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.
TV Funhouse 2008 under the title "Comedy Central's TV Funhouse". TV Funhouse Saturday TV Funhouse was the title of a recurring skit on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" featuring cartoons created by "SNL" writer Robert Smigel. It also spawned a spinoff series of "TV Funhouse" that aired on Comedy Central. Programmed to air between the host segments of "Saturday Night Live", "TV Funhouse" parodied such genres as 1950s educational films, Saturday morning Hanna-Barbera/Filmation cartoons of the 1970s and 1980s, and the 1960s stop motion holiday specials of Rankin/Bass. The animation was produced by J.J. Sedelmaier Productions for first three seasons until Wachtenheim/Marianetti Animation