Sketch comedy Kevin and Perry from "Harry Enfield and Chums". The idea of running characters was taken a stage further with shows like "The Red Green Show" and "The League of Gentlemen", where sketches centered on the various inhabitants of the fictional towns of Possum Lake and Royston Vasey, respectively. In "Little Britain", sketches focused on a cast of recurring characters, including "Vicky Pollard", "Marjorie Dawes" and "Lou and Andy". In North America, contemporary sketch comedy is largely an outgrowth of the improvisational comedy scene that flourished during the 1970s, largely growing out of "The Second City" in Chicago and Toronto. Notable
Wild Sketch Show Wild Sketch Show Wild Sketch Show is a live video album by Sketch Show. It features a mix of Sketch Show songs (nine from "Audio Sponge", four from "Tronika" and one song that has been never released in studio form) and Yellow Magic Orchestra songs performed in the Sketch Show style (one from "Paraiso", one from "BGM" and two from "Technodelic"). Sketch Show were joined by fellow YMO member Ryuichi Sakamoto (which turned Sketch Show into Human Audio Sponge), as well as two guitarists and two keyboardists. This is the only live show released under Sketch Show's name (later releases