...up achieved considerable domestic popularity and were a favourite of the [[British Royal Family|Royal Family]], especially King [[George VI of the United King ...It was natural for them to get together as they shared a similar style of comedy and worked on the same bills at theatres.

| nationality = British ...comedian, singer, and dancer best known for portraying Mabel Butler in the British sitcom ''[[On the Buses]]'' and its film spin-offs, after replacing origina

...in order to circumvent stage censorship, Karno developed a form of sketch comedy without dialogue. ...: "Fred Karno is not only a genius, he is the man who originated slapstick comedy. We in Hollywood owe much to him."<ref>J. P. Gallagher (1971). "Fred Karno:

...rded as seminal to the "[[satire boom]]", the rise of [[Satire|satirical]] comedy in 1960s Britain. ...War" was scorned by some war veterans for its supposed insensitivity. One British visitor to the Broadway performance was said to have stood up and shouted '

| occupation = Music hall, stage, film, radio and television comedian and comedy actor was an English music hall, film, radio and television comedian and comedy actor.

...on then-current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos, and spoof television formats. The programme fea ...[[Stream of consciousness (narrative mode)|stream-of-consciousness]] meta-comedy pioneered by ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', returning to a more conv

|data2 = British |data4 = [[Sketch comedy|Sketch comedy]], [[surreal humour|surreal humour]]

| format = [[Radio comedy]] '''''The Goon Show''''' is a British [[radio comedy]] programme, originally produced and broadcast by the [[BBC Home Service]]

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