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.
Ron Clark (writer) Ron Clark (writer) Ron Clark is an American playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for several plays that he co-wrote with Sam Bobrick and for co-writing the screenplays for the films "Silent Movie", "High Anxiety", and "Life Stinks" with Mel Brooks. Clark began his career writing for TV during the '60s, including such shows as "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and "The Danny Kaye Show". He wrote plays in the '70s with fellow writer Sam Bobrick. Their first play, "Norman, Is That You?", premiered on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre on February 19, 1970. The two men went on