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
Olde English (sketch comedy) were proposed in Fall 2007, was nominated for a 2007 ECNY award. The members of Olde English—along with former members Joel Clark and Jesse Novak, as well as longtime collaborator Chioke Nassor—recently completed their first feature film, "The Exquisite Corpse Project". The film first premiered at festivals in June 2012, and became available for commercial download at the end of April 2013. Olde English (sketch comedy) Olde English was a sketch comedy troupe based in New York City. The group published over 100 comedy shorts on the Internet, and performed live at several venues and festivals across the country. Olde