You may not know from the sheer muddled interior of this blog that I'm still a kid, still sixteen, and I like kids' stuff. I like fart jokes. And I like the Chuckle Brothers!
For those not in the know, the Chuckle Brothers, Barry Elliott (born 24 December 1944) and Paul Elliott (born 18 October 1947), better known as the Chuckle Brothers, are British comedians. They are best known for their work on Tv, since winning New Faces 1974 and their CBBC series Chucklevision, running since 1987, and before that, the dog-dress up Chucklehounds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCJMje871SQ
Barry is the small one, and Paul, the domineering one. Their catchphrase is To me, to you, as well as 'oh dear, oh dear' and 'silly me, silly you'. They hail from Rotherham, Yorkshire and they specialise in old fashioned slapstick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGZU61k1ibw&feature=player_detailpage
Their enemies in the series, are their real-life brothers, former Black and White Minstrels and panto regulars Jimmy and Brian Patton or the Patton Brothers, who in this 1980 clip dfrom the Good old Days, are also the Chuckles, if you get it. The Pattons are in the middle, Paul left, Barry right,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3S9EpTy02M
They also at their age they lots of stage work, shows like 'Dr. What and the Garlics', 'Indiana Chuckles' and Pirates of the River Rother: In Stranger Tights. It's a secret unfulffilled ambition to go to one of their stage shows.
ChuckleVision I've watched since I were in nappies. It is also cheap, and sometimes had gueststars, like Gruber the gay Nazi off 'Allo 'Allo, or the voice of K9, John Leeson. But I like it.
Now it's become so iconic, the BBC should do a bit more with it, I think. Like up the budget a little, and shoot it on film instead of what seems to be a Fisher Price camcorder; also better incidental music with less electric piano. With those measures taken, I can't see that these boys lack anything to produce work that people would still be watching decades into the future.
ReplyDeleteYeah their TV Show is great, I saw them once filming it on a beach. Got totally star stuck and nearly fainted!! , maybe one day they’ll star in a Richard Driscoll horror film.
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