British comedy less cerebral humour of Benny Hill and his ITV sketch series "The Benny Hill Show". Other notable sketch-based series include "Morecambe and Wise", "The Two Ronnies", "The Goodies", "French and Saunders", "Absolutely", "Little Britain", "The Catherine Tate Show" and "The Fast Show". In the 1980s, alternative comedy was spearheaded by Ben Elton and The Comic Strip group which included Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall, and French and Saunders. "Vic Reeves Big Night Out" influenced the style of a whole new generation of comics in the 1990s until the present day. The 1990s and 2000s (decade) have also seen the rise of
The Oldest Man (character) The Oldest Man (character) The Oldest Man, sometimes referred to as Duane Toddleberry, is a recurring character from sketches in comedy variety series "The Carol Burnett Show". The character was created by Tim Conway during his run on the show and is noted for Conway’s performance of slapstick and ad-libbed humor. The character has been revisited in Conway’s live comedy tour with fellow actor Harvey Korman from 2005 until Korman’s death in 2008, twice on "The Queen Latifah Show" between 2014-2015, in a sketch in the Motion Picture and Television Fund, and also in the collector’s edition DVD titled "Together