performing in his cabaret drag act as a glamorous soprano named Perri St Claire, and his character had appeared in small parts on television shows such as Z Cars and Doctor in the House, as well as the 1972 film version of Steptoe ...
At the suggestion of Eric's mother, Sadie, they worked on a double act. They made their double act debut, as Bartholomew and Wise, [3] in August 1941 at the Liverpool Empire. War service broke up the act but they reunited by chance at the Swansea Empire Theatre in 1946 when they joined forces again. In 1950 Wise wrote to Bartholomew (Morecambe ...
Cigarette card showing Dean (left) and Collinson. Collinson and Dean were a British comedy double act popular during the 1920s and 1930s. They were Will Collinson (born William Valentine Malivoire; 14 February 1882 – June 1958) and Alfie Dean (born Alfred Corfield; 7 March 1902 – 22 September 1948).