Patton Brothers Patton Brothers The Patton Brothers, Jimmy Elliott (born 20 August 1931), and Brian Elliott (born 4 September 1934), are the two older brothers of Barry and Paul Elliott, the Chuckle Brothers. They began their career as a double act in 1954. Jimmy Elliott started his pantomime career straight out of school in 1946, and was joined by Brian in 1956 for "Aladdin" at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London. Both Jimmy and Brian made appearances in the children's television series "ChuckleVision," alongside their younger brothers Paul and Barry. Jimmy is known as "No Slacking" due to the catchphrase that he constantly
Chuckle Brothers initially on Christmas Day in 1980 with them taking part in a televised children's show, "A Merry Morning", in which the brothers entertained around 250 children from the Leeds area in Yeadon Town Hall. In 1985, the brothers launched a pre-school programme on the BBC entitled "Chuckle Hounds", in which they performed routines with no dialogue, while dressed up in giant dog costumes. Their success in children's television came in 1987, with the launch of their iconic children's show, "ChuckleVision", in which their real-life siblings Jimmy and Brian Patton made occasional appearances. The show proved a ratings hit with children,