Oh yes. Very working men’s / variety hall inspired and quite a different use of television as a medium to Python. It don’t have to be like that; Morecombe & Wise, The Two Ronnies did better versions of the variety acts (indeed Spike Milligan wrote for the Two Ronnies).
No judgment on those who enjoy that sort of thing but I find it unpleasant, misogynistic and comedically very weak. Having said that his song ‘Ernie: the fastest milkman in the west’ is considered a classic. So what do I know.
I remember there was a really old man who got a lot of laughs.
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Yep, if it's the same guy, he got lots of laughs for having his bald head slapped every week.
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