Alternative comedy and sketch comedy, consisted of Manchester University and Royal Central School graduates Ade Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders, who began to aim their talents at television. As "The Comic Strip Presents", the group made over 40 television films for both Channel 4 and BBC. Ben Elton, who had by then become the Comedy Store's next MC, was invited by Rik Mayall to join him as co-writer of BBC2's TV hit sitcom "The Young Ones". However, it was as MC of Channel 4's new comedy show "Saturday Live" that Elton found fame in his own right.
Carl Reiner Carl Reiner Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922) is an American comedian, actor, director, and writer whose career spans seven decades. During the early years of television comedy from 1950 to 1957, he co-wrote and acted on "Caesar's Hour" and "Your Show of Shows", starring Sid Caesar. In the 1960s, Reiner was best known as the creator, producer, writer, and actor on "The Dick Van Dyke Show". He also had great success as a film director and writer, and in the 1970s and 1980s co-wrote and/or directed some of Steve Martin's most successful films, including the 1979's "The Jerk". Reiner